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Reviews for "Jet Gunner Mini"
Cool game, the only reason why it´s 4,5 stars is that the falling in level 3 and wind in level 4 were very annoying.
Pretty awesome game. I adored the game on steam which is why I bought it after seeing sinclair's offerings here on new grounds. The only game I didn't like by the developer is "Sole Gunner " which more or less a Mega Drive clone of "Alien Solider" (Even though it's highly regarded, I hate games that just focus on boss rushes). This game reminds me that of bionic Commando but using a jet pack instead of a grapple system. Awesome music, great actions and easy to control makes this a good "mini" version. The only thing that holds this game back is the scrolling on some stages...where you would pass a land point and die because you're out of fuel. I highly recommend playing this if you enjoy games of a better,simpler time in gaming. I *love* retro styled games and I hope I get to see more from this devver. You'll bet I'll be storing games of his on steam. (when and if they become available!)
I kind of expected that the controls would be that of a standard game boy emulator. I was all confused at first, because you said gameboy and it was not gameboy controls :S
Other than that the game play is quite nice. You shoot enemies and can collect upgrade on the ground and use your jump/jet pack for long jumps. That's a quite simple gameplay that's making it quite enjoyable and it made me feel nostalgic of the time when I had still a gameboy (it broke :-L ...)
Of course, there are a number of other aspects and issues, but I think they're already well explained in the posts below.
It's.... Okay. The most notable aspect of the game was that It reminded me of all that was wrong with a lot of gameboy games back in the day - cheap deaths from bad programing and static levels. It's remarkable that you found a way to revive this almost forgotten gamer experience, reviving it from the dead. I suggest you immediately rebury that idea, and leave it in the annuals of gaming history, and concentrate on what many of those games from the past did right.