Posts Tagged ‘Final Fight’
Watchmen Minuteman Arcade Game Review–A Clever Dose of Retro Tie-In
You’ve got to hand it to the retro gaming concept–while over at Newgrounds, I dug up this clever little tribute / marketing ploy for the recently released Watchmen. It’s called Watchmen: Minutemen Arcade.
The really interesting part about this title is that you play it like an actual video game in a diner, released by Veidt Industries. The game itself is basically a Final Fight-style sidescrolling fighter, where you get to play as either the original Nite Owl or the original Silk Spectre. You roam the streets of New York pounding a whole bunch of similarly-dressed thugs and eventually working your way up to a none too difficult fight with Moloch himself.
As a game, it’s not much. But as a concept, it’s kind of nifty. It’s the kind of thing that could be fairly easily included as a DVD-ROM option, or maybe even as a straight DVD option. Considering you only have maybe seven buttons to work–punch, kick, jump and move in four directions–a DVD remote could probably handle it. Anyway, give it a try–the price is right, and it’s a sufficiently nifty concept to entertain for at least a few minutes.
Portal Defenders Review–More Surprises Than It Should Have
I was surprised further by Newgrounds–and such a thing I hadn’t thought possible–to find a clever flash game there called Portal Defenders , in which a pair of animators attempt to defend Newgrounds from a series of spammers and other internet ne’er do wells.
It plays like an old school fighter, like a Final Fight or even an old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The action is however limited to one screen, featuring three doors from which each wave of enemies emerges. You must then beat the living…well, fill in the blank with your favorite here…out of them. The action is both fast and bloody, and with one critical but highly entertaining difference–every two rounds, you’ll use something called the P-Bot in a Zamboni-style fashion to CLEAN UP THE BLOOD. You’ll get bonus items depending on how well you clean up the arena.
I’ve got to hand it to Portal Defenders–they do a fantastic job with a simple game and a simple theme and even do a good job at infusing it with a note of innovation. I’m surprised and abundantly pleased with what I played.