A Sony Imagesoft action platformer, smooth and beautifully animated. Arabian inspired and inventive, a lesser known SFC gem.
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Action platformer featuring warrior Sky battling evil gods across fantastical realms. Published by Sony Imagesoft, released in Europe in 1994. Side-scrolling movement with transformation powers, divine bosses and colorful visuals. An original little-known action platformer on Super Nintendo.
The PAL edition of this Sony Imagesoft action-platformer gem, with its divine bosses and Arabian-flavoured art, earns genuine European scarcity: a short print run and limited distribution make a complete boxed copy distinctly harder to assemble than the US counterpart, with its multilingual manual a bonus. Long underrated, this inventive platformer carries a hidden-gem aura that fuels quiet but persistent PAL demand.
An underrated gem
An action-platformer with warm colors and imagery inspired by Eastern mythologies, it grants its hero spectacular magical powers and faces him with imposing bosses. Released to indifference and overshadowed by better-known names, it left little mark. Accessible and nicely crafted, it will please those nostalgic for laid-back magical platforming.
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An action platformer from Sony Imagesoft, Skyblazer sends a young warrior with mystic powers across levels inspired by Hindu mythology, punctuated by giant bosses making use of Mode 7. The colourful sprites, the varied spells and the spectacular staging make it a generous, polished platformer. The gameplay stays classic and the difficulty fairly gentle. An endearing title to recommend for fans of colourful 16 bit platformers and nostalgics of likeable, unfairly forgotten productions.
