History Videogame / SilverSurfer

You play the Surfer, shooting his way through five three-section [[GameLevel levels]]. You can choose which level to play, just like VideoGame/MegaMan. At the end of each level, you fight a BossBattle against a villain from the ''Silver Surfer'' comics universe, and gain one piece of a DismantledMacGuffin, known in-game only as the "device". Once you have finished all five levels, Galactus sends you into the Magik Domain to retrieve the final piece of the device. After more shooting and a FinalBoss (a giant purple guy with a huge pistol, despite the boss mugshot featuring a picture of what appears to be Mr. Sinister, who is neither a Silver Surfer villain or even actually appearing in the game beside the mugshot, and not the master of the Magik Domain either) you retrieve the final piece of the device. Galactus says "It's mine!", but the Surfer says [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/silver.htm "No, it's too dangerous"]] and hides it away. [[AWinnerIsYou The end.]]

* AWinnerIsYou: You get a two sentence ending

%%* BigFancyCastle: Mephisto

* EveryBulletIsATracer: This is the only way to tell what is a wall that will kill Silver Surfer and what he can fly over so keep shooting!

%%* OneHitPointWonder: The Surfer.

%%* SideView: Most of the sections

%%* TopDownView: The minority of the sections
%%* UndergroundLevel: Firelord

* UnstableEquilibrium: The game gets much easier with a power up or three and some sections practically require it. If you are not good enough to get power ups you are probably not good enough to beat the game.

* BattleshipRaid: Emperor

* BigFancyCastle: Mephisto

* CheckPoint: The sections.

* DismantledMacGuffin: The dubious device

* FlashOfPain: The enemies, Silver Surfer just dies

* MissionControl: Galactus.
* NintendoHard: One of the hardest games ever made.
* OneHitPointWonder: The Surfer.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Possessor

* SideView: Most of the sections

* TopDownView: The minority of the sections
* UndergroundLevel: Firelord

!This videogame provides examples of:

** BossInMooksClothing: Sometimes a regular enemy that simply takes more hits than normal will be a section boss. Though since every enemy takes more hits that you and sometimes have a tendency to fly off screen most players likely will not notice the difference.

** SpikesOfDoom: Also noted is that while everything kills Silver Surfer already, making spikes seem redundant, there is a section where a pumpkin can get impaled on a spike.

->''"Imagine if I were to draw a maze on a sheet of paper. I'm asking you to draw a line from the beginning of this maze to the end. You can't run into any dead ends, and you can't touch any of the lines. Now, while you're trying to do this, I'm moving the maze to the left. It would drive you fuckin' nuts. And if that's a bit too theoretical to accept, then let me explain it this way. Imagine playing ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''. Imagine you have no health bar. Imagine if you get one single fucking time, you're dead. And is that fair? It's challenging, yes. But, it's not to say that unless you're a hardcore expert, you're gonna take a few hits sooner or later. Now, I'm not done. Imagine on top of that, multiply the number of enemies on the screen and give them more hit points. Imagine if you were playing [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Zelda]] and you weren't allowed to get hit once, or touch any of the walls or blocks."''

* BigBoosHaunt: [[spoiler: The magik domain]], hey it may be an excuse plot but the game still does try and surprise you.

* DeathThrows: Silver Sufer, most of everything else just explodes.

You play the Surfer, shooting his way through five three-section [[GameLevel levels]]. You can choose which level to play, just like VideoGame/MegaMan. At the end of each level, you fight a BossBattle against a villain from the ''Silver Surfer'' comics universe, and gain one piece of a DismantledMacGuffin, known in-game only as the "device". Once you have finished all five levels, Galactus sends you into the Magik Domain to retrieve the final piece of the device. After more shooting and a FinalBoss (a giant purple guy with a huge pistol) you retrieve the final piece of the device. Galactus says "It's mine!", but the Surfer says [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/silver.htm "No, it's too dangerous"]] and hides it away. [[AWinnerIsYou The end.]]

