Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer is a shooter game, with some levels taking place vertically and some horizontally. The Surfer's only ability is to move around on the screen and to shoot directly in front of him. Power-ups that…
Silver Surfer is a shooter developed by Software Creations, released 1 November 1990 on Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Silver Surfer is
Silver Surfer is a shooter game developed by Software Creations and released in 1990. It was published by Arcadia Systems. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Silver Surfer roams throughout space as herald to Galactus, looking for new planets for him to feed on. However his mission is interrupted by a summon from Galactus. Silver Surfer learns that creatures from the Magick Dimension are trying to break through into the universe and their coming will end all life. Vowing to stop them, Silver Surfer must assemble the pieces of a mysterious Cosmic Device and use it to push them back. The pieces of the Device are currently in the hands of some malicious creatures: Reptyl, Mephisto, Skrull Emperor, Possessor and Firelord. Silver Surfer must travel to their domains and defeat them in order to obtain pieces of the device.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
Silver Surfer is the 13th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was The Amazing Spider-Man in 1990.
What it launched against
Silver Surfer launched on 1 November 1990, within three weeks of Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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