SEGA AGES Space Harrier

M2 · Aug 22, 2019

Everyone

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Goal: Destroy all enemies. Harrier is in a constant state of motion as he traverses the Fantasy Zone. Can he eliminate all evil, supernatural beasts in order to save Dragon Land? Use your jet laser cannon to shoot while dodging obstacles. Can you beat all stages and reach the end? Play SEGA AGES Space Harrier today!

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Hey Poor Player
Kevin Chapman · Aug 21, 2019
8.0
M2 has knocked it out of the park with this release. Despite the default difficulty being cranked up, this release of Space Harrier looks and plays flawlessly. The new Komainu Barrier Attack mode is a fun new twist to keep fans and newcomers alike interested, and online rankings and leaderboards will keep the pros coming back for more. For $7.99, Space Harrier is a stellar deal for some quick arcade fun. Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta save the Land of the Dragons again.
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Nintendo World Report
Neal Ronaghan · Aug 21, 2019
6.0
This is Space Harrier, virtually the same arcade game from nearly 40 years ago with a couple of tweaks and additions from the original home ports and the 3DS 3D Classics release. M2, as per usual, made a great port and this might be the best version of Space Harrier, but that’s all it is. Minimal bells and whistles are on display here and unless you want to have this on hand to play while you play Shenmue 3 on another console, plunking down quarters for this doesn’t seem all that worthwhile.
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NintendoLife
Chris Scullion · Aug 21, 2019
7.0
It looks lovely, sounds superb and offers an interesting new assist for newcomers, but at its core Space Harrier is still Space Harrier and M2 is only able to do so much with it. This isn’t one of Sega’s masterpieces and therefore isn’t a must-have: it’ll have to settle for being merely ‘pretty good’ instead.
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Cubed3
Rudy Lavaux · Aug 21, 2019
9.0
Sega Ages Space Harrier is a perfect port of a great classic that remains a milestone in video gaming technology to this day, perfectly preserved for both home and portable play in its Switch incarnation. It could have included a better integer scaling option in docked mode, but it nails it flat on the head in every other area.
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