Remember playing Space Harrier in the mid-eighties at my local arcade Circuit Circus. My friends and I would walk for 45 minutes with one or two dollars of coins. Space Harrier was great, I would play it but it was 50 cents. I loved the game and really enjoyed it on the Sega Master System growing up in Canada.
I've been watching some Space Harrier videos and I've been puzzling over how nostalgic the music is to me - even though I never played the game much. Then when I was humming it, I switched to the Blakes 7 theme in the middle. Aha! I watched the heck out of Blakes 7 though multiple rerun runs.
Should've mentioned the Sega Mission stick on the Saturn! Was actually designed for that, 3D controller just so happens to work with it. Almost arcade perfect!
I think the Space Harrier game was also inspired from the epic fantasy movie "The Neverending Story". You can hear the similarity of the musical soundtrack between the game's main theme and the movie's "Happy Flight" theme, also about the scene where our hero character rides the dragoncat Uriah in the Bonus Stages, just like Atreyu and Bastian rides Falkor in the sky.
Wait, wait, wait...homing missle system?! What? You don't have missles in any of the original Space Harrier games. Are you saying the bullets from Harrier's gun home in on his enemies? If so how is that possible and I have never noticed them doing this before. I have been a Space Harrier player since...1987 or 1988 and I have played/owned/own them all. In all my years of playing the game I have never seen the bullets home in on anything before. At any rate, this was absolutely fantastic! You my friend have earned a new sub. Addendum- The Sega Genesis can in fact do sprite scaling. Many games were released during the Genesis's lifespan that featured all types of different tricks that were thought impossible. This was done nit by hardware but with software solutions.
Thanks! That's the plan. I'm working on the history of Strider next, but it'll take some time. I wish I could pump these out like some other channels can but time is my enemy. - SK
I recently just heard of Yakuza O and had know idea you could play Space Harrier in it. I wish I'd known about that earlier so I could have added it my video. Oh well. I'll have to check out that game someday, reminds me of Shenmue. - SK
Recently, I was thinking about Space Harrier, and thinking about how bizarre and random the game is. Now I have a better understanding of where some of the elements of the game came from.
At my local arcade SH was right next to Tron and across from Vs. Super Mario Bros. My cousin had the NES and I wasn't that impressed because I had a C64. When I heard of this new Sega Master System I thought, "If I want SH I need a SMS because Nintendon't won't have it." Among the best decisions I made as a kid.
No doubt about it. ELO's Twilight for the soundtrack? Rick Dom's as showcase enemies? Jetpack wearing protagonist who fires a million macross style missles at pop-culture icons in a psychedelic dreamscape? Yep. Space Harrier is Daicon 4. God bless you Gainax.
i can't believe i was not the only one who thought that dragon he rides is like never-ending story LOL mark Cerny created the 3D glasses for master system 😨 i knew he was part of sonic 2 but not this, cool, guy is a legend!
Yeah we have an amazing arcade where I live but even they don't have a Space Harrier cabinet. It's been a while since I've played in the moving cabinet version but it's an amazing experience, especially for it's time. - SK
I would love if Planet Harriers got a port. Emulation for the Hikaru board is so bad that it even interferes with gameplay on many occasions, not to mention that the graphical quality of these games takes a nosedive. On top of that, these games are becoming harder to find because of how fragile this board is. I honestly think there's forgotten/hidden gems on the Hikaru board that are too good to be forgotten.
Nicely done. Great to see Space Harrier love and a decent video to boot. One annoying thing. When discussing the first boss in Planet Harriers, you mention the mighty Squilla... but show a pic of one half of Godarni from the Master System cover lol Sorry, Space Harrier fanboy.
🤣 Space Harrier II MD,...catchy soundtrack 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funniest thing I've heard today 🤣 All the tunes sound the same and sound sh*t for Megadrive standards, just awful music.
I remember playing Space Harrier on Shenmue. It was amazing to play an arcade game inside a game. Inception!
Ninja-X3 this is everything. You can also experience this idea briefly during the halftime show in “blades of steel”
You did a GREAT JOB on this!! I'm not even a big fan of Space Harrier...but I found this really interesting.
