Horizon seems to be a fairly obscure game. It is essentially Moon Patrol with a 3D element thrown in, but with lots more action. You control a ground based vehicle with a JS. It is a side scrolling game where you moved the JS left/right to slow down or speed up. You fire with the button and it simultaneously fires up (at stuff in the sky) and forward (at stuff on the ground).
But, in addition, you can also move the JS up and down which causes your vehicle to move up and down the screen. But rather than being able to move anywhere up and down in the foreground, you move is restricted to three tracks that you jump between. So if you move up and you are on the middle track, you jump to the upper track, etc. Meanwhile, attacks come from the sky and at you on the ground from all three tracks. You have to jump between tracks to avoid attacks and obstacles while firing to kill things above and in front of you. you can fire backwards, so when enemies appear on one of the tracks behind you, you have to maneuver to get behind them so you can blast them.
It's an older games with subpar graphics, but the design is unique and the action is constant. You are always moving the JS U/D/L/R and watching attacks from above and on the ground - it' lots o' fun.
Strangely, the MAME info says there are two buttons and so does some of the other info I've found on the Interweb (some info says only one button). I can't seem to detect anything a second button does. And the game is so obscure, I can't find a pic of the machine or actual control panel anywhere. So if you happen to know anything about a second button having some purpose, let me know.
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