NES Player - Pooyan NES Review

Famicom
1 Player
Arcade Classic

OINK! OINK! It's the war of the pigs vs. the wolves! You're the mama wolf and your baby pigs are being kidnapped! You must kill all your evil adversaries before they pinch your butt and throw you into the pan for a tasty bacon dinner! Shoot the enemies with your bow and arrow and bacon to save yourself as well as your children.

Plot: Simple enough. Your goal is to kill all of the wolves that come at you by popping their balloons before they reach your side of the base. You can move up and down to attack and at times, bacon will appear that can kill everything in its path. As the levels increase, there will be more wolves to attack as well as stronger balloons that will take more hits. Some neat scenes in between levels as well as bonus rounds to test your skill!

Sound: Cutesy songs play throughout the entire game. Probably some tunes you've heard as a child. They get pretty annoying after a while and whenever I hear that game over music, it induces me to throw my controller at the screen and break the damn thing.

Graphics: This is typical of a game made from the 1980s. When I first played this game, I wondered who the good guys really were. Once I found a box with the plot on the back, I figured out that those things were pigs. I guess that super fat would have made it a little bit obvious.

Challenge: As bad as the graphics are and how early this game was made, this game provides a real good challenge for the experienced player. As the levels increase, more wolves and stronger balloons that require more hits will test your skill. It eventually gets to the point where 10 wolves will be in the playing field and you will be wishing that bacon was there to save yourself. A score over 200,000 should be considered great.

Gameplay: I do not find gameplay to be much of a big deal here. You aren't hindered by pressing up, down, or any button (which are the only 3 controls you'll ever need for this game). This part of the review should be not applicable.

......BOTTOM LINE: It's probably a game you would be interested in for a short period of time since the idea of killing wolves gets repetitive after a while. Wasn't that most of the plots in 1980s arcade games?

-LordJD