Challenger

a.k.a. チャレンジャー

created and published by Hudson Soft in 1985-10-15, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: platformer, action/reflex
perspective: side view bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng

2.9/5

Personal review

Challenger consists of several scenes. The first one is a platform scene on a running train, then the game switches to an overworld view. Around the overworld you have to visit little caves (again in side-view) and ultimately have to find the princess and rescue her. The highlight of the game are the graphics. Especially the first scene on a train (featuring parallax scrolling) is impressive for a game from 1985. The gameplay though is far from being a real rival to either Super Mario Bros. in the side-view scenes or The Legend of Zelda in the overworld-scenes.