<s>
The	B-Application
3-D	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
WorldRunner	I-Application
(	O
shortened	O
to	O
3-D	B-Application
WorldRunner	I-Application
on	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
box	O
art	O
)	O
,	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1987	O
third-person	O
rail	O
shooter	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
for	O
the	O
Family	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
technically	O
advanced	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
three-dimensional	O
scrolling	O
effect	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
linescroll	O
effects	O
used	O
by	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
and	O
many	O
racing	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
forward-scrolling	O
effect	O
of	O
Sega	O
's	O
1985	O
third-person	O
rail	O
shooter	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
3-D	B-Application
WorldRunner	I-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
forward-scrolling	O
pseudo-3D	O
third-person	O
platform-action	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
were	O
free	O
to	O
move	O
in	O
any	O
forward-scrolling	O
direction	O
and	O
had	O
to	O
leap	O
over	O
obstacles	O
and	O
chasms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
stereoscopic	B-Application
3-D	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldRunner	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Hironobu	O
Sakaguchi	O
and	O
Nasir	O
Gebelli	O
,	O
and	O
composed	O
by	O
Nobuo	O
Uematsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
would	O
later	O
rise	O
to	O
fame	O
as	O
core	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
behind	O
the	O
popular	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldRunner	B-Application
features	O
many	O
sprite-based	O
elements	O
that	O
are	O
typical	O
of	O
a	O
forward-scrolling	O
rail	O
shooter	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
focuses	O
on	O
destroying	O
or	O
dodging	O
onscreen	O
enemies	O
against	O
a	O
scrolling	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3-D	B-Application
WorldRunner	I-Application
incorporates	O
a	O
distinct	O
third-person	O
view	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
camera	O
angle	O
is	O
positioned	O
behind	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
appeal	O
and	O
selling	O
point	O
of	O
WorldRunner	B-Application
was	O
its	O
"	O
3D	O
mode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
3D	O
mode	O
is	O
selected	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
computer	O
image	O
processing	O
techniques	O
to	O
combine	O
images	O
from	O
two	O
slightly	O
different	O
viewpoints	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
image	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
anaglyph	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Jack	O
the	O
WorldRunner	B-Application
,	O
a	O
wild	O
"	O
space	O
cowboy	O
"	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
save	O
various	O
planets	O
overrun	O
by	O
serpentine	O
beasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
WorldRunner	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
battle	O
through	O
eight	O
planets	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
destroy	O
Grax	O
with	O
fireballs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1999	O
interview	O
with	O
NextGeneration	O
magazine	O
,	O
Sakaguchi	O
admitted	O
that	O
he	O
"	O
liked	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
"	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
that	O
his	O
main	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
that	O
Square	O
owner	O
Masafumi	O
Miyamoto	O
wanted	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
Nasir	O
Gebelli	O
's	O
3D	O
programming	O
techniques	O
for	O
which	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
hired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retro	O
Gamer	O
criticized	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
seeming	O
ripoff	O
of	O
Sega	O
's	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
,	O
noting	O
that	O
even	O
the	O
bosses	O
of	O
both	O
games	O
look	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
they	O
did	O
applaud	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
the	O
bright	O
visual	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
color	O
palette	O
to	O
Fantasy	B-Application
Zone	I-Application
Vito	O
Gesualdi	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
named	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
five	O
most	O
notorious	O
videogame	O
ripoffs	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
"	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sales	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
title	O
and	O
other	O
titles	O
from	O
Square	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
were	O
not	O
enough	O
for	O
Square	O
to	O
stay	O
in	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
companies	O
fortunes	O
only	O
turned	O
around	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
1987	O
Japan-only	O
follow-up	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
who	O
did	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
regular	O
cart	O
instead	O
of	O
for	O
the	O
Disk	B-Device
System	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
JJ	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
games	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
System	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
was	O
Square	O
's	O
last	O
work	O
before	O
the	O
inception	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
