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3-D WorldRunner & Sky Kid retrospective: Depth-defying debuts

(That's "The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner" if you're nasty.) Four—count 'em, four!—companies make their NES debut here before going on to become third-party pillars of the platform. 3-D WorldRunner comes to us courtesy of Squaresoft (they of Final Fantasy fame) and Acclaim (they of, uhhh, Bart Vs. The Space Mutants infamy). Sky Kid is a Namco/SunSoft joint. None of these companies should need any sort of intro for anyone who has a decent familiarity with the NES, and this is where they both get their start on the U.S. side of the console. Nothing inspiring here, but these are the seeds for greater things.

English
  • Originally Aired October 2, 2019
  • Runtime 13 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created October 20, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar
  • Modified October 20, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar