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Review by aschultz
January 23, 2010
But without the gates, I wouldn't have remembered Snack Attack. Reds blocked your bouncy guppy, and greens repelled the boxy ghosts (red, green, orange, purple.) The levels used them well. The first had long corner loops a cozy two-green-door hideout. I'd maneuver there a lot, especially when my sister called next game. The second level bowdlerized Pac-Man, with green gates guarding a side-warp. You'd have to hit L; a lot to stay in that safe zone and totally flummox the semi-smart monsters. The third level showed possibilities: several green and red doors in a spiral-type maze. It felt like hide and seek.
Each level provided different methods for faking monsters out, whether to avoid or catch them. They generally sensed where you were and would bend their path towards you, so standing in zigzaggy areas until they moved paid off. During pill time, the guppy grew fangs and made chomping noises, but since everyone moved at the same speed, encirclement was important. When chased, you'd get nipped rounding corners without moving ahead. The ghosts' unpredictability forced low-level gambling. Even the green ghost--out of their private pen at the start--could face either way. And gobbled ghosts' jagged bottoms could take a while returning to the pen.
I remember my annoyance when Snack Attack looped--with no cut-scenes despite the bright levels! What really prevented me overplaying it, though, was the speed. You could adjust it, but with no middle ground between impatient and forced mistakes. I got so mad I designed a few levels of my own, though I came back to playing once a year when I forgot my strategies in detail. Of course, one loop's all that's needed, but I think good-idea games like this still have their place--if polished, they'd make fantastic mini-games.
Rating: 5/10
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