Planet Harriers

Short description: 2000 video game

Planet Harriers

Developer(s)| Amusement Vision
Publisher(s)| Sega
Director(s)| Toshihiro Nagoshi
Producer(s)| Toshihiro Nagoshi
Designer(s)| Junichi Yamada
Programmer(s)| Tetsuya Kaku
Artist(s)| Mika Kojima
Composer(s)|

* Shunsuke Suzuki
* Toshiyuki Kishi

Series| Space Harrier
Platform(s)| Arcade
Release|

* JP: December 2000
* NA/EU: 2001

Genre(s)| Rail shooter, third-person shooter
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system| Sega Hikaru

Planet Harriers (Japanese: プラネットハリアーズ, Hepburn: Puranetto Hariāzu) is a 3D rail shooter arcade video game published by Sega, developed by its Amusement Vision division. It is part of the Space Harrier series. It was produced both as a sit-down twin cabinet and a stand-up single cabinet.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

The game is based around a twin cabinet, which allows for two seated players to play simultaneous single-player games, or a networked two-player game. Control is through a joystick with a missile and bullet trigger, and view-change and bomb buttons on the main panel.

A player may select one of four characters: Glenn, X, Cory, or Nick. The character flies from an into-the-screen perspective, shooting oncoming enemies and missiles. In a two player game, the two characters may dock together in order to recover life.

Opa-Opa appears spinning above a defeated player offering a continue. This character is made playable with the Easter egg of moving the player selection over X, then Nick, Cory, Glenn, Cory, Nick, Cory, Glenn, X, Cory and then Glenn again.

## Reception

In September 2000, IGN described Planet Harrier, running on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board, as "the unrivaled champion of videogame graphics ... there's never been as visually impressive a videogame as this", praising the long draw distance, "clean and crisp" image quality, speed of movement, large number of fast-moving objects, and "amazing" graphical style. They also praised the gameplay as "the fastest, most intense 3D shooter ever crafted".[1] In Japan, the February 1, 2001 issue of Game Machine lists it as the eleventh most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.[2] A rumored GameCube port never materialized.[3]

## See also

* Space Harrier
* Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force, another arcade game based on the same arcade system

## References

1. ↑ IGN Staff (September 20, 2000). "JAMMA 2000: Hands on with Planet Harriers". http://ign.com/articles/2000/09/21/jamma-2000-hands-on-with-planet-harriers. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
2. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (627): 17. 1 February 2001.
3. ↑ "Planet Harriers on GameCube". May 14, 2001. https://ign.com/articles/2001/05/14/planet-harriers-on-gamecube.

## Further reading

* Planet Harriers cabinet manual
* Planet Harriers promotional brochure

## External links

*   * Planet Harriers at Killer List of Videogames

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Space Harrier series

Main series|

* Space Harrier (1985)
* Space Harrier 3-D (1988)
* Space Harrier II (1988)

Spin-offs|

* Planet Harriers (2000)

Related|

* Sega AM2
* Yu Suzuki
* Fantasy Zone

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