Gaelco Arcade 2
SCORE: 68
I am so blessed to have the money to
purchase a copy of Gaelco Arcade 2 on the Evercade. It is neat that Piko
Interactive is bringing these video games to the public. It is so much
easier to play these six video games on the Evercade than trying to
purchase arcade cabinets of these video games. The six games on this
cartridge are Big Karnak, World Rally 2, TH Strikes Back Thunderhoop 2,
Maniac Square, Squash, and Touch and Go.
There are two violent video games, three sports video games, and one
puzzle video game on the Gaelco Arcade 2 cartridge. I love the visuals
in Squash, and World Rally 2. The challenge of some of these video games
is up there. They were trying to get you to part with your quarters as
fast as possible so it makes sense in that regard. The manual found in
the case for Gaelco Arcade 2 contains the controls. The controls can
also be seen by checking them in the game. I had to learn some of the
controls for these games because not everything was intuitive in my
opinion and experience. At least it is easily accessible.
The issues families can have with Gaelco Arcade 2 are lack of attire,
enticement to lust, false gods, violence, blood, and more. I do
appreciate a squash video game. I used to play racquetball when I was
younger. I really enjoyed playing World Rally 2. I wish there were more
modern games like it. The look, feel and way it plays is absolutely
awesome. Touch and Go can be challenging for a beach volleyball video
game. I guess Gaelco was going for that practice makes perfect concept.
Maniac Square is a decent block down puzzle video game. I have played
better and I have also played worse. I did not know there were a lot of
puzzle video games in the arcades. Very few Gaelco arcade video games
made it to home or PC release. So it is pretty cool to learn some video
game history in this cartridge. Big Karnak, and TH Strikes Back
Thunderhoop 2 include some rather large character models. I remember
when that became a thing in the video game industry decades ago. I love
how Gaelco Arcade 2 lets us hit the select button to add credits.
I feel like Gaelco Arcade 2 is better than the first one. We get one
more sports game, and we continue with one puzzle video game. There is
some variety to the games included with the Gaelco Arcade 2 cartridge. I
hope there is a third arcade cartridge related to Gaelco in the near
future. Blaze Entertainment continues to release some fascinating gems
that historical gamers will be interested in.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sounds: 75%
Replay/Extras: 75%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Evercade
Publisher: Blaze Entertainment
Developer: Piko Interactive
Rating: ‘NR’ - Not Rated
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