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Before Final Fantasy made Squaresoft a household name, and long before the Square-Enix days, Square dabbled a bit with 3D technology on the Nintendo Entertainment System with games such as The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner, or more commonly known as 3D WorldRunner. Often regarded as a Space Harrier clone, 3-D World Runner takes advantage of stereoscopic technology to create a third person platforming/railshooter hybrid adventure which also has the option of playing the game in full “3-D mode” with special glasses that came included with the NES cart. One of Square’s earliest titles, this Space Harrier “clone” is notoriously difficult, but is the game actually any good?
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#gaming #WTFU #retrogaming #NES #SquareEnix #Squaresoft
Before Final Fantasy made Squaresoft a household name, and long before the Square-Enix days, Square dabbled a bit with 3D technology on the Nintendo Entertainment System with games such as The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner, or more commonly known as 3D WorldRunner. Often regarded as a Space Harrier clone, 3-D World Runner takes advantage of stereoscopic technology to create a third person platforming/railshooter hybrid adventure which also has the option of playing the game in full “3-D mode” with special glasses that came included with the NES cart. One of Square’s earliest titles, this Space Harrier “clone” is notoriously difficult, but is the game actually any good?
Check out Hungry Goriya's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrqaOPLC4_LTWCdJIvXvWTg?&ab_channel=HungryGoriya
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#gaming #WTFU #retrogaming #NES #SquareEnix #Squaresoft
