English skills. Reception Over Horizon was met with positive reception from critics. Video Games Ingo Zaborowski commended the atmospheric visual presentation, music and other game elements but criticized its short length and easy difficulty. Megablasts Richard Löwenstein praised the unusual boss fights, varied level design, colorful graphical presentation and audio. Total!s Klaus-D. Hartwig compared the game with both Gradius and R-Type, giving very positive remarks to the gameplay, graphics, sound and long-term fun factor. HonestGamers Rob Hamilton called Over Horizon a clone of Gradius and R-Type but commended the ability to customize the ship and stage gimmicks. Hardcore Gaming 101s Michael Plasket regarded it as one of the best 8-bit shoot 'em up titles on the Nintendo Entertainment System, praising the use of environmental hazards, polished gameplay mechanics, graphics and music but lamented the lack of a North American release. Notes References External links Over Horizon at GameFAQs Over Horizon at Giant Bomb Over Horizon at MobyGames 1991 video games Horizontally scrolling shooters Hot B games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Science fiction video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Masaharu Iwata