A port of Scrapyard Dog
Scrapyard Dog is a 2D-sidescrolling platform game in which you play as Louie, a boy whose dog has been kidnapped by Mr. Big. Fight your way through more then 15 levels in this adventure to rescue Louie's pup! The game features multiple world with different themes like junkyard, forest and desert.
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Played as part of Atari 50.
Super Mario Bros really feels like a game out of time, like how did they have that platforming shit locked down in fucking 1985? Obviously the rest of the industry saw that, saw the dollar signs, but couldn't crack the case of Why Mario Is Fun in the way they did with Pac-Man and Space Invaders. As a consumer, it was probably aggravating as shit at the time, and giving any of these games more than a cursory glance nowadays is still going to annoy you, but you have to admit it's funny. It's funny that you've got former giants like Atari making some of the most unplayable piece of dogshit games of all time in a futile attempt to make something even 10% as good as Super Mario.
Super Mario Bros really feels like a game out of time, like how did they have that platforming shit locked down in fucking 1985? Obviously the rest of the industry saw that, saw the dollar signs, but couldn't crack the case of Why Mario Is Fun in the way they did with Pac-Man and Space Invaders. As a consumer, it was probably aggravating as shit at the time, and giving any of these games more than a cursory glance nowadays is still going to annoy you, but you have to admit it's funny. It's funny that you've got former giants like Atari making some of the most unplayable piece of dogshit games of all time in a futile attempt to make something even 10% as good as Super Mario.
Loved this game.
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Honestly we should just be asking why Mr Big wants the dog so badly and why literally every single animal out there desperately wants to keep you away from getting the dog free. Is this dog a secret hitler? Did the dog break the heart of a lady dog many years ago? Does the dog secretly have a genetic code capable of unlocking the key for creating life itself?
Who knows. All I know is that theorising weird plots is a hell of a lot more interesting than actually playing or talking about the game itself because this is honestly just on the side of 'Acceptable' and very little else. Controls are fine, if a bit heavy, the levels look ok, even if they are completely flat and devoid of any real elevation... Its all just 'meh' in the meh-est way.
Honestly we should just be asking why Mr Big wants the dog so badly and why literally every single animal out there desperately wants to keep you away from getting the dog free. Is this dog a secret hitler? Did the dog break the heart of a lady dog many years ago? Does the dog secretly have a genetic code capable of unlocking the key for creating life itself?
Who knows. All I know is that theorising weird plots is a hell of a lot more interesting than actually playing or talking about the game itself because this is honestly just on the side of 'Acceptable' and very little else. Controls are fine, if a bit heavy, the levels look ok, even if they are completely flat and devoid of any real elevation... Its all just 'meh' in the meh-est way.
"It's often cited as the best platform game on the Lynx." -Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
God help us all.
God help us all.
(played as part of ATARI 50)
This handheld version is at least a hair better than the console one (certainly looks a lot more pleasing) but obviously that's not saying much. Still clumsy and barely playable.
This handheld version is at least a hair better than the console one (certainly looks a lot more pleasing) but obviously that's not saying much. Still clumsy and barely playable.
(Atari 50)
Neither version of Scrapyard dog feels particularly good. This version is a bit better but the game feels like it's built around a larger screen than it has, feels like there's not a lot of time to react to enemies
Neither version of Scrapyard dog feels particularly good. This version is a bit better but the game feels like it's built around a larger screen than it has, feels like there's not a lot of time to react to enemies