of the bosses. IGN noted that the game's 3D graphics made it look "substantially better" than most of the other, sprite-based, shoot 'em up games of the time. The soundtrack of the game was praised by reviewers such as Eurogamer, IGN, Soundtrack Central and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine.' GamePro noted that the techno music and sound effects fit the stages "perfectly". However, GameSpot felt that the quality of the music and sound effects were "good" but globally not on par with that of the graphics. The game's short duration and lack of a two-player mode were noted as the game's only flaws by AllGame and GamePro. GameSpot estimated that the game demands "just over an hour" to complete. In Japan, Einhänder had sold 50,000 units three days after its release, and 100,000 units as of February 1999. The game was a runner-up for the "Best Action Game" and "Best Graphics" awards at the 1998 OPM Editors' Awards, both of which went to Crash Bandicoot: Warped. In 2007, IGN ranked it first in a top ten of the best 2D space shooters. Notes References External links Official North American website from Square, retrieved from the Internet Archive Official Japanese homepage from Square Enix 1997 video games Electronic compositions Fictional spacecraft Horizontally scrolling shooters PlayStation (console) games PlayStation Network games Post-apocalyptic video games Science fiction video games Single-player video games Sony Interactive Entertainment games Square (video game company) games Video games based on Greek mythology Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Kenichiro Fukui Video games set in the 23rd century Video games with 2.5D graphics World War III video games