Thanks so much! My brother just told me he shared this with you so thanks for checking it out. You're one of our favorite dudes. - SK
Thanks for the vid. Always loved this one in the arcades as a kid. So groundbreaking with awesome graphics, gameplay, and music. A real classic.
Yeah it's one of my favorites. Thanks for watching!
Remember playing Space Harrier in the mid-eighties at my local arcade Circuit Circus. My friends and I would walk for 45 minutes with one or two dollars of coins. Space Harrier was great, I would play it but it was 50 cents. I loved the game and really enjoyed it on the Sega Master System growing up in Canada.
I've been watching some Space Harrier videos and I've been puzzling over how nostalgic the music is to me - even though I never played the game much. Then when I was humming it, I switched to the Blakes 7 theme in the middle. Aha! I watched the heck out of Blakes 7 though multiple rerun runs.
Blake's 7!! Hadn't thought of that show in years lmao. So I didn't hallucinate the show, it's Real😂
This reminded me of DF Retro, with your own special twist. Keep it up!
That's a very generous comparison, thanks so much! - SK
This is quality video making, man! Thanks for the hard work.
Thank you so much! I had alot of fun making it. - SK
I like the informational formatting. I watch a lot of these types of videos
Informational inception!
Should've mentioned the Sega Mission stick on the Saturn! Was actually designed for that, 3D controller just so happens to work with it. Almost arcade perfect!
I wish I knew about that...would have been a great addition to the video
I think the Space Harrier game was also inspired from the epic fantasy movie "The Neverending Story". You can hear the similarity of the musical soundtrack between the game's main theme and the movie's "Happy Flight" theme, also about the scene where our hero character rides the dragoncat Uriah in the Bonus Stages, just like Atreyu and Bastian rides Falkor in the sky.
This was a very informative video. Thank you 😊
It's f-ing crazy how good Shenmue looks for it's time! I'm surprised everytime I see it.
I know right! When I was working on that part of the video all I wanted to do what sit down and play the whole game. - SK
Great work! I really enjoyed this video.
Thanks so much! - SK
The music sounds like Blakes 7 theme in parts!
so strange this has so few views... great doc on gaming history!
Thanks so much! I really enjoyed making it. I'm currently working on the next episode
Space Harrier used to be my one go to arcade games. I didn't know what it was called until recently. I'd be cool to revive the arcade version.
That would be such a fun project. You don't see very many of them these days.
@@RookerVision Yeah, I haven't seen any since the 80s. I wonder how it'll be received by those that never experienced it before.
This might have been the very first video game i've ever played....kickass music
Nice game, I remember when I was a child after school and with uniform and spend hours in a arcade place calls VIDEO GAME, I played a lot of times 😍
Wait, wait, wait...homing missle system?! What? You don't have missles in any of the original Space Harrier games. Are you saying the bullets from Harrier's gun home in on his enemies? If so how is that possible and I have never noticed them doing this before. I have been a Space Harrier player since...1987 or 1988 and I have played/owned/own them all. In all my years of playing the game I have never seen the bullets home in on anything before.
At any rate, this was absolutely fantastic! You my friend have earned a new sub.
Addendum- The Sega Genesis can in fact do sprite scaling. Many games were released during the Genesis's lifespan that featured all types of different tricks that were thought impossible. This was done nit by hardware but with software solutions.
You can actually tell when a shot is going to home in; it makes a kind of "tink" noise.
damn this is cool, hope you do the history of more games
also you can play Space Harrier on the game Yakuza 0 for the PS4 and it kicks ass
Thanks! That's the plan. I'm working on the history of Strider next, but it'll take some time. I wish I could pump these out like some other channels can but time is my enemy. - SK
I recently just heard of Yakuza O and had know idea you could play Space Harrier in it. I wish I'd known about that earlier so I could have added it my video. Oh well. I'll have to check out that game someday, reminds me of Shenmue. - SK
good to hear, can't wait for Strider
This video is so well done!
Thanks!
Recently, I was thinking about Space Harrier, and thinking about how bizarre and random the game is. Now I have a better understanding of where some of the elements of the game came from.
Lovely stuff! A 5D megamovie should be made out of Spaceharrier.
