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Retro Weekends Episode 9: Run Saber

 
 
 
 
Retro Weekends plays and reviews Run Saber for the SNES. All gameplay footage taken from real hardware.
 
   

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What we thought
 
 
Chris

"This is a decent action game, I liked the wall hanging/climbing element in it and the soundtrack was solid, some of the bosses used the hardware to quite good effect too. I've not played Strider before but from what I've seen this seems very similar to it, though the two player option must be a big addition "

     
3/5
 
   

"I think this is a pretty reasonable game, its a nice little 2-player action game that's a little too short. The artwork in the game is good, with the second stage having an excellent Blade Runner-esque design with great colour usage, but the sprites seem a little small for the era and the game itself is very derivative of Capcom's Strider. Its perhaps somewhat more accessible than Strider was, and Strider was only about five levels long as well but this is coming out four years later and things here really haven't progressed much at all."

rich
   
3/5
 
 
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