<s>
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
in	O
March	O
1997	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
not	O
received	O
any	O
official	O
port	O
to	O
home	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
after	O
its	O
arcade	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
Konami	O
M2	O
hardware	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
Konami	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Panasonic	B-Device
M2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polystars	B-Application
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Parodius	B-Application
and	O
TwinBee	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
police	O
officers	O
Poly	O
(	O
P1	O
)	O
and	O
Stan	O
(	O
P2	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
squad	O
across	O
seven	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
levels	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
fought	O
before	O
progressing	O
any	O
further	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
secret	O
Perfect	O
Primitive	O
Polygon	O
association	O
led	O
by	O
Material	O
the	O
Third	O
and	O
his	O
army	O
from	O
conquering	O
planet	O
Polygon	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
live	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
penalty	O
of	O
decreasing	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
firepower	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
state	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
of	O
all	O
medals	O
collected	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
player	O
inserts	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polystars	B-Application
is	O
set	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
planet	O
Polygon	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
secret	O
Perfect	O
Primitive	O
Polygon	O
association	O
led	O
by	O
Material	O
the	O
Third	O
have	O
invaded	O
its	O
inhabitants	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
eliminate	O
textures	O
and	O
shading	O
from	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
transform	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
more	O
primitive	O
location	O
,	O
leading	O
the	O
Polystars	B-Application
police	O
squad	O
dispatching	O
officers	O
Poly	O
and	O
Stan	O
in	O
defeating	O
Material	O
and	O
his	O
army	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
restore	O
peace	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polystars	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
several	O
projects	O
at	O
Konami	O
such	O
as	O
Gokujo	B-Application
Parodius	I-Application
,	O
Salamander	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Sexy	O
Parodius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japanese	O
arcades	O
in	O
March	O
1997	B-Application
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
title	O
that	O
used	O
the	O
Konami	O
M2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
Konami	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Panasonic	B-Device
M2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
showcased	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
the	O
1997	B-Application
AOU	O
Show	O
,	O
however	O
Konami	O
made	O
no	O
mention	O
of	O
using	O
M2	O
technology	O
during	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konami	O
would	O
later	O
develop	O
three	O
more	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
M2	O
board	O
after	O
Polystars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
1997	B-Application
,	O
an	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
title	O
and	O
Total	O
Vice	O
was	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Konami	O
,	O
featuring	O
an	O
arranged	O
soundtrack	O
co-composed	O
by	O
Tanabe	O
,	O
Senoo	O
and	O
Ishii	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polystars	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
players	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
various	O
publications	O
and	O
reviewers	O
alike	O
since	O
its	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polystars	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
by	O
Gamest	O
as	O
the	O
seventeenth	O
most	O
popular	O
title	O
during	O
its	O
demonstration	O
at	O
the	O
1997	B-Application
AOU	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
