Over Horizon
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Over Horizon is a side-scrolling
shoot 'em up
video game developed by Hot B
and Pixel
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
, and published by Hot B
in 1991.
Over Horizon comprises six stages
, each of which concludes with a boss battle.
Side-scrolling video game
A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a video game in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right. These games make use of scrolling computer display technology...
shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what...
video game developed by Hot B
Hot B
, formally known as , was a Japanese video game company founded and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan in . They are best known for developing the The Black Bass series....
and Pixel
Pixel (game developer)
Pixel is the art-name of video game developer . He is best known for , a freeware PC platform game released in 2004 that was created entirely by himself over the period of five years. The game received widespread praise from critics and in July 2006 appeared at the top of Super PLAY's list of the...
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
, and published by Hot B
Hot B
, formally known as , was a Japanese video game company founded and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan in . They are best known for developing the The Black Bass series....
in 1991.
Over Horizon comprises six stages
Level (video gaming)
A level, map, area, or world in a video game is the total space available to the player during the course of completing a discrete objective...
, each of which concludes with a boss battle.
See also
- Gradius (1985)
- R-TypeR-Typeis a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin...
(1987) - Metroid II: Return of SamusMetroid II: Return of Samusis an action-adventure video game, the second game in the Metroid series, and the only one developed for the Nintendo Game Boy. The sixth installment in the overall series story, the game was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 , and published by Nintendo in North America in November...
(1991) - List of Family Computer games
- List of Nintendo Entertainment System games