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Run Saber
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Game only: the cartridge in a protective holder, no box or manual. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Run Saber carries a curious distinction: built by a Japanese developer, it never came out in Japan. Horisoft made it and Atlus published it in North America in 1993, and the result is a fast, acrobatic side-scroller so close in spirit to Capcom's Strider that Hardcore Gaming 101 called it a better Strider game than Strider Returns.
The setup is pure 16-bit science fiction. Scientist Gordon Bruford irradiates himself, raises a mutant army and sets out to conquer the world, so his colleagues build the Run Sabers, cybernetic super soldiers, to stop him. One of them, Kurtz, malfunctions and goes on a rampage, leaving Allen and Sheena to take down both threats. They play differently: Allen swings the horizontal Thunder Saber and calls up a green dragon that devours enemies, while Sheena's vertical Ice Saber pairs with a special attack that unleashes a blizzard of ice crystals. Two players can run the whole game together, side by side.
Movement is what makes it sing. You double-tap to sprint, scale walls and cling to ceilings, slide under fire, launch into a rolling energy jump against airborne enemies or drop into a diving kick that bounces off heads. Each of the five stages is long by Strider standards and packs at least three bosses: the military stronghold of Taj Base, the futuristic Chinatown of Tong City, the jungle of Jod Valley with its giant missile and a Mode 7 stealth-jet boss, the gear-crushing factory of Grey Fac where Kurtz returns for a rematch, and finally Bruford's Giger-esque lair. Medkits push your life bar higher, saber power-ups extend your reach, and pink spheres charge those screen-clearing specials.
There is good trivia baked in, too: the original first boss was redesigned as a zombie for release, reportedly at Nintendo of America's request. Short, punchy and easy to pick up, Run Saber is the closest thing the Super Nintendo has to a two-player Strider, and a great pick for an evening of couch co-op.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1993
- Publisher
- Atlus USA
- Developer
- Horisoft
- Genre
- Platformer, Strategy, Adventure
- Players
- Single player, Co-op
About the game
Run Saber is a 1993 side-scrolling action game developed by Horisoft and published by Atlus for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in North America on June 8, 1993, and in Europe in 1993. Run Saber features side-scrolling fighting as the two main heroes, Allen and Sheena, the Run Sabers, fight to save the planet. The gameplay is very similar to Strider.
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Run Saber
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Run Saber
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