Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Crüe Ball for Genesis


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Crüe Ball

Metal balls


Genre: arcade - pinball

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Year: 1992

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Use left on dpad and C for the two paddles. The one and only table has three levels of paddles, although you rarely see the top level. There's also a mini game of Pong vs skeletons which move toward you, Plants vs Zombies style. The camera scrolls with the ball which is very nice. It's pinball, but it's a good game of pinball.


Level Design Score: 4

Level Design Notes:

Well there's only the one table. It has several triggered events, like a big set of blocks to knock down, words to knock down one letter at a time, lots of blinking bumpers, and uhh, an inchworm that crawls across the table.


Theme Score: 1

Theme Notes:

Not a pinball fan. Not a heavy metal fan. Not a morbid, bugs and skeletons fan.


Art Style Score: 3

Art Style Notes:

Wonderful animation and scrolling. Everything moves smoothly with no slowdown. It's a dark background but there's a lot to look at in the foreground. Could've used a few more sprites beyond the skeletons and inchworm, but whatever.


Audio Score: 3

Audio Notes:

It's horribly raspy but the tunes are enjoyable. The sounds aren't great tho. Perfect example of Genesis sounds


Overall Score: 63

Review ID: 849



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