Dog Patch (1978)

Look: 7/10 That poor bird you just slaughter randomly for a little bonus points stage part. Otherwise, it's cool in how effective it is, despite its limitations. But otherwise just functional. Oh, I should say I liked the UI font as well.

Sound: 7/10 For being a weestern?-ish style shooter, I was surprised it wasn't more annoying with any overly loud gunshot noise and quiet in-between sound effects or something. Instead, it was a surprisingly normalized, effective array of sound effects. I mean, I'm still not a fan of just listening to gunshot sounds repeatedly, so I'm not saying I loved the Sound of the game, but it was well-done and executed the concept well.

Play: 8/10 There's really no aiming or anything to this, simply timing (but I could be mistaken, heh). Spamming sometimes works, but more like little splurts. It'd really be fun to play this 2-player some time, and tbh, the computer AI was very well-done for its time. It almost felt like it was matching my skill level as I got used to the game at first. But who knows.

Feel: 7/10 But these old, black and white, meant-for-2-player arcade games always lack a little something, separate now decades from their time in actual tangible arcades. I bet it was so fun playing against somebody at the arcade. But standing here in my office at home, not so impacting! I do like that it seemed we were shooting skeet or something, well and the occasional bird. People sure do like hunting and war themed videogames throughout the decades.

Attachment: 7/10 The fact I really wanna play this 2-play sometime somehow says a lot about the quality of the game, but nevertheless, whether I'll be pushing someone to play it with me sometime soon is iffy. There will likely be better competitive 2-play arcade and otherwise games coming up! Still, this is a quality arcade game that's worth a try if you haven't! And yes, there is a single-player mode that's surprisingly well-done for its time--tho still gets kinda repetitive eventually.