is a 3D

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developed by Japanese studio

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for the

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Gameplay

''Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals'' is a game in which the player is either a boy named Lay or a girl gamed Cress, and shooting or stomping on enemies in a 3D environment.

Reception

''Floating Runner'' was released in the United States in the fourth quarter of 1996. Joseph Mooney of ''Game on! USA'' declared ''Floating Runner'' "a good 3D platform game" noting good level design, ran at a good frame rate without slowing down and praising the soundtrack as "for the most part fantastic." Mooney critiqued the lack of boss battles and that the players only given two camera angles through the game which were both "too vertical which makes it much more difficult to see what's ahead of you and know where you are." '' Next Generation'' reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "the game's light-hearted tone could appeal to younger gamers, but the difficulty of the later levels really prevents it from working as a children's game. Overall, ''Floating Runner'' is just like ''

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'' or ''

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'' with the fun and detail removed." Nick Woods of

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gave ''Floating Runner'' a two out of five star rating noting that "A shaky mass of perspective problems, repetitive gameplay, poor translation of the story, and a lack of entertainment plague this otherwise promising title." Steve McNally of ''PSX-Pro'' gave the game a four and a half rating out of a possible ten, describing it as "the worst PSX game I've played to date (although another Japanese import, ''

Robo Pit is a robot fighting game released in 1996 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The game was developed by Altron and published by Kokopeli Digital Studios outside Japan. A sequel, ''Robo Pit 2'', was released in Japan on PlayStation in 1997. It was al ...

'', is looking like it could easily surpass it in the rubbishness stakes." The reviewer compared it unfavorable to ''

'' and ''

'' stating it was "nowhere near as good as either of those."

Reviews

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'' #40 (Vol 4, Issue 4) 1996 April

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AllGame RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went publ ...

1996 video games 3D platform games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation (console)-only games Video games developed in Japan