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Gunner's Heaven was one of the earliest Playstation titles released. It did see a European release under the title Rapid Reload as a launch title no less, but got passed over by the general public in favor of the flashier 3D games. It never hit America at all as Sony was never too down with the whole 2D thing, especially early in the Playstation's life. While I'm not sure if it would receive more respect had it been more widely distributed - it's not QUITE as awesome as Gunstar - it's certainly a gem of a game if you're into side-scrollers; and if you're not, what the hell are you doing here? In spite of its general gameplay goodniess, it's still easy to see why this game didn't garner any attention, as neither the graphics nor sound are anything to write home about. There is a little bit of voice acting, but there's nary an anime cutscene or flashy intro in sight. Gunner's Heaven's presentation is definitely lacking - other than the slightly more detailed graphics due to the increased color palette, the game practically looks like a SNES title, complete with Mode-7 scaling and rotating bosses. Still, all of the action would probably have caused Nintendo's megahertz-challenged system to choke