Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D

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Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D

Developer(s)	Loriciel
Publisher(s)	Electro Brain
Release date(s)	^NA December 10, 1993 (SNES)
Genre(s)	Platform game / Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	not rated
Platform(s)	SNES, Amiga, PC (DOS), Amstrad CPC, Mega Drive/Genesis
Media	4-Megabit cartridge (SNES)
Input	Game controller

Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D is a platform game designed by French developer Loriciel and published by Electro Brain for the Super NES in 1993. The game features several contrasting modes of gameplay, including side-view platforming, top-view, and horizontal shoot 'em up. Several other systems, including Amiga, PC (DOS), Amstrad CPC and Mega Drive/Genesis, have versions of the game.

Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D is often considered by gaming aficionados to be one of the most difficult games ever made.^[1]^[2] Despite its name, it is an entirely 2D game, although the game uses many layers of parallax scrolling backgrounds moving in opposite directions to give a great sense of depth. Together with the 3D glasses that were packaged with the game,this provided a unique "3D" experience for the time when polygonal 3D graphics were rudimentary and too expensive to implement.

The soundtrack was composed by Chris Hulsbeck of Turrican fame.