** SpikesOfDoom: Also noted is that while everything kills Silver Surfer already, making spikes seem redundant, many enemies can pass through the walls that kill Surfer but will get impaled on spikes.

* {{Cutscene}}: After the first five levels you get some dialog about the magic domain

* BossBattle: At the end of every section, though they not very climatic (for this game's standards anyway)

->''"Imagine if I were to draw a maze on a sheet of paper. I'm asking you to draw a line from the beginning of this maze to the end. You can't run into any dead ends, and you can't touch any of the lines. Now, while you're trying to do this, I'm moving the maze to the left. It would drive you fuckin' nuts. And if that's a bit too theoretical to accept, then let me explain it this way. Imagine playing ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''. Imagine you have no health bar. Imagine if you get one single fucking time, you're dead. And is that fair? It's challenging, yes. But, it's not to say that unless you're a hardcore expert, you're gonna take a few hits sooner or later. Now, I'm not done. Imagine on top of that, multiply the number of enemies on the screen and give them more hit points. Imagine if you were playing [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] and you weren't allowed to get hit once, or touch any of the walls or blocks."''

* ShootEmUp: Well, what other game could do Silver Surfer justice, not that comic fans thought it did.

* AWinnerIsYou
* AutoScrollingLevel
* BossBattle

* {{Cutscene}}
* DeadlyWalls
* DismantledMacGuffin
* EveryBulletIsATracer
* ExcusePlot

* FinalBoss
* FlashOfPain

* ShootEmUp
* SideView
* TopDownView

->''"Imagine if I were to draw a maze on a sheet of paper. I'm asking you to draw a line from the beginning of this maze to the end. You can't run into any dead ends, and you can't touch any of the lines. Now, while you're trying to do this, I'm moving the maze to the left. It would drive you fuckin' nuts. And if that's a bit too theoretical to accept, then let me explain it this way. Imagine playing MegaMan2. Imagine you have no health bar. Imagine if you get one single fucking time, you're dead. And is that fair? It's challenging, yes. But, it's not to say that unless you're a hardcore expert, you're gonna take a few hits sooner or later. Now, I'm not done. Imagine on top of that, multiply the number of enemies on the screen and give them more hit points. Imagine if you were playing [[TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] and you weren't allowed to get hit once, or touch any of the walls or blocks."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnRBywkUZ0 Silver Surfer]]

[[caption-width-right:255:You'll be seeing this screen [[NintendoHard a lot]].]]

-->-- '''TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnRBywkUZ0 Silver Surfer]]

''Silver Surfer'' is an [[AutoScrollingLevel auto scrolling]] ShootEmUp with SideView and TopDownView levels, based on the [[SilverSurfer comic book series]]. It was developed by Software Creations and released in 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It is considered one of the [[NintendoHard hardest]] games ever made.

!!''Silver Surfer'' provides examples of:

''Silver Surfer'' is an [[AutoScrollingLevel auto scrolling]] ShootEmUp with SideView and TopDownView levels, based on the [[SilverSurfer comic book series]]. Released in 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem, and considered one of the [[NintendoHard hardest]] games ever made.

[[caption-width-right:255:You'll be seeing this screen a lot.]]

''Silver Surfer'' is a [[FixedScrollingLevel fixed scrolling]] ShootEmUp with SideView and TopDownView levels, based on the [[SilverSurfer comic book series]]. Released in 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem, and considered one of the [[NintendoHard hardest]] games ever made.

* FixedScrollingLevel

You play the Surfer, shooting his way through five three-section [[GameLevel levels]]. You can choose which level to play, just like Game/MegaMan. At the end of each level, you fight a BossBattle against a villain from the ''Silver Surfer'' comics universe, and gain one piece of a DismantledMacGuffin, known in-game only as the "device". Once you have finished all five levels, Galactus sends you into the Magik Domain to retrieve the final piece of the device. After more shooting and a FinalBoss (a giant purple guy with a huge pistol) you retrieve the final piece of the device. Galactus says "It's mine!", but the Surfer says [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/silver.htm "No, it's too dangerous"]] and hides it away. [[AWinnerIsYou The end.]]