Games where you ride a HORSE
I know, it seems like an odd idea for a topic to discuss, but I just recently played both Shinobi 3 (GEN) and Sunset Riders (SNES), and both had levels where you ride a horse. Here are some screen shots.
As a kid I remember always enjoying these neat little transitions. They served as nice changes to some already great game play.
Does anyone recall any other games from this era that call for the character to ride a horse and battle the baddies?
There's a Mary Kate & Ashley gameboy color game where I think that's all you do is ride a horse... Not exactly the action you're looking for I'm sure, but you do ride a horse the whole game.
Nate
I think the Bill & Ted game for the NES has a part where you ride a horse.
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Steeplechase (VCS)
Stampede (VCS)
Krull (VCS)
Sir Lancelot (VCS)
Gun.Smoke has thatloved it too. Don't remember anything else...aside from Yoshi :P
Lucky Luke - PS1
Dark Watch for Xbox and PS2 has horse riding levels. Also, in some of the Metal Slug games you ride a camel....which kind of looks like a horse.
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LoZ Ocarina of Time..
Warriors of Fate/Tenchi wo Kurau II
Don't remember if you could ride horses in the first game or not...
Harvest Moon! I always though it was a shame you couldn't ride your cows!...
-Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (NES/GB)
Reminds me of another Capcom beat 'em up with horses; Knights of the Round (Arcade/SNES). Fun games those.
Barbie horse adventures? Best of all its BC with the 360!
And, by extension, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.
I think Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa (Arcade) has a few horse riding parts.
Final Furlong and it's sequel. You actually do ride a comedy plastic horse. It's quite good fun (and tiring) but can provide other pleasures depending on which young ladies are playing
Heh, I knew the first game that came to my mind would be in the OP after seeing who made the topic (Shinobi III / Super Shinobi II of course).
I would like to add Mount 'n Blade and Oblivion...wait. Dangit, I can't think of anything besides what's in the thread. There's horses in Ninja Princess / Sega Ninja but they aren't ridable (you have to dodge them), and COW Boys of Moo Mesa (sort of a licensed spiritual sequel to Sunset Riders / Mystic Warrior) probably doesn't have any riding (that'd be rather odd to see).
Tin Star for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Here's a screenshot.
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[actually thisis kind of a good representation]
Tin Star had a a robot horse, but then he was a robot too, so it all worked out. I am not here to debate whether or not a robot horse qualifies for this particular topic of discussion, but I feel I must make mention of Blade Runner (based off the fantastic Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) and Ghost in the Shell (based off the fantastic Shirow Masamune manga, Ghost in the Shell), both of which deal with robots becoming increasingly identical to humans in terms of both appearance, actions and emotions, and the societal issues that these attributes lead to, however directly or indirectly.
In any case, these two brilliant works question the very nature of humanity, asking many deep and hard-hitting questions:
"What does it mean to be human?"
"What is the difference between real and artificial memories?"
"What does it mean to be alive?"
"What is life?"
"Did I forget to unplug the iron?"
I'd write more but I think I left the iron plugged in.
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Shadow of the Colossus and Wild ARMs 3
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Huh, the first game that popped into my head was the little-remembered Summer Games II for the C64. (Everyone remembers Summer Games and Winter Games - hell, there were even Atari 2600 carts produced.)
But Summer Games II had an equestrian event that gave me fits. And for the record, the other events were cycling, fencing, kayaking, rowing...and others I've forgotten...
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Back to the future 3 has horseriding.... and its infuriating
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