059 · THE 3-D BATTLES OF WORLDRUNNER
Light years from earth, there's a world in trouble and pain. Graz, the alien Serpentbeast, and his gang of galactic thugs are terrorizing the eight worlds of Solar System #517. The citizens are losing ground fast--and hope. They need a hero to save their solar system from disaster. For more NEStalgia as well as show notes for this episode visit www.NEStalgiacast.com
Show notes
- Square joins the NES 3rd Party
- Published by Acclaim in North America
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Nasir Gebelli programed - Born in 1957 in Iran. Moved to America. Joined Square in 1986. The company was excited to have him for all the work he had done in the early days. He is more noted now for programming Final Fantasy 1-3 and Secret of Mana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EmtTpoEa8&t=108s
- Nobu Uematsu composed
- How it works : From the bottom of the screen to the middle of the screen there are objects placed with decreasing height, say 10 at the bottom and 1 in the middle of the page and everything in between. Every "strip object" is masked using a mask with the same height as the strip movie clip itself (1-10). Inside the strip object the image is placed and scaled, smaller scale for strips with smaller height, to give the appearance of perspective. -
- Like Space Harrier by SEGA
- Anti Piracy measure - https://tcrf.net/The_3-D_Battles_of_World_Runner
- Sequel - JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II - Fsmicom only. Cart. Utilized actual 3-D. Last game for Square before Final Fantasy
- Jack makes an appearance in Square's Chocobo Racing as the final secret character.