Nightmare Circus for Genesis
Review #4401
Nightmare Circus
Uhh, this is a demo, right?
Gameplay
Feels like the marriage of Mortal Kombat with Majyuuou "The King of Demons" for the Super Famicom.
I can see why this didn't get a physical release in the United States. This game sucks so bad.
You've got Mortal Kombat style moves. So a punch and a kick and you can duck or block. Enemies bounce around way faster than you can move. So good luck catching them and hitting them. I have no idea what the objective of the game is.
Some of the most laggy long animation moves you'll see in a 16-bit game.
Oh and you can jump by pushing up.
Sega Channel exclusive
Level Design
As you begin the game, there are four rooms available to choose from.
The first room has two little guys too short to hit with a normal punch or kick (think the Flea Men from Castlevania). I hit them each 30 or 40 times and they just kept getting up so I have no idea what I was supposed to do there.
The second room drops you onto an elevator that descends down into a fire where you promptly get burned and die. Lovely!
The third room has a few different screens that you can walk to the right or left to get to and doors that don't open and is otherwise empty. Again, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do here. Scheme feels like a demo or an alpha version that was never completed.
Theme
The theme feels like a KISS concert or something.
Art Style
It's a whole lot of black, red and yellow. The sprites themselves look amateurish and the backgrounds are mostly static. Looks like a 1990 game and not a late gen 16-bit title.
Audio
The music is easily the best part of this game. It's not really my style. It's going for a Halloween theme but has some nice air guitar rock sound to it. The sound effects and voice samples are good quality but again not attractive.
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