Slider
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Slider, known in Japan as Skweek (スクウィーク), is an action game for various home computers by Loriciel. It was ported to the Sega Game Gear by Victor Musical Industries and published by Sega.
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Gameplay
The objective of Slider is to move Slider across 99 levels, turning all of the floor tiles pink in a given amount of time. Enemies continously spawn from nests, and Slider can dispatch them with projectiles fired with 
. Bonuses frequently appear across the map, and hitting an enemy, falling off the screen or failing to clear the stage in time causes the player to lose a life.
The Game Gear version of Slider differs slightly from its home computer counterparts, with levels scrolling horizontally rather than vertically. Also collecting all four Teddy Bears grants lives in this version, whereas in the original it acts another means of finishing a stage.
Tiles
| Starting point | |
|---|---|
| A special tile to point out where Slider has begun on the map. | |
| Floor tiles | |
| Blue and green floor tiles can be changed pink by walking over them. | |
| Walls | |
| In the Game Gear game, all walls are solid objects that can never be removed. | |
| Ice | |
| Causes Slider to keep moving in one direction until he overlaps a different type of tile. | |
| One-way | |
| Attempts to force Slider to travel in one direction. If going against the arrow, Slider will slow down, but going with it will cause him to speed up. | |
| Enemy nest | |
| Constantly spawns enemies. | |
| Blue boom | |
| Causes both itself and the eight surrounding tiles to disappear after a short period. | |
| Green boom | |
| Kills all the enemies currently on-screen. | |
| Booby trap | |
| Disappears when stepped on. | |
| Shortcut | |
| Allows Slider to fast travel to another shortcut tile if is pressed.
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Weapons
| Laser gun | |
|---|---|
| Multi-fire gun | |
| Plus gun | |
| Diagonal gun | |
| Octagonal gun | |
| Freeze gun | |
| Barrier | |
Bonus items
| Teddy bears | |
|---|---|
| Baby Slider | |
| Hamburger | |
| Ice cream | |
| Door | |
| Green sand clock | |
| Pink sand clock | |
| Shoe | |
| Wings | |
| Gift box | |
Enemies
| Ghost | |
|---|---|
| Menace | |
| Slipster | |
| Bopper | |
| Tentacles | |
| Crasher | |
| Painter | |
Versions
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| English | Slider | Slider |
| English (US) | Slider | Slider |
| Japanese | スクウィーク | Skweek |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Slider/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Physical scans
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| Based on 20 reviews | |
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 Cart  Manual |
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Cart  Manual |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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128kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
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- ↑ File:Slider EU backcover.jpg
- ↑ File:Slider JP cover.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 20
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 9
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 GamePro, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 77
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Retail News, "September 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 28
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1992-02-10), page 17
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1992-02-10), page 17
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Force, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 28
- ↑ ACE, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-08), page 96
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 29
- ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 108
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 149
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 169
- ↑ Game Zone, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 57
- ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 43
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 76
- ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-04-1x), page 162
- ↑ Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 120
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 36
- ↑ Player One, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-03-10), page 74
- ↑ Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 128
- ↑ Sega Power, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 48
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 37
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 88
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