Descpription:
Space Harrier is a rail shooter game, released by Sega in 1985.
It was produced by Yu Suzuki, the man responsible for many popular Sega games.
It spawned several sequels:
Space Harrier 3D (1988)
Space Harrier II (1988)
and the spin-off Planet Harriers (2001).
Space Harrier is set in "the Fantasy Zone", a surreal world composed
of bright colors and a checkerboard-styled ground. The enemies are also
unique, featuring prehistoric animals, Chinese dragons, and alien pods.
The player is forced along the levels, running or flying around enemy fire,
while shooting back with fireballs via the character's under-arm cannon
(which doubles as a rocket-esque device allowing the character to fly).
The character graphics are sprite-based, though the level backgrounds are faux 3D.
