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Eggomania

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Eggomania

Dec 31, 1982

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2.50 average rating based on 4 ratings

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Eggomania is similar to the game Kaboom. At the top of the screen is a bird which is throwing eggs at you! You need to catch them in your hat before they hit the bottom of the screen. If you miss any eggs, they will break and yolk starts collecting at the bottom of the screen. Miss too many, and the game will be over. At the end of each round you will be given an opportunity to earn bonus points; you now get to throw all of the eggs you caught back at the bird! As the levels progress, … More
Eggomania is similar to the game Kaboom. At the top of the screen is a bird which is throwing eggs at you! You need to catch them in your hat before they hit the bottom of the screen. If you miss any eggs, they will break and yolk starts collecting at the bottom of the screen. Miss too many, and the game will be over. At the end of each round you will be given an opportunity to earn bonus points; you now get to throw all of the eggs you caught back at the bird! As the levels progress, the games speed will increase. There are two difficulty levels available, in the easier variation you get a larger hat to catch the eggs with. Less
Developers
James Wickstead Design Associates
Publishers
Carrere Video, U.S. Games
Platforms
Atari 2600
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action
Release Dates
1982 Full Release (North_America)
Atari 2600
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scoopings gave Feb 11, 2022
scoopings gave Feb 11, 2022
Goofy, Surprisingly Fun Collect-The-Items Game

Look: 8/10 I really like the sprites. And the title screen is super cute. enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Fun enough sound, and like that there's some "actual" music at parts

Play: 8/10 You guess it: the manual helps. Ironically, out of all the games I remembered to look up the manual first, this one is quite easy to just jump into if you wanna give it a quick playtest. Well, the collecting the eggs part is straightforward, but even with the manual, I wasn't sure what to do after that. Oh, I just had to wait? lol. Nope, turns out you can hit the turkey through the platform, I just was confused since the egg didn't pass through the platform, but yep a well-timed egg will wap that turkey and the next "stage" begins. Cool to see more than 2 players possible, this is definitely one of the first games I've seen that in, especially a console game. And I like when there are different difficulty levels. Just to reiterate, even if you figure out the game fast, the Instructions/Manual linked above are still valuable because it has tips at the end that proved to be very accurate (e.g., waiting in the …

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Look: 8/10 I really like the sprites. And the title screen is super cute. enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Fun enough sound, and like that there's some "actual" music at parts

Play: 8/10 You guess it: the manual helps. Ironically, out of all the games I remembered to look up the manual first, this one is quite easy to just jump into if you wanna give it a quick playtest. Well, the collecting the eggs part is straightforward, but even with the manual, I wasn't sure what to do after that. Oh, I just had to wait? lol. Nope, turns out you can hit the turkey through the platform, I just was confused since the egg didn't pass through the platform, but yep a well-timed egg will wap that turkey and the next "stage" begins. Cool to see more than 2 players possible, this is definitely one of the first games I've seen that in, especially a console game. And I like when there are different difficulty levels. Just to reiterate, even if you figure out the game fast, the Instructions/Manual linked above are still valuable because it has tips at the end that proved to be very accurate (e.g., waiting in the center to time your shot at the turkey is better than trying to follow it, etc.)

Feel: 8/10 Cute look, goofy concept, fun and simple classic Atari game. This is what I expect and want from Atari games--not some lofty RPG or like those microcomputer adventure and RPG and strategy/sim games, ridiculously long load times. Nope, just load right up, catch those eggs (plus I'm learning I'm a sucker for collect the items games), and whack that turkey with an egg. Fun, simple, cute game.

Attachment: 7/10 As much as I loved this game, and it does stand out among Atari games, I just don't see myself returning to these type games all that often. Maybe it's just that the early 80s era is getting dryer to me, and this would have easily earned a higher rating if it were released a year or 2 before, but at this point, I'm just anticipating the imminent crash and excited for the next era/generation of games! Antsy pants over here, but I'm so close.

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