Status scoopings May 12, 2023
Ahhhh, the classic Speccy look and vibe. Has it been long enough since I played a classic Speccy game that I might fully engage in it?? I think it's cute and neat this has an actual deliberate cheat in it (involving literally typing CHEAT for infinite lives, ha). It's the usual Speccy action platformer with adventure game puzzles.
Like often …
Ahhhh, the classic Speccy look and vibe. Has it been long enough since I played a classic Speccy game that I might fully engage in it?? I think it's cute and neat this has an actual deliberate cheat in it (involving literally typing CHEAT for infinite lives, ha). It's the usual Speccy action platformer with adventure game puzzles.
Like often happens with these, the end result was just too clunky to be worth pushing through. I do like that it surprisingly incorporated a shoot-em-up room and breakout game room. Nice touch, but the tacky inevitability of taking damage--as early as even the first room heh--and poor jump mechanic made me give up on this after trying several times.