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===Arcade version=== The arcade game was well received upon release. It became one of 1986's chart hits in the arcades.<ref name="su_arc"/> ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine reviewed the arcade game in its March 1986 issue, after reviewer Clare Edgeley played it at the 1986 [[Amusement Trades Exhibition International|ATEI (Amusement Trades Exhibition International)]] show, along with the arcade version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' She stated, "Perhaps the games to steal the show were" ''Space Harrier'' along with ''Shrike Avenger'' (1986), praising their hydraulic cockpit cabinets that "twist, turn and move" in the same direction as the joystick, making them "the most realistic" simulators "to date". She praised ''Space Harrier''{{'}}s "excellent graphics" for being "all in 3D with amazing [[Technicolor|technicolour]] landscapes" and a "multitude of objects" on screen, as well as "the sounds of the battle" output by "large speakers" where "you could almost lose touch with reality". She also praised the gameplay for being "exciting" and "very fast" paced, as well as the [[Continue (video games)|continue]] feature, but stated the game can be "very difficult."<ref name="cvg_arc">http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/31/320/space_harrier_review.html</ref> Clare Edgeley gave the arcade game a retrospective review in the February 1987 issue of ''[[Sinclair User]]'', where she noted it had one of the first hydraulic arcade cabinets she had seen, along with 1986's ''Shrike Avenger''. She stated that ''Space Harrier''{{'}}s "fabulously colourful 3D graphics" and "the movement of the sit-in cabinet were, and still are, breathtaking", noting "the seat-belt" and "turbulent" ride which "hurls you up, down, left and right" and tilts "the cabinet in a roll in whatever direction you push your joystick", concluding the game to be "great fun."<ref name="su_arc">http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/103/320/space_harrier_review.html</ref>
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