Thalamus Collection 1
SCORE: 66
Blaze Entertainment has been releasing more cartridges with less
games on them recently. Thalamus Collection 1 is a call back to the past
since it has eleven games on this cartridge. The eleven games on
Thalamus Collection 1 are Hunter’s Moon Remastered, Armalyte Competition
Edition, Hawkeye, Snare, Retrograde, Creatures, Summer Camp, Heatseeker,
Creatures II Torture Trouble, Winter Camp, and Nobby the Aardvark. There
are six platformers, two shooters, and three action games on this
cartridge.
The games on the Thalamus Collection 1 come from the Commodore 64 (C64)
system. The games look decent for that era. They are definitely retro
video games. The controls in some of these games are better than others
as well. I struggled with what to do and then how to do it in Thalamus
Collection 1. These games are from an era where you need to figure it
out or just fail again and again. There are certainly aspects to some
games in Thalamus Collection 1 that are not intuitive.
Snare has some puzzle elements but I still struggled with what to do in
this game. The same goes for Winter Camp in terms of figuring out what
to do. Summer Camp was much better and more fun in my opinion. I am not
a fan of either of the Creatures video games on Thalamus Collection 1.
The second one is much worse in terms of how to progress in my humble
opinion. The two shooters are decent if you are into blowing everything
away.
The strangest game in Thalamus Collection 1 is Heatseeker. We play the
weirdest creature and we are doing the strangest things. We are a leg
with a ball on top collecting energy. I think we are trying to save some
planet in Heatseeker. The whole lame environmental theme went right over
my head when I live streamed Thalamus Collection 1 on our Twitch
channel. We are making videos for our video channels of each of the
games.
Hawkeye on Thalamus Collection 1 was totally forgettable and has nothing
to do with the Marvel hero. Nobby the Aardvark is a stand out title for
me on Thalamus Collection 1. It took me a minute to figure out how to
get ammo in Nobby the Aardvark. Once I did I was off to the races. Nobby
the Aardvark is challenging but I had fun with it. I like being able to
play these C64 video games on the Evercade. More please.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 85%
Gameplay: 55%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Evercade
Publisher: Blaze Entertainment
Developer: Thalamus
Rating: ‘NR’ - Not Rated
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