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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">Designer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi" title="Hironobu Sakaguchi">Hironobu Sakaguchi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programmer" title="Video game programmer">Programmer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Gebelli" title="Nasir Gebelli">Nasir Gebelli</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game composer">Composer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu" title="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a><sup id="cite_ref-music_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-music-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Family_Computer_Disk_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Computer Disk System">Family Computer Disk System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Nintendo Entertainment System</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Family Computer Disk System</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span style="font-size:97%;"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">JP</a>:</span> March 12, 1987</li></ul></div><b>Nintendo Entertainment System</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span style="font-size:97%;"><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>:</span> September 1987</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rail_shooter" title="Rail shooter">Rail shooter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-player_video_game" title="Single-player video game">Single-player</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner</b></i> (shortened to <i><b>3-D WorldRunner</b></i> on the North American box art),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originally released in Japan as <i><b>Tobidase Daisakusen</b></i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, is a 1987 <a href="/wiki/Third-person_shooter" title="Third-person shooter">third-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_up" title="Shoot 'em up">rail shooter</a> <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> developed and published by <a href="/wiki/Square_(video_game_company)" title="Square (video game company)">Square</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Family Computer Disk System</a>. It was later ported to cartridge format and published by <a href="/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment" title="Acclaim Entertainment">Acclaim</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Nintendo Entertainment System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For its time, the game was technically advanced; the game's <a href="/wiki/3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">three-dimensional</a> scrolling effect is very similar to the linescroll effects used by <i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position" title="Pole Position">Pole Position</a></i> and many <a href="/wiki/Racing_video_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Racing video game">racing games</a> of the day as well as the forward-scrolling effect of <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>'s 1985 third-person rail shooter <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Harrier" title="Space Harrier">Space Harrier</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nextgen_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nextgen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>3-D WorldRunner</i> was an early forward-scrolling <a href="/wiki/2.5D" title="2.5D">pseudo-3D</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Stereoscopic_video_game" title="Stereoscopic video game">stereoscopic 3-D games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>WorldRunner</i> was designed by <a href="/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi" title="Hironobu Sakaguchi">Hironobu Sakaguchi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nasir_Gebelli" title="Nasir Gebelli">Nasir Gebelli</a>, with music composed by <a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu" title="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a>. All were later core members of the team behind the <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy" title="Final Fantasy">Final Fantasy</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video game</a> series. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3d_worldrunner_screen11.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/3d_worldrunner_screen11.png/220px-3d_worldrunner_screen11.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/3d_worldrunner_screen11.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="224" /></a><figcaption>WorldRunner battles Menacing Meanies in the first world.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>WorldRunner</i> features many sprite-based elements that are typical of a forward-scrolling <a href="/wiki/Rail_shooter" title="Rail shooter">rail shooter</a> game, where the player focuses on destroying or dodging onscreen enemies against a scrolling background.<sup id="cite_ref-ignacy_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignacy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>3-D WorldRunner</i> incorporates a distinct third-person view, where the camera angle is positioned behind the main character.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Jack, players make their way through eight worlds, battling hostile <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction" title="Extraterrestrials in fiction">alien</a> creatures such as blob monsters and leaping over bottomless <a href="/wiki/Canyon" title="Canyon">canyons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ripoff_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ripoff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each world is divided into different quadrants, and the player must pass through each quadrant before the time counter on the bottom of the game screen reaches zero. In each quadrant, the player can find pillar-like columns that house <a href="/wiki/Power-up" title="Power-up">power-ups</a>, objects that are beneficial or add extra abilities to the game character such as temporary invincibility or laser missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of each world's last quadrant is a serpentine creature which must be defeated to advance.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A status bar at the bottom of the screen displays the player's score, the time counter, the world number, the world quadrant, the number of bonus stars (items that increase the player's score count) collected by the player, and the number of lives remaining. </p><p>Because the game is set against a constantly scrolling screen, Jack's movement cannot be stopped, but the player can speed up or slow down Jack's pace. The player is also allowed a degree of limited horizontal movement. When fighting Serpentbeasts at the end of each world, the player is capable of moving Jack freely in all directions. Jack's basic actions consist of jumping, used to dodge canyons and enemies, and firing collectible missiles of various types to destroy enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3dworldrunner_3deffect.