Grab your magic trapper keeper, scratch those scented scratch-n-sniff stickers and defeat bad guys who look like they are from G.I.Joe and He-man, but are vaguely different enough to not legally be infringing on copyrights of the creators of those shows... Yes... Safe!This is an RPG that 80s kids can really get on board with. It brings together all the quirky and fun things from our childhood and creates an epic adventure based around them.
You are a young teen named Marty, and your girl friend has been kidnapped by Commander Hood! Can you defeat his minions and battle your way to his wedding before it's too late?
The first episode of this game is free. you can purchase other episodes for a fee. The first episode basically gets you informed on how to play. A 'totally gnarly dude" will help you get on your way. Teaching you how to use your magical trapper keeper and telling you about the battle system.
You can use the money you obtain in the game, via battles, to purchase useful items out of the dispensers you will see now and then. Care bears, Basketballs, Transformers... Each item has a unique ability that can be used during your battles. You can see some of them in the screen shot to the right.
After each battle you will get rated on how well you did. How fast did you kill them? How much damage did you take? And so on... You want a good score so you can get more money. You can see a sample of what this looks like to the left. it will also show you how close you are to leveling.
If you want to keep track of how Marty is doing, open your trapper keeper and check out his stats. You can see how much money you have also. As well as switching out different scratch-n-sniff stickers, items and so on. This is also a great place to look and see what quests you have. Sometimes it's easy to forget, when they stack up.
The battle system is interesting. They have 3 different ways you can battle, depending on which you feel more comfortable with. I find this to be very interesting. It allows the user to choose how to fight based on their own comfort and ability. It can take a little getting used to, however. You have to power up, choose an item, select a target, preform the item's task to use it, block incoming attacks. Sometimes I wish it was a bit more simple. But I am sure that you get more used to the way this game play is, the more you use it. One episode wasn't quite enough for me.One thing that is never explained for the quests in episode one... I had to look up. The stones for entering the magical cave. You need to play the saxophone riff for "Who Can It Be Now". I was unsuccessful in entering the cave. No matter how many times I played the riff, or how much I tried changing it up, that bloody cave would not open. However others seemed to use it and enter with no trouble. I'm not really sure what I did wrong. And since there is no explanation for it within the game, there wasn't much I could do but eventually give up and walk to the ending (I had done everything else up until that point).
Abandoning the cave means not completing 2 quests. The Jerk quest can not be complete without entering the cave as well as the quest to... enter the cave. I heard there are also nice items within the cave.Once you have beat the first episode you will be in your virtual living room. You can see it to the right. You can interact with the items. Through this screen you can check your stats, replay episodes, or buy new ones. You can check your cereal box tops, etc. And you can certainly tell by the pattern on the couch that this is an 80s living room.
I have added a Youtube video I found that will show you the game play for the beginning of the game to give you a feel for how the game dialog is. I really enjoy the dialog, personally.
Rating: 4/5
- Free
- Category: Games
- Updated: May 09, 2012
- Version: 1.01
- Size: 66.1 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Joystick Labs, LLC
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