Space Harrier
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| Studio | ON 2 | ||
| Publisher | Sega | ||
| Senior Developer | Suzuki Yū | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1985 | ||
| genre | Shoot 'em up | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Joystick , one button | ||
| casing | Standard and sit-down | ||
| Arcade system | Main CPU : 2 × Motorola 68000 (@ 10 MHz) Sound CPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz), I8751 (@ 8 MHz) Sound chips: YM2203 (@ 4 MHz), Sega PCM |
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| monitor | Raster resolution 320 × 224 (horizontal), color palette: 6144 | ||
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Space Harrier is an Arcade - Shoot-'em-up that of AM2 developed in 1985 by Sega has been released. Two successors were programmed for the game: Space Harrier 3D (1988), Space Harrier II (1989), and the offshoot Planet Harrier (2001). As with After Burner , the game gives the appearance of scrolling into the screen .
Space Harrier is set in the so-called "Fantasy Zone", a surreal game world that Sega took up again in 1986 with a game of the same name . This “Fantasy Zone” is represented with bright colors, a checkerboard-like floor and opponents such as prehistoric animals, dragons from Chinese mythology and extraterrestrial-looking equipment. The system forces the character on a prescribed path through the individual levels ; the player can only move them horizontally and vertically to avoid enemy fire and aim.
Space Harrier is one of the first arcade games to use a hydraulic sit-down arcade machine that moves according to the player's joystick movements. An immovable sit-down version and a standard housing were also produced.
The game uses digitized voices. For example, at the beginning of the first level, the player is greeted with the following phrase: “Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get Ready! ”
There are a total of 18 levels, each ending with a boss fight. Exceptions, however, are bonus levels five and twelve, as well as the last level in which the player must defeat the 15 previous bosses.
Ports
Space Harrier was ported to Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , MS-DOS , Sega Saturn , Sega 32X , Sega Master System , PC Engine and Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the following years . There are two versions for the master system. In addition to a normal conversion, Sega produced a version with 3D glasses support (Space Harrier 3D).
On the Dreamcast and on the Xbox Space Harrier is a minigame in parts of Shenmue playable series. For Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2 , the Sega Arcade Gallery and Sega Classics Collection have released game collections that contain the arcade game. With the Virtual Console of Nintendo Wii Space Harrier is also playable. It appeared on the Nintendo 3DS as the 3D Space Harrier . Space Harrier Arcade can also be found as an unlockable part of the SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for Xbox 360 and PS3 .
Web links
- Space Harrier at MobyGames (English)
- Space Harrier in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Information about the hardware of the game
