Over Horizon — stories left

Over Horizon was conceived as a "create your own shoot 'em up" game during a proposal with Pixel to re-use their engine from Dungeon Kid before being reworked into a standard shooter and Hot-B took over development of the project, with Steel Empire co-director Yoshinori Satake at the helm overseeing the process.

Yoshiki "Miya:Yoshi" Miyagi acted as game and graphic designer alongside "Nekomata.

Hot-B implemented stages where players could shoot forward and backward, changed parameters of the player shots and enhanced the graphics to give stages and enemies more visual appeal, as Satake stated the stages and graphics Pixel had made were not complete and very weak.

Sataka also stated that the environmental stage gimmicks were already introduced by Pixel but not well-implemented, prompting Hot-B to make adjustments and re-use the work done by the former team, designing each stage to give their own gimmicks life while using them as much as the staff could.

Sataka stated that the team were able to turn the project into a good shooter game despite the struggle he faced in the final phase of developemt.

Video Games Ingo Zaborowski commended the atmospheric visual presentation, music and other game elements but criticized its short length and easy difficulty.

Megablasts Richard Löwenstein praised the unusual boss fights, varied level design, colorful graphical presentation and audio.

Video Games Ingo Zaborowski commended the atmospheric visual presentation, music and other game elements but criticized its short length and easy difficulty.

Hardcore Gaming 101s Michael Plasket regarded it as one of the best 8-bit shoot 'em up titles on the Nintendo Entertainment System, praising the use of environmental hazards, polished gameplay mechanics, graphics and music but lamented the lack of a North American release.