The game 3D Battles of World Runner, The is not an ordinary third-person walker. Rear view of a soldier constantly running forward without stopping. He can bang his head against the poles, knocking out prizes, he can collect bonuses on the level, shoot and jump. The game was released twice in Japan. The first time on floppy disks for the Famicom Disk System, the second time as the second part of the same game with modified graphics and a slightly more atmospheric atmosphere, already on cartridges for the Famicom. In America, the game was released as a copy of the diskette version, but took improvements from the Japanese cartridge version. All three games themselves are almost identical.
This is a game in which you have to become the wildest space cowboy who can jump between worlds. The main character will have to visit 8 strange planets and clear them of evil serpent beasts led by the terrible Grax. This is the simple plot of 3D Battles of World Runner, The - it's all on the box with the cartridge, so don't expect to see any intros or cutscenes during the game.
3D Battles of World Runner, The is a pseudo-3D platform game. The camera is located behind the back of the character, who is constantly running forward. You can't stop it, you can only slow it down or speed it up with the up and down buttons. For its time, the game was very technically advanced: it produced a good picture and worked extremely smoothly and without brakes. It is also one of the first, and few, games to have an anaglyph 3D mode, and even cardboard 3D glasses came with the cartridge.
So what is our brave cowboy to do? As I said, he rushes forward non-stop, flying over huge abysses, dodging enemies and various traps, along the way shooting the most stubborn of opponents. Sometimes power-ups come across (extra life, temporary invulnerability, the ability to shoot, etc.), but you can go through half the game without even knowing about their existence: after all, the way to get them is very unusual and ... inconvenient. After all, for this you need to ram special pillars from all over and pick up bonuses falling out of them - this is if you're lucky, and if not, nothing will appear or a poisonous fly agaric will pop out, killing the unfortunate runner with one touch. Needless to say, this action greatly breaks the pace of the game. Separately, the bosses should be mentioned - they are just pathetic. The only thing,
Do not expect to master 3D Battles of World Runner, The in one evening, as it is designed for real hardcore players. The difficulty gradually and inexorably grows with each level, throughout the game the developers throw up harsh and interesting traps. The most important thing is that the game causes a healthy excitement and a desire to pass it, because here you die only because of your mistakes, and not at the behest of bugs, crooked controls or cheating enemies.
The music for this game 3D Battles of World Runner, The was written by the famous Nobuo Uematsu, for those who do not know, this is the man who wrote the masterpiece soundtracks for almost all games in the Final Fantasy series. The soundtrack is not bad, but when you hear only 3 melodies during all 8 levels, it becomes a little uncomfortable.