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Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

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Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes

Dec 31, 1983

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1.67 average rating based on 3 ratings

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Your objective is to trap the Tomato Plants at the bottom of the screen by building three walls above them. At the same time you must avoid or shoot down all flying Tomatoes, dodge Tomato Bombs and stop the Brick-Eaters.
Developers
Fox Video Games, Inc.
Publishers
Fox Video Games, Inc.
Platforms
Atari 2600
Genres
Arcade, Puzzle, Shooter
Themes
Action
Release Dates
1983 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 2600
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scoopings gave Mar 8, 2022
scoopings gave Mar 8, 2022
Mediocre Game With A Fun Concept
This review is for the Atari 2600 version

Look: 6/10 Pretty boring, but functional.

Sound: 6/10 Functional but boring too.

Play: 6/10 The controls are remarkably tight for such a goofy and derided game. I jumped right in and thought I was doing well by shooting the tomatoes and staying alive. Turns out there is a trap element to this. As always, the manual was critical. Basically, you have to shoot the bricks to "capture" them and build walls above the tomato plants. It was fun, but not a favorite gameplay.

Feel: 7/10 As fun as it was building walls for a bit, it got old pretty quickly. Funny concept, reasonably well-executed, and excellent controls--but nothing special amid the sea of Atari action games. I don't dislike this game, as many bloggers seem to, but it also was quite forgettable.

Attachment: 6/10 Easily moving on. I even returned to this a couple weeks later, but even tho the controls are super tight, it wasn't worth playing for long. Plus, I feel a cold or flu coming on again, I am so sick of being sick! I miss when everyone was wearing masks and keeping distance--I didn't get a cold, flu, or COVID during that whole time! Booooo I …

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Look: 6/10 Pretty boring, but functional.

Sound: 6/10 Functional but boring too.

Play: 6/10 The controls are remarkably tight for such a goofy and derided game. I jumped right in and thought I was doing well by shooting the tomatoes and staying alive. Turns out there is a trap element to this. As always, the manual was critical. Basically, you have to shoot the bricks to "capture" them and build walls above the tomato plants. It was fun, but not a favorite gameplay.

Feel: 7/10 As fun as it was building walls for a bit, it got old pretty quickly. Funny concept, reasonably well-executed, and excellent controls--but nothing special amid the sea of Atari action games. I don't dislike this game, as many bloggers seem to, but it also was quite forgettable.

Attachment: 6/10 Easily moving on. I even returned to this a couple weeks later, but even tho the controls are super tight, it wasn't worth playing for long. Plus, I feel a cold or flu coming on again, I am so sick of being sick! I miss when everyone was wearing masks and keeping distance--I didn't get a cold, flu, or COVID during that whole time! Booooo I hate being sick it gets in the way of my healthy routines and gaming.

Playtime: ~30 mins

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