Aquaventure
SCORE: 80
I am very thankful I had the money to
purchase the Evercade Multicart Atari Collection 1 cartridge. Why is
that specifically? Aquaventure came included on that cartridge. Why
would that matter? After all Aquaventure is an Atari 2600 video game.
Why not go and purchase a cartridge on the Atari 2600? Here is the deal
with Aquaventure, it was never released on the Atari 2600. I am not able
to go out and purchase a copy of Aquaventure on the Atari 2600. Which is
something that makes the Evercade system and its cartridges so cool.
We control a diver in Aquaventure. We must go all the way down to the
bottom and then come back up. That sounds pretty simple right? Here is
the deal there are multiple screens to go through to get to the bottom
in Aquaventure. If that were not bad enough there are sea creatures
swimming by on each of the screens. We can shoot the sea creatures for
points or just avoid them on our way down to the bottom. A treasure is
waiting for us at the bottom of Aquaventure.
Another aspect of Aquaventure that is fascinating is when we get back to
the top we find a mermaid waiting on us. She will take us out of the
water. Then the game resets and we do it all over again. The fish in
Aquaventure are not as predictable as you might expect. They are not on
set patterns. They will turn around and come after the player in
Aquaventure. I learned to avoid and shoot them. The gameplay in
Aquaventure is way better than I expected it to be. I had some major fun
playing this game before I knew it had not been released before the
Evercade.
The music in Aquaventure fits the theme and is fun to listen to.
Aquaventure looks like an Atari 2600 video game. It looks better than
some games, but it also shows its age. We will lose our diver if we make
contact with any of the fish, or rocks in Aquaventure. I also learned to
pay attention to my oxygen gauge in Aquaventure. We can lose a level by
staying under water too long in Aquaventure. Our diver is pretty big
compared to the fish in Aquaventure which is actually pretty realistic.
As many of ya’ll are aware I am very impressed by the Evercade video
game system and its library of cartridges. Aquaventure is just another
reason to show the Evercade is on the right tracks. Aquaventure is
essentially an exclusive for this system since no one else released it
in the past. I streamed some gameplay of Aquaventure and converted it
into a video for our video channels. I hope you enjoyed watching it as
much as I enjoyed learning it.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 85%
Family Friendly Factor: 86%
System: Atari 2600/Evercade
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Atari
Rating: ‘NR’ - Not Rated
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