I have super nostalgia for the Master System version. It was one of the first games i ever played. And the music in the master system version coupled with the title screen and monsters on the first level kinda frightened me as a kid. Now it just reminds me of the good old days when cyclop mammoths and langolier look alike enemies freaked me out.
This game is great. I played the SMS one and the Genesis one, but never the one for Saturn. Just to let you know this game has somewhat of a succesor (or a game that was inspired upon this one); it's called Sin & Punishment 2 and it's for the Wii. It feels just the same as playing Space Harrier. I dunno, that's just how it feels to me. For those who haven't play it yet, give it a try. I feel S&P2 pays a lot of tribute to the Space Harrier's style and gameplay, and I just love it!
Love this game! You don't know how much you love it until you play it and keep progressing through levels seeing all the craziness. Works great with the 3D controller and just bought a mission stick today, can't wait to try it with that one too.
@@hotcoffeebreath lol, yeah the mission stick made the game more fun and felt more like an arcade experience for sure. However, I could play the game better with the 3D controller (nights into dreams analog controller). Still worth it. I enjoyed playing Night Stricker S on the Saturn even more so with the mission stick.
@@VirtualRobotsRevolt awesome thanks for the response! Very tempted to pick one up... Currently have the Japanese Virtua stick in all its microswitch glory but would be cool to enter the fantasy zone in analogue too. But I'm not really an after burner fan (don't hate me) so it'd literally just be space harrier I'd be getting it for... A bit excessive maybe but hey...
I'm glad this game is finally getting some love. I played the hell out of it at the arcade back in the day. Thing is, this game was not at all popular. Until this day I was starting to think that I was the only person to ever play this game. Anyway, thanks CGR.
You can also play arcade perfect versions of this,afterburner2 & outrun on the dreamcast when you go into an arcade in SHENMUE,& also superhang on in SHENMUE 2.
Sega might not make game consoles any more but they still make great games like Bayonetta and the Total War games. This game was and still is epic. Sega fan for life.
You know the one thing that many people overlook? It's that SEGA produces some of the best gaming audio in history. I mean, you can practically hear one tune and automatically determine which game it comes from, just like the rings of the Sonic games. My personal favorite: GAME OVER YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm thinking this is going to be my next saturn game I order online, I never got too into this game but I love the old school Sega arcade games and I already have outrun and afterburner II for my saturn so I might as well get this one too. Good review man.
Fantastic video. The PS3 version on the Megadrive Ultimate Collection is really good but your are right that this one is even better. Don't have it one the Saturn yet so I'll have to add it to my collection of things to buy. Still love the Master System version though. For me the game is still shrouded in a hazy cloud of nostalgia. I know it's slow and choppy but there is definitely something endearing about it. The SMS struggles but I love it all the more for just giving it a go.
The WiiVC does have the arcade version available now, but at one time the only version available was the SMS version. I think the reason the SMS version was released first was because it was easier to emulate than anything else, and Sega wanted to get some money from the game sooner rather than later. The arcade version probably took longer to get emulated accurately. I don't think the Wii emulation is always plug-and-play, they sometimes have to do some debugging before a game can be released.
They released the Master System version on VC because the VC has a memory limit, which most disc games exceed, hence why Sonic CD for VC would be impossible, yet Ocarina of Time, SM64 and SF64 are all on there. CD sound takes up TONS of space, an so does FMV. The 32X version should have been put on there, though...
I have the remake on the PS2's Sega Classics Collection, which graphically improves even on the Saturn/32X version, which is still great. I remember when I had Space Harrier on the Spectrum. It had the trademark weird shading colours lol Still quite fun though. I also have the Genesis version but I'm not sure if a game within a game (Shenmue) counts. :P
Outrun IS on Shenmue(I was playing outrun on it just last week) & shenmue 2,at least it is on the Dreamcast version of Shenmue along with all the other games I mentioned,the only game that's on the 2nd Shenmue that isn't on the 1st is super hang on.
@cyx7 I know right? It's a pretty decent collection. Yet GameSpot gives it a 5 or a 3 lol (then again a lot of underscored games on GameSpot I enjoy, but mostly in the 7s or 8s). I thought the Golden Axe remake was also good, if a little short. Yeah, I wish they'd do more Sega Ages remakes aswell. There was one of the first Streets Of Rage that either came out in Japan or was going to but was cancelled. Though there is Streets Of Rage Mobile, which was the first game again with a SOR2 look.
I totally agree, it looks and sounds great. The Saturn version is fantastic. However, why did they EVER release a game from 1985 on Sega Saturn? It makes no sense to me. If it came in a collection of classic games or was an unlockable on another game, it would make sense.
I have this on the Sega Classics Collection for my PS2 and everything is full 3D. And I find it a bit easier because the higher frame rate allows you to better anticipate where projectiles are going. Then again, I've only played that and the Master System version of Space Harrier.
@hepper95 Play Vanquish or Sonic Colors. Those are recent sega GEMS. Though I can agree with you its the exception and not the rule for sega, its just that the modern sega does'nt quite follow the heavy metal urban arcade ninja style that their team used to put into everything.
I always thought those Sega Ages discs for Saturn were compilation discs, not discs containing only one game from the past. It seems like a missed opportunity to not include more than one game on them given that games like Space Harrier don't take up more then 600 MBs.
@alec1382 I don't really care for those and neither should you. As long as he still does video game reviews, it's all good. Although I agree, Ultra Fail is kinda weak.