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Slyro The Radioactive Cat (Action) by Slyro  Slyro The Radioactive Cat has its roots in Pang and classic shooting games, with some bizarre twists of its own thrown into the mix. Basically you control a paunchy cat who shoots radioactive beams from his eyes, but only on diagonals. You can't shoot above you. As objects fall from the sly, your job is to destroy them before they fall to the ground, because if they do then part of the floor disintegrates, leaving your cat on an increasingly smaller platform. And since you can't shoot directly above yourself, if you become stranded on a tiny space, you can easily get hit. As levels go by, they increase in difficulty and speed, as you'd expect. It's a pretty simple game, but like many classic action/arcade games, it's also very enjoyable and addictive. While graphically not outstanding, the author did add some nice digitized photos for backgrounds to the mix. This sort of game doesn't need great graphics. What really makes Slyro special in my opinion, is the music. It's a brilliant mod remix of (I beleive) the Henry Mancini song used in Spy Hunter. It's been over a year since I've heard it, so I might be wrong about the song's origin, but what I definitely recall is how hilarious it sounded. The music was like ear crack for me, and I would often play Slyro just to hear the music. It really adds to the comical nature of the game. Another interesting aspect of Slyro is the two player mode, because you can actually play the game with just one GP32! Player one uses the joystick for movement and start for fire, while player two uses A/B for movement and select for fire. I only tried this mode out a few times in the past, but it works well. In one player mode you just use the joystick for movement and A for fire. Overall Slyro The Radioactive Cat is a solid homebrew GP32 game and comes highly recommended. Go download it. It's fun. Download Slyro The Radioactive Cat from GP32x.de Download Slyro The Radioactive Cat from PDRoms.de
Review by Prophet Nov/05/2004. |
