Reader Roundtable: May
May 18, 2006 16:26:14 GMT -5
Post by Gilder on May 18, 2006 16:26:14 GMT -5
Drill Dozer
I'm not a avid player of the handheld market as I once was as a child. I stopped off at around the GBC with Mario Tennis being my last game I've ever owned handheld wise. Nintendo randomly, to me anyway, released a game that I hadn't heard of before (the Japanese game being called Screw Breaker). Upon booting the game up, you are shown the company's logo who developed it: Game Freak. For those who aren't aware, this is the company that is pretty much responsible for the creation of the Pocket Monsters / Pokémon series. Certainly not something you want to see if you've grown out of the series. But what makes this game stand out is to me it reminds me of a pre-Pokémon developer, one who developed the insanely awesome Pulseman for the Mega Drive.
So my friend told me to check it out and I was not disappointed. You play as a leader of theives in which you're trying to steal your red ruby that someone else has stolen from you (talk about irony). The Red Dozers (the name of your gang) have a weapon at their disposal: A mechanical drill machine one could ride in. You spend your entire time in this mechinism screaching around the many different locales for treasure and upgrades to make your machine even more powerful and be able to drill through other materials such as steel. The game has a built in rumble pack, so each time you drill anything (walls, blocks, enemies, etc.) you'll definitely feel it.
This game has so many puzzles involving your drill, it's almost mind boggling, and that's what I like about the game. At first it seems slow until you gain more gears for more drilling power. The game immdiately takes a cue from Pulseman and becomes quite fast paced, especially in the ruins where the spiked walls are collasping and you need to drill through debris to get out alive. The amount of things to do with just a drill is remarkable, from riding zip lines, to turning switches on, to bouncing off walls and blocks to get to otherwise hard to reach places.
So once again, I have been tacken aback by a game I had no prior knowledge of. Certainly one of the best games released for the small GBA and worthy for any player just looking to have some creative fun.
- Paul G.
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The hero of the game wearing Pulseman's uniform! Awesome!
I'm not a avid player of the handheld market as I once was as a child. I stopped off at around the GBC with Mario Tennis being my last game I've ever owned handheld wise. Nintendo randomly, to me anyway, released a game that I hadn't heard of before (the Japanese game being called Screw Breaker). Upon booting the game up, you are shown the company's logo who developed it: Game Freak. For those who aren't aware, this is the company that is pretty much responsible for the creation of the Pocket Monsters / Pokémon series. Certainly not something you want to see if you've grown out of the series. But what makes this game stand out is to me it reminds me of a pre-Pokémon developer, one who developed the insanely awesome Pulseman for the Mega Drive.
So my friend told me to check it out and I was not disappointed. You play as a leader of theives in which you're trying to steal your red ruby that someone else has stolen from you (talk about irony). The Red Dozers (the name of your gang) have a weapon at their disposal: A mechanical drill machine one could ride in. You spend your entire time in this mechinism screaching around the many different locales for treasure and upgrades to make your machine even more powerful and be able to drill through other materials such as steel. The game has a built in rumble pack, so each time you drill anything (walls, blocks, enemies, etc.) you'll definitely feel it.
This game has so many puzzles involving your drill, it's almost mind boggling, and that's what I like about the game. At first it seems slow until you gain more gears for more drilling power. The game immdiately takes a cue from Pulseman and becomes quite fast paced, especially in the ruins where the spiked walls are collasping and you need to drill through debris to get out alive. The amount of things to do with just a drill is remarkable, from riding zip lines, to turning switches on, to bouncing off walls and blocks to get to otherwise hard to reach places.
So once again, I have been tacken aback by a game I had no prior knowledge of. Certainly one of the best games released for the small GBA and worthy for any player just looking to have some creative fun.
- Paul G.
-Edit-
The hero of the game wearing Pulseman's uniform! Awesome!