Tengen, known for outstepping Nintendo's publishing rules back in the 80s are mostly known for their version of Tetris, which is just as beloved as the original NES version. However they did make other games, such as this here, Road Runner. Based on the looney tunes series of shorts about the characters Wiley Coyote and Road Runner this strange game plays... uh. I don't know how to put this...
Its garbage, its such a bad game. The goal for the player is to outrun wily coyote but you have to also maintain seed so road runner doesn't just stop dead in his tracks and stare at you. also you have to avoid obstacles and, uh the game punishes you for doing well by having the coyote go on an unstoppable roller skate ride towards the road runner. The controls are rather stiff which isn't an issue until you reach stage two.
I swear the opening to stage two should read "Abandon all Hope all Ye who enter here"
This labyrinth is a hell full of unfair deaths as the stiff controls combined with the rocket riding wily coyote seeming to track your every thought through the screen makes this game more of a frustration than a challenge. This is where the road ends for me and this game.
Like conceptually its nice and I think it could be made well, even on the NES with all the technical limitations, but this just isn't it. Like, why are they forcing the player right to left, why not left to right like a normal game?
The presentation is awful with strange choices for colors and extremely hard on the eyes backgrounds. Also the music while just popular classical compositions is extremely grating on the ears to have to sit through, id, rather it play that cursed "among us drip 8 bit mix" I made to be painful on purpose instead of this game's Soundtrack.
I thought since Tengen were known for halfway decent unlicensed Nintendo games I thought this one could be an underappreciated gem, but in reality it was just a frustrating and ugly mess of a game. At least the label kinda looks neat.
Its garbage, its such a bad game. The goal for the player is to outrun wily coyote but you have to also maintain seed so road runner doesn't just stop dead in his tracks and stare at you. also you have to avoid obstacles and, uh the game punishes you for doing well by having the coyote go on an unstoppable roller skate ride towards the road runner. The controls are rather stiff which isn't an issue until you reach stage two.
I swear the opening to stage two should read "Abandon all Hope all Ye who enter here"
This labyrinth is a hell full of unfair deaths as the stiff controls combined with the rocket riding wily coyote seeming to track your every thought through the screen makes this game more of a frustration than a challenge. This is where the road ends for me and this game.
Like conceptually its nice and I think it could be made well, even on the NES with all the technical limitations, but this just isn't it. Like, why are they forcing the player right to left, why not left to right like a normal game?
The presentation is awful with strange choices for colors and extremely hard on the eyes backgrounds. Also the music while just popular classical compositions is extremely grating on the ears to have to sit through, id, rather it play that cursed "among us drip 8 bit mix" I made to be painful on purpose instead of this game's Soundtrack.
I thought since Tengen were known for halfway decent unlicensed Nintendo games I thought this one could be an underappreciated gem, but in reality it was just a frustrating and ugly mess of a game. At least the label kinda looks neat.