| Manufacturer: | Sega |
| Genre: | 3rd person rail shooter |
| Board: | Dedicated Sega hardware |
| Year: | 1985 |
"Welcome to the Fantasy Zone. Get ready!"
Everybody's got a favourite arcade manufacturer and for me it's probably Sega. As much as I loved games like Street Fighter 2 and R-Type, Sega created so many iconic games and cabinets. Perhaps the most iconic of all was Space Harrier. Let's have a look:
It would be fair to say the deluxe hydraulic cabinets were just a gimick, but we're talking about arcade games - a gimick was all you needed to get people to shovel in another 20p. Sega produced lots of hydraulic cabinets over the years, the ultimate of which was the deluxe G-Loc cabinet, which was a gyroscope that could spin 360 degrees in every direction - but they were incredibly rare.
As a game, Space Harrier was bloody quick. In typical arcade style, getting anywhere in took real skill and your best chance of playing the game properly was on a standard cabinet.
Now I started this blog with the opening line from Space Harrier, but reading it does not compare with hearing it, so here's a 2nd video containing the sample and a better view of the actual action.
If you want to play Space Harrier legally, the closest you can get is the Sega MegaDrive Classics Pack 1 on Steam, which contains the MegaDrive version of Space Harrier II. I realise that's not the same as the arcade version and the lack of voice samples is disappointing, but that really is your best bet these days.
MTW
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