Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Space Harrier http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/ Magweasel.com Tue, 08 May 2012 16:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Susa-no-Oh Densetsu @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 [I ♥ The PC Engine] Susa-no-Oh Densetsu @ Magweasel Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:41:26 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-1192 [...] the above video to check out the opening few minutes. This is the second four-megabit game after Space Harrier, and you can definitely tell where Iwasaki and crew used that extra space. The game itself is [...] [...] the above video to check out the opening few minutes. This is the second four-megabit game after Space Harrier, and you can definitely tell where Iwasaki and crew used that extra space. The game itself is [...]

]]> By: brandon http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-345 brandon Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:47:35 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-345 I guess those are reasonable explanations, but I've always found it boring to play, and have talked with several others who felt the same way. I never got it, not even as a kid. And I love huge scaling sprites! maybe the cabinet would've impressed me back then, but yeah, just playing the game by itself leaves me with a number of unanswered questions, paramount among those, "is this fun?" My personal answer is no. I guess those are reasonable explanations, but I’ve always found it boring to play, and have talked with several others who felt the same way. I never got it, not even as a kid. And I love huge scaling sprites!

maybe the cabinet would’ve impressed me back then, but yeah, just playing the game by itself leaves me with a number of unanswered questions, paramount among those, “is this fun?” My personal answer is no.

]]> By: Yuji Naka discusses SMS programming @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Yuji Naka discusses SMS programming @ Magweasel Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:09:24 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-323 [...] up my post about the PCE version of Space Harrier, here is a bit from an interview with Yuji Naka published in Sega Consumer History, a book [...] [...] up my post about the PCE version of Space Harrier, here is a bit from an interview with Yuji Naka published in Sega Consumer History, a book [...]

]]> By: esteban http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-317 esteban Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:31:12 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-317 - Zeitgeist! The bonus stage, especially, in Space Harrier is straight out of 1980's fantasy pop culture. Surely you've seen The Neverending Story? Space Harrier was the closest most of us ever got to riding a goddamned dragon. - The "bubble" sound when dragons spit fire at you is refreshing... any other sound would become grating rather quickly, but the bubbles are a welcome change. - The music tracks are NICE (dare I say classic). Even the boss music, which are short loops, are nice. - One of the bosses (TG-16) is called Oui Oui Jumbo. That alone is beyond awesome. - The action gets intense, hectic and relies on twitch reflexes (you don't have to memorize many things if you simply get into a zone and pick up on the visual / aural clues about upcoming enemies... then you use the appropriate strategy... waves of different enemies + varying environmental obstacles keep you on your toes, requiring you to modify your techniques to make them work whilst, say, dodging pillars). - Zeitgeist! The bonus stage, especially, in Space Harrier is straight out of 1980′s fantasy pop culture. Surely you’ve seen The Neverending Story? Space Harrier was the closest most of us ever got to riding a goddamned dragon.

- The “bubble” sound when dragons spit fire at you is refreshing… any other sound would become grating rather quickly, but the bubbles are a welcome change.

- The music tracks are NICE (dare I say classic). Even the boss music, which are short loops, are nice.

- One of the bosses (TG-16) is called Oui Oui Jumbo. That alone is beyond awesome.

- The action gets intense, hectic and relies on twitch reflexes (you don’t have to memorize many things if you simply get into a zone and pick up on the visual / aural clues about upcoming enemies… then you use the appropriate strategy… waves of different enemies + varying environmental obstacles keep you on your toes, requiring you to modify your techniques to make them work whilst, say, dodging pillars).

]]> By: keving http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-315 keving Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:42:58 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-315 - Smooth 3D scaling/scrolling - Creepy enemies - A vibrant and eye-catching color palette - A really huge, impressive, rotating, tilting sit-down cabinet - All in mid-1985 - Smooth 3D scaling/scrolling
- Creepy enemies
- A vibrant and eye-catching color palette
- A really huge, impressive, rotating, tilting sit-down cabinet
- All in mid-1985

]]> By: brandon http://magweasel.com/2009/07/29/i-love-the-pc-engine-space-harrier/comment-page-1/#comment-313 brandon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:16:29 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=704#comment-313 I never understood why anyone liked this game. can anyone explain? I never understood why anyone liked this game.
can anyone explain?

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