Far away, there was a special land. Where
peaceful dragons lived peaceful lives.
Until the attack. Vicious creatures seeking final
extinction for the dragons. You are their last
hope. You are Space Harrier.
For one player only.
As Space Harrier, you must save The Land of Dragons, and yourself, from extinction.
There are 18 waves, or stages, of enemy creatures. You begin at stage 1 and move upward. At the end of each stage, a highly dangerous "Boss Creature" appears. Destroy this leader of the pack and you will proceed to the next stage.
When you have successfully cleared all 18 stages, peace will reign again over The Land of Dragons.
As Space Harrier, you are given three lives. A BONUS LIFE IS AWARDED when your score reaches 5,000,000.
THE GAME ENDS when you have lost all of your reserve lives or when you have successfully cleared all 18 stages of enemy attack.
Press the start button on the control pad.
Space Harrier will appear towards the middle of the screen.
The number of reserve lives appears just below Space Harrier.
The highest score, thus far, appears at the upper left corner.
Your current score appears at the upper right corner.
The current stage of battle appears at the lower right corner.
Buttons 1 and 2 can be used as start buttons to begin the game.
Thereafter, they both act as "shoot buttons."
The directional button is used to move Space Harrier. Apply pressure to the top, bottom, right or left side of this button to move in the direction desired.
| move up | ||
| move left | | move right |
| move down |
Here are the battles you will encounter. Clear all 18 stages and The Land of Dragons will be saved!
| Stage 1: MOOT | Stage 10: MINIA |
| Stage 2: GEEZA | Stage 11: PARMS |
| Stage 3: AMAR | Stage 12: BONUS STAGE |
| Stage 4: CEICEIL | Stage 13: DRAIL |
| Stage 5: BONUS STAGE | Stage 14: ASUITE |
| Stage 6: OLISIS | Stage 15: VICEL |
| Stage 7: LUCASIA | Stage 16: NATURA |
| Stage 8: IDA | Stage 17: NARK |
| Stage 9: REVI | Stage 18: ASYMBEL |
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| WEEDS | TREES | GROUND ROCKS |
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| KINOKO MUSHROOMS | PEANUTS | MAMMOTH |
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(Also 10,000 points when hit in the sky.)
The following land creatures cannot be destroyed by your weapons. Your only defense is to avoid them.
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| MATSUTAKE MUSHROOM | INCAIC POLES | TOWER OF DOOM |
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| INHABITED TOWER | TOWER OF CONTROL | TOWER OF SWORDS |
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| MUKADENSE (small helicopter) | LOOPER (hybrid of plant and animal) | PARKOMEN |
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| JET PLANES | AIRBORNE ROCKS | CANARIES (with large wings) |
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| SKEGG (attacks in the air) | DOM (very efficient robot) | TOMOS (very intelligent; attacks by splitting into three parts) |
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| ROLLIES (attacks by spinning) | |
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| TETRAHEDRON (attacks by opening and shutting) | OCTOPUS (spins; attacks with four tentacles) |
The following creatures are indestructible. Avoid them:
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| BINZBEAN (20-sided spaceship) | STANREY (Dom's mother ship) |
(16 hits to the head needed to destroy.)
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| SQUILLA 800,000 points | VALDA 800,000 points | BARBARIAN 900,000 points |
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| GODARNI 1,100,000 points | SYURA 900,000 points | SALPEDON 1,100,000 points |
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(Downed only when destroying WI WI JUMBO |
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| WI WI JUMBO | KOMAINN |
| 300,000 points | |
Stage 5 and stage 12 are bonus stages. There, you can ride on the back of the brave dragon, Euria.
During that time, you are indestructible and everything on land can be destroyed just by touching it. This includes trees, incaic poles, etc.
During these bonus stages, each land object that is destroyed will add 50,000 points to your score.
When the game ends, if your score ranks with the top seven scores, you can enter your name on screen (a maximum of three letters or characters can be used).
To select each letter, press the right or left side of the directional button (this scans up or down the alphabet). When a desired letter appears, press a start button.
To make a correction, select the arrow symbol and then reenter the correct letter.
Your score and rank will be indicated in red characters.
There are many types of enemy creatures. To destroy them all, study the patterns of their movements and attacks. Then, you can be one step ahead of them.
Take full advantage of the bonus stages by destroying as many on-land obstacles as possible.
When you wish to continue after the game is over (limited to 3 times), immediately press BUTTON 1, while at the same time keeping the DIRECTIONAL BUTTON pressed down in the diagonally lower left direction. This feature cannot be utilized after the score ranking appears on the screen.
In the TITLE SCENE, move the DIRECTIONAL BUTTON in the RIGHT-LEFT-DOWN-UP sequence. When the SOUND TEST listing is on the screen, bring the arrow to the desired number and press BUTTON 1. The selected sound / music can then be heard.