From Wikipedia:
WorldRunner has many sprites that are typical of a straight-scroll rail shooter, where the player focuses on destroying or evading on-screen enemies against the background of scrolling. 

The 3-D WorldRunner includes a distinct third-person view where the camera is located behind the main character. 

Playing as Jack, the players go through eight worlds, battling hostile alien creatures such as drop monsters, and jumping over bottomless canyons. 

Each world is divided into different quadrants, and the player must pass through each quadrant before the time counter at the bottom of the game screen reaches zero. 

In each quadrant, the player can find columns similar to columns that house bonuses, useful objects, or additional abilities of game characters, such as temporary invincibility or laser missiles. 

At the end of each world's last quadrant is a snake-like creature that must be defeated in order to advance. 

The state line at the bottom of the screen displays the player's score, time counter, world number, world quadrant, number of bonus stars (items that increase player score) collected by the player, and the number of lives. Left.

Because the game is set to a constantly scrolling screen, Jack's movement is unstoppable, but the player can speed up or slow down Jack's pace. 

The player is also allowed some limited horizontal movement. 

When you fight the Snakes at the end of each world, the player is free to move Jack in all directions. Jack's main actions consist of jumps used to evade canyons and enemies, as well as launching collectible missiles of various types to destroy enemies. 

This screenshot activates "3D mode."
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Part of the appeal and appeal of WorldRunner was its "3D mode." And it was the first of three Square games to have the opportunity. 

To enter or exit 3D mode, players pressed the choice button. To view the game in 3D, players had to use attached cardboard glasses with an LCD screen, developed by Nintendo. 

When the 3D mode is selected, the game uses computer-generated image processing techniques to combine images from two slightly different viewpoints into one image, known as anaglyphic images.