Skyblazer

[derboo]

www.hardcoregaming101.net/skyblazer/skyblazer.htm

This article was posted just before the forums came around, so here's a new thread. The hero's climbing abilities make this game resemble Strider or Ninja Gaiden, but a lot of the enemies are inspired by Hindu mythology.

[benoitren]

Wasn't this the game that featured a password screen with four symbols that would go on to become the PlayStation's four buttons?

[Jungyin]

I get the feeling the use of the cross, circle, square, and triangle symbols all together had been around long before this game and the Playstation.

[Pleont]

In Japan, circle and cross are known as ○(Maru) and ×(Batsu) respectively. As an example for school, maru is used for correct answers, and batsu is used for incorrect ones, hence why most Japanese Playstation games have circle for confirm, and cross for cancel (whereas it's sometimes switched around for NA/EU regions). Sankaku(△) and shikaku(□) don't have any particular meanings in relation to maru and batsu, though they're sometimes used along with maru and batsu, like if you were to censor the name of someone like a politician, you might use "□○△" instead of their name.

[Weasel]

Wow! I can say I've learned something today.

[derboo]

I've also seen all four as markers for the entries in a bullet point list (sometimes changing to show the start of a different list).

[steven]

Good, fun game, but slightly overrated IMHO. I like it, but don't agree with those who call it a vehemently excellent game. I think it falls short of that mark.

BTW, the makers of this game previously made HOOK... which has a similar feel to SB and is pretty fun in its own right, so long as you don't mind slower action games. Love the visuals and music in Hook... Capcom-esque.

[Allie]

Jun 16, 2013 3:31:06 GMT -5 Pleont said:

In Japan, circle and cross are known as ○(Maru) and ×(Batsu) respectively. As an example for school, maru is used for correct answers, and batsu is used for incorrect ones, hence why most Japanese Playstation games have circle for confirm, and cross for cancel (whereas it's sometimes switched around for NA/EU regions). Sankaku(△) and shikaku(□) don't have any particular meanings in relation to maru and batsu, though they're sometimes used along with maru and batsu, like if you were to censor the name of someone like a politician, you might use "□○△" instead of their name.

I've also seen them used as symbols for victories and losses in sporting events, typically in a multi-participant tournament chart.

[Deleted]

Messing around with this and ...

Is it just me or this monster design is somehow similar to the one-eyed monster seen in Three Wonders?

[CRV]

Jun 30, 2013 19:27:18 GMT -5 @kale said:

Messing around with this and ...

Is it just me or this monster design is somehow similar to the one-eyed monster seen in Three Wonders?

Ukiyotei was started by people from Capcom, so it may not be a coincidence.