/vr/ - Retro Games

Is this considered a 3D flatformer?

Is Space harrier a flight simulator?

Was there really any purpose for winning points? For example, in Space Harrier (for the SEGA System) points had such little value they didn't bother with ones, points were added in units of ten, and awarded for literally doing absolutely nothing. And this was back in nineteen eight-six.
In any case, did anyone really care if your top score was twenty-four million, five hundred forty-nine thousand, seven hundred fifty?
As if anyone goes to a club and approaches a hot girl and says "Hi hot stuff. Guess what my high score for After Burner is? It's six quadrillion, four hundred twenty-five trillion, eight hundred thirty-three billion, nine hundred seventy-five million, one hundred twenty-six thousand, eight hundred fifty-four."
She'd say "What, that flight simulator for the Sega Video Game System? The maximum score attainable is only twenty-two million.