Sega’s 1985 arcade game Space Harrier broke ground for 3D shooters, and is natural for these type of things, spawned a number of imitators. (The Japanese term for these is “Supehari-kei”, or “Space Harrier-type”.) Namco’s Burning Forceis among the better of these clones, partly because it’s based on more powerful arcade hardware (the Namco System-II, which ran Phelios and Valkyrie no … Continue reading Burning Force