Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game is an upcoming 2D 16-bit-style run and gun-style shoot-'em-up video game. It is being developed by a German development group called "Team Saber Rider". The game is based on the 1987 television series of the same name, which is an American adaptation of a 1984 anime that was reworked and originally syndicated by World Events Productions (WEP). The game is also licensed by Studio Pierrot, the original owners of the series.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Developer(s)Team Saber Rider
Director(s)Chris Strauß
Designer(s)Chris Strauß
Artist(s)Florian Furtkamp, Peter Spielvogel
Composer(s)Dale Schacker (Original Score)
EngineCustom / Unity
Platform(s)Dreamcast
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
PC Engine
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 3DS
Genre(s)Run and gun shoot-'em-up
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

The game was formerly developed by indie German company Firehazard Studio,[1] in conjunction with Denaris Software and Pixable Studios. Firehazard Studio released some gameplay footage in a pre-alpha build of the game at E3 2011, which depicted Saber Rider, and then the giant robot Ramrod, battling various enemies in a city. The game was announced as a digital-distributed title for multiple platforms, which included the Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita (then still known as "Next Generation Portable"), Xbox 360, iOS, and Android. It is also being developed for the Dreamcast and the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.[2]

In March 2014, after three years of silence, a new teaser video depicted an updated Ramrod model.[3] The game's director, Chris Strauß, confirmed that the original developer Firehazard Studio had since disbanded, and called the current development group "Team Saber Rider", since the game is momentarily their sole focus. Strauß said that development had gone through various hurdles, slowing down progress and casting doubts that the game would be finalised. He mentioned plans to release the game by the target year of 2016, as well as a funding campaigns via Kickstarter and Steam's Early Access service. The game is primarily intended to be finalised for PC and Nintendo 3DS, before any ports to other platforms are done.[4]

Release

On January 7, 2017, Steam Greenlight publicly announced that Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs had been greenlit. The release date is given as Q3 2017.

References
  1. "Firehazard Studio announces Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs". Planet3ds. 2012-11-26. Archived from the original on 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - 3DS / Steam / Dreamcast by Team Saber Rider — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  3. "Official Tumblr entry - March 13, 2014". Team Saber Rider. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. Sahdev, Ishaan (2014-03-21). "Here's What's Going On With The Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs Game". Siliconera. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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