Evolution of the lightsaber
From 💙Atari to PS3, we examine the glowing Jedi poker - shameless knockoff𒁏s included
Time Killers (Arcade, Genesis/1992)
After Mortal Kombat became every underage kid's gory wet 🦄dream, '90s developers wrongly assumed blood and guts were the only reason people played Kombat at all. Several one-trick games followed, Time Killers being the most gratuitous of all. It also featured two not-sabers that carved oppo🐽nents into pieces. And yes, the game really did look like a child hastily mashed radioactive crayons into a blender.
Mega Man X3 (SNES/1995)
One of the most valuable SNES games, X3 finally let you plꦺay as Mega Man's long-haired coun💙terpart Zero. In addition to traditional blasters, Zero also wielded a green energy blade, which somehow made him cool despite the flowing blonde hair erupting from his robotic skull.
Einhander (PSOne/1998)
This long-forgotten space shooter wowed fans 10 years ago with intense enemy patterns and innovative "you pick the power-up" gameplay. One of the many ship pickups was a laser blade that your ambidextrous craft could whip and toss all around. Einhander roughly 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:translates to "the one-handed."
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64/2000)
Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales fro൲m the communities you love, a♐nd more
The reckless 64 branding continued well into 2000 with this so-so Kirby platformer that allowed the puffball to mix powers together instead of using one at a time. Fusing shock with cutter yielded this Darth Maul-inspired yꦚellow lightsaber, well before the prequels established such a color as canon.
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube/2001)
.May 14, 2008
A fomer Executive Editor at GamesRadar, Brett also contributed content to many other Future gaming publications including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine. Brett has worked at Capcom in several senior roles, is an experienced podcaster, and now works as a Senior Manager of Content Communicati🅷ons at PlayStation SIE.