Skyblazer

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Item Description

Sky can latch onto a sheer wall, scramble up it and launch himself off into a flurry of punches and kicks, and that sense of agile, close-quarters movement is what makes Skyblazer such a pleasure to play. Developed by Ukiyotei and published by Sony Imagesoft in North America in January 1994, it is a polished action-platformer that tends to surprise anyone who has only ever heard its name.

The story is simple and mythic. Ashura, the Lord of War, has kidnapped the young sorceress Ariana, and Sky sets out to bring her back. The Japanese release wears its inspiration openly, with Sky named Garuda, Ariana named Vishnu and the wise elder named Brahma, and the final villain, Raglan, known there as Ravana, waiting just beyond Ashura himself. That Hindu-mythology backbone gives the whole adventure a flavor quite unlike the usual 16-bit fantasy.

Seventeen levels are linked by an overhead world map, where the elder hands out passwords and you can revisit cleared stages or skip some entirely, though skipping means leaving behind the magic and power-ups hidden inside. Beyond his basic punch and kick, Sky can unleash eight secondary attacks fueled by magic power, with red flasks restoring magic and green flasks restoring health. Most stages scroll sideways, but the variety keeps things fresh: flight levels that either auto-scroll or swoop through Mode 7 as you gather crystals for extra lives, waterways with switch-controlled paths and rotating towers. Ten bosses guard the way, four of them fought twice and two built around showy Mode 7 effects, all set to music by Harumi Fujita.

Critics were generally warm, and GamePro summed it up as "a great mix of side-scrolling action, puzzle solving, special powers, and tactics," while EGM praised the graphics and controls. Skyblazer comes from Sony's game-publishing days before the PlayStation, and it is the kind of tight, inventive Super Nintendo action game that makes digging past the console's headline releases so rewarding.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1994
Publisher
Sony Imagesoft
Developer
Ukiyotei
Players
Single player
About the game

Arianna, a young sorceress, has been kidnapped by Ashura. Sky has pledged his life to rescuing her. Sky must venture through many colorful stages and nice background effects. Skyblazer is a blend of side-scrolling fighting with magical skills. Locating potions to recover energy and gaining magic points to thrash the enemies becomes a major part of the gameplay. Sky can also stick to and climb vertically up walls.

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