Space Football
The other Air Hockey simulatorGenre: sports - other
Publisher: Triffix
Year: 1992
System: SNES
Gameplay Score: 1
Gameplay Notes:
What is this game? The objective is to chase down, grab, and deliver the "ball" to one of two goals which are just a zone within the arena. You slide all over the place so tracking down the ball is insanely difficult. The ball can only be carried for about 3 seconds so you have to grab it when it's near the goal in order from score. The enemy AI is stupid and never scores. You can shoot a projectile but it doesn't seem to do anything. It doesn't hurt your opponent anyway. I'm not sure why it exists. And yeah, that's all there is to this game. 5 minutes of gameplay and you'll never want or need to play it again.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
There are a few arenas but they're all the same.
Theme Score: 0
Theme Notes:
Football. In space. Actually it's more like playing Air Hockey if you were inside the paddle. It's a weird concept.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
Mode 7 taken to its logical, awful conclusion. Actually I'm being too harsh - the playing field looks awful but there's a starry night background that looks ok and a HUD for your cockpit. The HUD mostly just says PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2 but at least it's small. The level end artwork is HILARIOUS. I swear it's a bronze statue of your human avatar sitting on a toilet doing a pump first in the air. So funny!
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
The music is positively goofy but it throws on you. I was laughing at it anyway. The sounds are loud and sometimes obnoxious but again they're so kitschy that they're fun to hear.
Overall Score: 25
Review ID: 509
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