Thursday, July 25, 2024

Marko for Genesis


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Marko

The other Soccer Kid


Genre: action - platform

Publisher: Domark

Year: 1994

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 1

Gameplay Notes:

These soccer themed games will be the death of me. Who thought this would be compelling? Possibly the slowest movement speed in a 16 bit platformer. You can run but there are too many enemies and hazards to use this much. Not to be confused with The Adventures of Kid Kleets, which was developed by a completely different team.


Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

I can't beat the first level. It's your standard licensed platformer with slow movement, terrible hit detection, no i-frames, cheap hits, etc., etc.


Theme Score: 1

Theme Notes:

Soccer kid


Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

What a weird mixed bag. The sprites look amazing, although the charactes models aren't very interesting. The backgrounds, on the other hand, look like they're pulled from an Atari 5200 title. This weird contrast between sprites, platforms, and background is jarring. It's like you're concurrently looking at three different games.


Audio Score: 2

Audio Notes:


Overall Score: 24

Review ID: 1053



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