Great vid! Very informative!
Thank you!
Space Harrier 3-D for the SMS has such a great soundtrack
Presumably the panel on the side of the screen on Atari st and PC was to reduce the screen size and enable the game to run faster.
At my local arcade SH was right next to Tron and across from Vs. Super Mario Bros. My cousin had the NES and I wasn't that impressed because I had a C64. When I heard of this new Sega Master System I thought, "If I want SH I need a SMS because Nintendon't won't have it." Among the best decisions I made as a kid.
I gave up years ago on finding a working rom for this amazing game
Space Harrier should be brought back as a multi-player eSports game.
No doubt about it. ELO's Twilight for the soundtrack? Rick Dom's as showcase enemies? Jetpack wearing protagonist who fires a million macross style missles at pop-culture icons in a psychedelic dreamscape?
Yep. Space Harrier is Daicon 4.
God bless you Gainax.
i can't believe i was not the only one who thought that dragon he rides is like never-ending story LOL
mark Cerny created the 3D glasses for master system 😨 i knew he was part of sonic 2 but not this, cool, guy is a legend!
woah i never saw planet harrier on my arcades down here ... i guess the arcade was expense to bring
Yeah we have an amazing arcade where I live but even they don't have a Space Harrier cabinet. It's been a while since I've played in the moving cabinet version but it's an amazing experience, especially for it's time. - SK
Superb! Thank you!
I would love if Planet Harriers got a port. Emulation for the Hikaru board is so bad that it even interferes with gameplay on many occasions, not to mention that the graphical quality of these games takes a nosedive. On top of that, these games are becoming harder to find because of how fragile this board is. I honestly think there's forgotten/hidden gems on the Hikaru board that are too good to be forgotten.
Agreed. Planet Harriers deserves a home release. The Switch would be a great platform for it.
R-r-r-remix!!!! W-w-w-welcome to the fantasy zone...Get Ready!! Get ready!! Get ready!! Get-(epic Rock remix)
I love space harrier!
Amazing video ♥
Thanks!
Excellent
Honestly, a new space harrier game that utilizes low poly meshes would probably look great today.
Excelent job. Can you tell me the name of the last song? 27:00
K just looked back at my video. It's from The Neverending Story, "the Ivory Tower"
Nicely done. Great to see Space Harrier love and a decent video to boot. One annoying thing. When discussing the first boss in Planet Harriers, you mention the mighty Squilla... but show a pic of one half of Godarni from the Master System cover lol Sorry, Space Harrier fanboy.
It's possible I screwed up. My bad. Thanks for pointing that out. If I ever re-edit it I'll make sure to fix that. Thanks for checking out the video.
Space Fantasy Zone is also an awesome game
You should play Bayonetta #1, you would have a nice surprise ;)
you forgot the gba version of space harrier that's on sega arcade classics
and the 32X version which is my favourite one
Great video. Subbed.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the sub.
:D :D :D :D :D Thank you for this video very entertaining! LONG LIVE SPACE HARRIER
Thanks so much for checking it out! I had alot of fun making it. - SK
I'm pissed the Dreamcast never got a proper Space Harrier release.
Hi .. have can you do mortal Kombat Shaolin monk reviews 👍
We are both Mortal Kombat fans so we will take that into consideration for sure - SK
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If Sega headquarters took LSD
wow
If that's a good "wow" then thanks! - SK
Isn't this straight ripped from slopes game room
Or the other way
Never heard of slopes game room. All of my research was either from various websites and Retro Gamer magazine. Thanks for watching regardless.
I checked out Slope's and his Space Harrier video came out almost a year after mine.
Hellooooooooo
Helloooooooo! Yeah I couldn't resist throwing in some Seinfeld in my video - SK
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🤣 Space Harrier II MD,...catchy soundtrack 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funniest thing I've heard today 🤣
All the tunes sound the same and sound sh*t for Megadrive standards, just awful music.
Bro GTA San ps2 vs original Xbox plzzzzz
My brother Jurassic Ninja does all of the Side by Side videos...but I'll try to pass the word along. Thanks - SK
low FPS. poor effect
noted.