Over Horizon Complete Game - NES Retro Replay
5Nice shooter here and this was the first time playing this game for me. This wasn't released here in the States so its nice to finally get a chance to play it here.. Not to difficult but as with any shooter it can get frustrating with things flying all around you and coming from behind.. Overall I liked the game and I like most shooters.. Give it a shot!
Over Horizon is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter co-developed by Pixel and Hot B, published in Japan by Hot B and in Germany by Takara for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Controlling a space fighter craft, the player must destroy numerous enemies to defeat an alien threat intending to dominate the universe.
Over Horizon is a horizonal-scrolling shooter game similar to Gradius and R-Type, where players control a space fighter craft through six stages, each with their own environmental gimmick and boss that must be defeated to progress further and face an alien threat intending to rule the universe. The main ship is capable of shooting forward or backward by pressing the A or B buttons, while some enemies carry items to increase its firepower, such as weapons and satellite pods. There are three weapons and each one is powered-up by collecting their respective letter three times. The pods fire their own projectiles and block incoming enemy fire, while their positions can be changed by holding A and B.
Unique to the game is the ability to customize the ship via "Edit Mode"; Players can spend up to five points into the ship's weaponry to produce modifications such as exploding lasers or homing bombs. Players can also modify both formations of the satellite pods for offensive or defensive positionings before starting the game. Getting hit by enemy fire or colliding against solid stage obstacles results with losing a live, as well as a penalty of decreasing the ship's firepower.
Developer - Pixel, Hot B
Publisher - JP: Hot B
GER: Takara
Director - Yoshinori Satake
Producer - Yoshihiro Tonomura
Designer - Yoshiki Miyagi
Programmer - Hideki Kuwamura
Jun Saitō
Junichi Osajima
Artist(s) Nekomata. K
O. Yasuhisa
Composer - Masaharu Iwata
Platform - Nintendo Entertainment System
Release - JP: April 26, 1991
GER: 1992
Genre - Scrolling shooter
Mode - Single-player
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