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Game Overview

Space Harrier on the Master System is one of those games that feels like it’s moving faster than your brain can keep up. You’re this dude with a jetpack (or maybe just really good at floating?) blasting through these bizarre, colorful landscapes—think giant mushrooms, stone heads, and robots that look like they escaped from an '80s synth album cover. The whole screen tilts and zooms to fake that 3D effect, and yeah, it’s primitive now, but back then? Mind-blowing.

The controls are dead simple: hold a direction to dodge, mash the button to shoot. No complicated combos, just pure reflex chaos. The music’s this hyperactive synth track that somehow makes crashing into a tree-shaped monster feel cool. It’s short, sure, but that just means you’ll replay it way more than you’d admit. Still holds up if you’re into that old-school arcade rush.