1986 · Arcade · Racing

Sky Runner

Sky Runner is a shoot'em up developed by Cascade Games. A Skimmer or a Skybike has to be flown over the surface of the fictional planet Naibmoloc and defence towers, armed enemy bikers and the Sky(a new drug)-producing harvesters have to be destroyed.

Released: 1986
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS Windows ZX Spectrum
Genres: Arcade Racing Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United Kingdom

About

Sky Runner is a 1986 rail shooter video game developed and published by Cascade Games for MS-DOS, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The DOS version uses CGA graphics.

Keywords

shoot 'em up

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game is played from the 3rd person perspective with a 3D view similar to Space Harrier. Gameplay involved controlling an aircraft called a skimmer to shoot down enemy towers. After destroying enough, the skimmer would drop down a skybike, which the player would use to destroy other enemy skybikers, while avoiding obstacles like trees. After destroying enough enemies, a boss character called a harvester would appear, which the player would have to defeat. Upon defeating the harvester the game awards the player with money, and loops back to the player controlling the skimmer.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1986	North America · Europe 31 December 1987
Windows	31 December 1986	North America · Europe 31 December 1987
MS-DOS	31 December 1987	Europe
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1987	Europe