Mar 29, 2023 - Day 88 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 94

Game: Arcade Mayhem Juanito

Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Aug 4, 2017
Library Date: Mar 13, 2018
Unplayed: 1842 (5y16d)
Playtime: 15m

Arcade Mayhem Juanito (or Juanito Arcade Mayhem, it can't seem to decide), is a well made pastiche of retro arcade games.

It feels like someone threw early 2000's Nickelodeon, Wreck-It Ralph, and a bunch of arcade games into a blender, and hit frappe.

The gameplay mechanics are basically straight out of Space Invaders. Use the controller's A button to shoot upwards at the things falling out of the sky. You can also dash with the B button.

That's it.

The problem is that that much single button mashing *very* quickly takes a toll on my thumb, and as for yesterday's platformer, timing is everything, and mine is rubbish.

The graphics are great, the sound effects a little overwhelming, and I have some questions about the game assets in the first set of levels that seem to be a straight rip from a certain falling-blocks game, Comrade.

This is a well-made game, but while I feel interested in continuing to see how the story (such as it is) develops, it's just a little too frustrating for me to push forward.

Juanito Arcade Mayhem is:

2: Meh

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