(played as part of ATARI 50)
Whoa. This is quite the final game for Atari in the arcades - an exceptionally goofy bizarro-universe full-3D PAC-MAN with red-light/green-light mechanics, a customizable camera angle, and rail shooter stages.
The maze levels border on incomprehensibility but fall just on the right side of overly complex. Once you get the rules down, they're actually a pretty good time, despite the camera being kind of disastrous from any angle. Also the shooter stages are probably about twice as good as STAR FOX on SNES (there's even an Andross-style big space head boss!), and they serve as a great palate cleanser between the more cerebral main levels.
While the 3D looks pretty darn good, you can't help but feel like it's not really adding anything to the gameplay. After struggling with the camera and trying to grasp the layouts of the more complex puzzle stages, you might come to the same conclusion I did - that it would just be easier and more enjoyable in 2D. That's not great.
What is great, though, and more important than any of that, is Doodle City.
Whoa. This is quite the final game for Atari in the arcades - an exceptionally goofy bizarro-universe full-3D PAC-MAN with red-light/green-light mechanics, a customizable camera angle, and rail shooter stages.
The maze levels border on incomprehensibility but fall just on the right side of overly complex. Once you get the rules down, they're actually a pretty good time, despite the camera being kind of disastrous from any angle. Also the shooter stages are probably about twice as good as STAR FOX on SNES (there's even an Andross-style big space head boss!), and they serve as a great palate cleanser between the more cerebral main levels.
While the 3D looks pretty darn good, you can't help but feel like it's not really adding anything to the gameplay. After struggling with the camera and trying to grasp the layouts of the more complex puzzle stages, you might come to the same conclusion I did - that it would just be easier and more enjoyable in 2D. That's not great.
What is great, though, and more important than any of that, is Doodle City.