| The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Square |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Designer(s) | Hironobu Sakaguchi |
| Programmer(s) | Nasir Gebelli |
| Composer(s) | Nobuo Uematsu[2] |
| Platform(s) | Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release | Family Computer Disk System
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| Genre(s) | Rail shooter, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner (shortened to 3-D WorldRunner on the North American box art),[3] originally released in Japan as Tobidase Daisakusen[a], is a 1987 third-person rail shooter platform video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer Disk System. It was later ported to cartridge format and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo Entertainment System.[4]
For its time, the game was technically advanced; the game's three-dimensional scrolling effect is very similar to the linescroll effects used by Pole Position and many racing games of the day as well as the forward-scrolling effect of Sega's 1985 third-person rail shooter Space Harrier.[5] 3-D WorldRunner was an early forward-scrolling pseudo-3D third-person platform-action game where players were free to move in any forward-scrolling direction and had to leap over obstacles and chasms. It was also notable for being one of the first stereoscopic 3-D games.[4] WorldRunner was designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nasir Gebelli, with music composed by Nobuo Uematsu. All were later core members of the team behind the Final Fantasy role-playing video game series.
- ^ a b Harris, Craig (July 15, 2010). "Legacy Games for Nintendo 3DS". IGN. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Good, Owen (June 27, 2009). "Want to Meet Final Fantasy's Composer?". Kotaku. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Packaging shortens the title to 3-D WorldRunner, which is not in the game.
- ^ a b "Synopsis". All Game. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ (February 1999). "Hironobu Sakaguchi: The Man Behind the Fantasies". Next Generation Magazine, vol 50.
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