Planet Harriers
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| Developer(s) | Amusement Vision |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
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| Genre(s) |
Rail shooter Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Sit-Down twin, Stand-Up Single |
| Arcade system | Sega Hikaru |
| Sound | 5.1 (Front/rear stereo and woofer) |
| Display | 29 Type colour monitor |
Planet Harriers (プラネットハリアーズ Puranetto Hariāzu) is a 3D rail shooter arcade video game published by Sega, developed by their Amusement Vision division, and is part of the Space Harrier series. It uses a twin cabinet, which allows for two players to play simultaneous single-player games, or a networked two-player game. The cabinet has a seated configuration. Control is through a joystick with a missile and bullet trigger, and view-change and bomb buttons on the main panel.
In September 2000, IGN described Planet Harrier, running on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board, as "the unrivaled champion of videogame graphics" and stated "there's never been as visually impressive a videogame as this", praising the long draw distance, "clean and crisp" image quality, speed of movement, large number of fast-moving objects, and "amazing" graphical style. They also praised the gameplay as "the fastest, most intense 3D shooter ever crafted". A rumored Nintendo GameCube port was planned but it wasn't released. [1]
Gameplay
A player may select one of four characters; Glenn, X, Cory or Nick. Gameplay involves the character flying from an into-the-screen perspective, shooting oncoming enemies and missiles.
In a two player game, the two characters may 'dock' together in order to recover life.
Opa-Opa appears spinning above a killed player offering a continue.
When selecting player, if you move the selection over X, then Nick, Cory, Glenn, Cory, Nick, Cory, Glenn, X, Cory and then Glenn again, you will be able to play the hidden character Opa-Opa.
Story
From the promotional brochure:
When diplomacy fails, you get the call! You're the last hope! The Planet is teetering on the brink of disaster! The forces of evil are at work trying to overthrow kind and gentle people. Only the Hyper Soldiers from Earth can keep the planet from falling under a future of domination and persecution! Failure cannot be an option!!
See also
- Space Harrier
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force, another arcade game that used the same arcade system.
Notes
References
External links
- Official Sega website at the Wayback Machine (archived March 20, 2011)
- Planet Harriers at Killer List of Videogames