Anyway…

1. There is a bit of parallax scrolling on the bridge with the motorcycles (and perhaps the last stage, too), if I recall correctly. It is very subtle (especially the bridge), but it is there.

2. Being the ridiculous person that I am, I have made the rather bold claim that the cover art for PCE Vigilante is a masterpiece. No, it is not everyone’s cup of tea, but the composition deserves some recognition. Plus, it is pretty risqué, as well.

You see, the TG-16 coverart was pretty lame (it was inspired by West Side Story, apparently), and comes across as stiff, pastel, wooden, lifeless (unlike the film!).

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“… although the US version features a junkyard thug brandishing a mighty scary blade, the Japanese version is simply a work of violent art.

And the Japanese cover isn’t gratuitous: all of the violence and fear is suggestive, but there is no actual blood or gore. All the violence is in the clenched fist and glinting steel, all the fear is in Madonna’s eyes. Clichés? Yes, these symbols are some of the most over-used and hackneyed images in pulp fiction and horror movie art. But the composition is so striking, it transcends the clichés.

This cover is friggin’ beautiful.”
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Agree? Disagree?