Lost In Translation/Space Harrier

About The Game
Space Harrier is a sprite-scaling, into-the-screen arcade video game shoot-em-up set in the "Fantasy Zone"; a surreal, abstract world composed of bright colours and a checkerboard-styled ground. The game's enemies are as unique as its setting; featuring prehistoric animals, alien pods, giant mushrooms and, at the end of every stage, a huge, fireball-spitting Chinese dragon.

The player's on-screen counterpart carries a portable jet-pack under his arm, which allows him to fly as well as run along the ground. The jet-pack is equipped with a laser, allowing the player to destroy both the game's many enemies as well as a variety of obstructions, such as trees and the floating rocks on level 1.

Trivia
Released in December 1985.

The pioneer 3-D shooting game realized by a high speed 3-D processing. The first full-colour CG graphics in Japan and a beautiful BGM supported by a FM sound system that gave a great impact to the arcade scene in 1985.

There were 3 different dedicated cabinets made for this game, an upright, this Sit-Down model, and "Space Harrier [Rolling model]".

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Sega Taikan Game Special - 28XA-198) on 12/1987.

Series

 * 1) Space Harrier [Sit-Down model] (1985)
 * Space Harrier [Rolling model] (1985)
 * 1) Space Harrier 3D (1988, Sega Master System)
 * 2) Space Harrier II (1988, Sega Mega Drive)
 * 3) Space Harrier - Return to the Fantasy Zone (1989, Commodore Amiga)
 * 4) Planet Harriers (2001)

Staff

 * Designed By:
 * Yu Suzuki (YU.)


 * From Hiscore Table:
 * (KAN)
 * (KAW)
 * (BIN)
 * (TUD)
 * (NAG)
 * (ASO)


 * Music By:
 * Hiroshi Miyauchi

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Sega Master System (1986)
 * Nintendo Famicom
 * NEC PC-Engine (1988)
 * Sega Game Gear (1991)
 * Sega 32x (1994)
 * Sega Saturn (1995)
 * Sega Dreamcast (2000, "Shenmue")
 * Sega Dreamcast (2001, "Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1")
 * Sega Dreamcast (2001, "Shenmue II")
 * Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2003, "Sega Arcade Gallery")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2003, "Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 4 : Space Harrier")
 * Microsoft XBOX ("Shenmue II")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Sega AGES 2500 Series Vol. 20 Space Harrier II - Space Harrier Complete Collection")


 * Computers :
 * Atari ST (1985)
 * Sharp X68000 (1985)
 * Commodore C64 (1986)
 * Amstrad CPC (1986)
 * Fujitsu FM-7 (1987)
 * Fujitsu FM-77AV (1987)
 * Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
 * Commodore Amiga ("Space Harrier", 1989, Elite)
 * PC [MS-DOS, 5.25"] (1989)
 * Sharp X1


 * Others :
 * Tiger Handheld LCD Game (19??)
 * Mobile phones (2002)