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/3dworldrunner_3deffect.png/220px-3dworldrunner_3deffect.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/3dworldrunner_3deffect.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="224" /></a><figcaption>In this screenshot, the "3D mode" has been activated. <br /> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg/37px-3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg/56px-3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg/74px-3d_glasses_red_cyan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="70" /></a></span> <small><a href="/wiki/Anaglyph_3D" title="Anaglyph 3D">3D red cyan</a> glasses are recommended to view this image correctly.</small></figcaption></figure> <p>Part of the appeal and selling point of <i>WorldRunner</i> was its "3D mode".<sup id="cite_ref-gamebox_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamebox-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first of three games by Square to feature such an option. To enter or exit 3D mode, players would press the select button.<sup id="cite_ref-ignacy_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignacy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To view the game in 3D, players had to use the included pair of cardboard glasses.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-glassy_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glassy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the 3D mode is selected, the game uses computer image processing techniques to combine images from two slightly different viewpoints into a single image, known as <a href="/wiki/Anaglyph_3D" title="Anaglyph 3D">anaglyph images</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldRunner_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldRunner-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-glasses_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glasses-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-glassy_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glassy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Players assume the role of Jack the WorldRunner, a wild "space cowboy" on a mission to save various planets overrun by serpentine beasts.<sup id="cite_ref-gamebox_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamebox-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game takes place in Solar System #517, which is being overrun by a race of aliens known as Serpentbeasts, who are led by the evil Grax.<sup id="cite_ref-gamecase_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamecase-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As WorldRunner, the player must battle through eight planets to find and destroy Grax with fireballs.<sup id="cite_ref-ripoff_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ripoff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 1999 interview with <i>NextGeneration</i> magazine, Sakaguchi admitted that he "liked <i>Space Harrier</i>", but said that his main reason for the development of the game was that Square owner <a href="/wiki/Masafumi_Miyamoto" title="Masafumi Miyamoto">Masafumi Miyamoto</a> wanted to demonstrate <a href="/wiki/Nasir_Gebelli" title="Nasir Gebelli">Nasir Gebelli</a>'s 3D programming techniques for which he had been hired.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hard_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hard-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of release, <i>Cashbox</i> magazine praised the games visual effects and the variety of enemies and obstacles.<sup id="cite_ref-cash_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cash-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In retrospective reviews, the game had a mixed reception. <i><a href="/wiki/Game_Informer" title="Game Informer">Game Informer</a></i> praises the surrealistic landscape and behind the character running capability, but noted that they were not capable of seeing the 3D effect even with the 3D glasses on.<sup id="cite_ref-glassy_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glassy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Retro Gamer</i> criticized for being a seeming ripoff of <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Harrier" title="Space Harrier">Space Harrier</a></i>, noting that even the bosses of both games look similar.<sup id="cite_ref-ripoff_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ripoff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did applaud the soundtrack and the bright visuals, comparing the color palette to <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Zone" title="Fantasy Zone">Fantasy Zone</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ripoff_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ripoff-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vito Gesualdi of <i><a href="/wiki/Destructoid" title="Destructoid">Destructoid</a></i> named it among the "five most notorious videogame ripoffs of all time" in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commercially, the game was met with modest success, selling roughly 500,000 copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-nextgen_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nextgen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sales of this game title and other titles from Square at this time were not enough for Square to stay in business, and the companies fortunes only turned around with the release of the first <i>Final Fantasy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-finalrunner_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finalrunner-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sequel">Sequel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sequel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ジェイジェイ</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Jei Jei</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a 1987 Japan-only follow-up to the game, developed and released by the same team who did the original, but as a regular cart instead of for the Disk System. <i>JJ</i> was one of the few games to utilize the <a href="/wiki/Famicom_3D_System" title="Famicom 3D System">Famicom 3D System</a>, and was Square's last work before the inception of the popular <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy" title="Final Fantasy">Final Fantasy</a></i> franchise. </p><p><i>JJ</i> is a sort of "dark version" of the original game; it moves at a much faster pace with increased difficulty, plus a more "sinister" art style and use of color. The soundtrack was again composed by <a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu" title="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a>, and each track was made to match the respective track from the first game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Harrier_3-D" title="Space Harrier 3-D">Space Harrier 3-D</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_3-D_Battles_of_WorldRunner&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">とびだせ大作戦</span>, lit. 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