While I found it strange growing up to see bootleg cartridges of Sega arcade games for the NES I will admit there was something pretty cool about playing the “other” guys games on your platform of choice. Alien Syndrome turned out pretty cool and Fantasy Zone was decent. It wasn’t all gravy however; the less […]Space Harrier (Famicom)
While I found it strange growing up to see bootleg cartridges of Sega arcade games for the NES I will admit there was something pretty cool about playing the “other” guys games on your platform of choice. Alien Syndrome turned out pretty cool and Fantasy Zone was decent. It wasn’t all gravy however; the less […]
It’s curious to look back on the NES library and see which genres were underrepresented. Despite Nintendo’s absolute dominance of that era not every genre was fully supported in the US with the rail shooter being a prime example. Outside of Tengen’s illegal port of After Burner and 3-D World Runner (if you can even […]
I’m kind of amazed that there weren’t more games that followed in Space Harrier’s footsteps. Was it a lack of technology? Or a lack of imagination? It seems kind of fitting that it would be Namco, Sega’s eternal arcade rival who would put their own unique spin on it. Although Burning Force has its similarities […]
It’s safe to say that Space Harrier was one of the most popular arcade games of the 80s. With its impressive use of Sega’s Super Scaler technology and unique viewpoint there wasn’t anything else quite like it. It would inspire a few similar games on competing formats such as Square’s 3-D World Runner but honestly […]
I loves me some Space Harrier 2. As an original launch title for the Sega Genesis Space Harrier 2 might have been the best of the bunch. Well, that’s not exactly saying much considering what it was competing with. Yeah the world was waiting with baited breath for Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle and […]
