Asteroids Hyper 64
SCORE: 72
I love finding these different video games I knew nothing about
before. I fondly remember the Atari Asteroids video games. I was shocked
to learn about Asteroids Hyper 64 on the Nintendo 64. How did I miss
that? Obviously the PR and Marketing people representing the game did
not do their jobs because they did not reach me. It makes me wonder how
many other interested buyers are missed nowadays by failures in PR and
Marketing.
There are multiple ships family members can utilize in Asteroids Hyper
64. Each of these ships has different stats in these four categories:
Rotation, Thrust, Shield, and Firepower. We can sit still or fly around
in the one screen we are given in Asteroids Hyper 64. There is also this
really neat short teleportation players can do. Expect plenty of power
ups in the ninety levels in the six different worlds in Asteroids Hyper
64.
My biggest complaint against Asteroids Hyper 64 is the coloring chosen.
We have dark colored asteroids on top of dark colored backgrounds. I got
hit by these way too many times. It is really annoying not being able to
see what is coming right at you because of poor color scheme choices.
The original Asteroids did not have that problem. Why was it put into
Asteroids Hyper 64? Did no one notice this before launch? I caught this
problem right away. Poor decisions like that are probably why Crave
Entertainment eventually went belly up.
Asteroids Hyper 64 does give that old Asteroids feel. There are so many
ways they could have improved upon that. It feels like the improvements
are 16-bit while this game is on the 64-bit. I love how the crystals in
Asteroids Hyper 64 will regrow back to their original size if you do not
keep on them. I learned to keep shooting crystals until they were
completely gone. As long as some stealth asteroid was not coming after
me. The power ups are neat but way too short and limited in my personal
opinion.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 85%
Gameplay: 75%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Nintendo 64
Publisher: Crave Entertainment
Developer: Syrox Developments
Rating: ‘E’ -SIX and OLDER ONLY
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