Gruntfuggly
Mostly Harmless
Well it's just arrived, and I've had a quick go of 3 or 4 games (I'm at work).
It's not as bad as you might think - the sound IS good, and the graphics are fairly bad, but it is quite playable. It sort of feels like an over-evolved game and watch. The controls have that very slight delay that you associate with LCD based games of that era.
Build quality is pretty slack. The power LED doesn't line up in it's hole and unit feels very light. It has two shoulder buttons which aren't actually buttons and don't even move - the styling is a blatant copy of the gameboy advance!
There is a contrast control, which is useful, because with no built in lighting, you'll need to carefully position the screen to see whats going on - especially if the game scrolls.
The games are as follows:
Drifter (Mario style side scroller) [built in]
2003 (1942 clone) [built in]
Miner [builtin]
Aries
Dino Adventure Legend
Carlo Adventure Legend
Seatercel
Trojan
Feichuan
Soldier
Supermotor (motorbike racer)
F1 2004 Racing
Street Hero
Penguin
Street Hero
2004
Some of the game descriptions are fantastic translations. From 'Penguin'...
"Have you ever gone to the south pole? Do you watch the penguin running? If never, now you have chance to control the running of penguin. Hurry up and go to touch it."
Full reviews of each game to follow...
It's not as bad as you might think - the sound IS good, and the graphics are fairly bad, but it is quite playable. It sort of feels like an over-evolved game and watch. The controls have that very slight delay that you associate with LCD based games of that era.
Build quality is pretty slack. The power LED doesn't line up in it's hole and unit feels very light. It has two shoulder buttons which aren't actually buttons and don't even move - the styling is a blatant copy of the gameboy advance!
There is a contrast control, which is useful, because with no built in lighting, you'll need to carefully position the screen to see whats going on - especially if the game scrolls.
The games are as follows:
Drifter (Mario style side scroller) [built in]
2003 (1942 clone) [built in]
Miner [builtin]
Aries
Dino Adventure Legend
Carlo Adventure Legend
Seatercel
Trojan
Feichuan
Soldier
Supermotor (motorbike racer)
F1 2004 Racing
Street Hero
Penguin
Street Hero
2004
Some of the game descriptions are fantastic translations. From 'Penguin'...
"Have you ever gone to the south pole? Do you watch the penguin running? If never, now you have chance to control the running of penguin. Hurry up and go to touch it."
Full reviews of each game to follow...
