Toaplan Arcade 2
SCORE: 62
The ninth arcade cartridge compilation on the Evercade systems is
Toaplan Arcade 2. There are seven video games on this cartridge. The
seven games are Wardner, Twin Cobra, Rally Bike, Hellfire, Twin Hawk,
Demon’s World, and Fire Shark. There are four shooters, two platformers,
and one sports video game. Again Toaplan is really heavy on the
shooters. Four of the games can be played really well in Tate mode.
Rally Bike is the standout game in Toaplan Arcade 2 for me. We race
through different environments in Rally Bike. I learned to take it a bit
slow at times to make it through the obstacles. I also learned to find
gas before I ran out. The timer was the next concern. Still I had fun
playing Rally Bike.
Most of the shooters in Toaplan Arcade 2 allow players to add continues
with the select button and power their way through the levels. I prefer
games that let me continue over and over again personally. I am not a
fan of arcade games that require the player to completely replay the
game or the level with a continue. The shooters are definitely
challenging in Toaplan Arcade 2.
There is plenty of violent content within the games on the Toaplan
Arcade 2 cartridge. Demon’s World did not impress me. Plus we are on one
level and could not jump up to the next level. Plenty of power ups are
above and beyond our reach. I just don’t get the point of that. Then I
went to the directions and found out there is a double jump. Sometimes I
miss things when I live stream these video games. We kill a lot of
horror enemies in Demon’s World as well.
Wardner is a bit on the challenging side. Even though Wardner is an
action adventure platformer it also has some role playing elements in
it. If I had all of the time in the world I would play all the way
through Wardner from start to finish. It is the kind of a video game I
used to enjoy when I was younger. There are tricks in Wardner too. Like
we go and save a princess only to find out she is a monster in disguise.
Wardner also only gives the player one hit which pretty lame in my
opinion.
A lot of the music in Toaplan Arcade 2 is fun to listen to. I found
myself a bit more aggressive after playing the video games included on
the Toaplan Arcade 2 cartridge. As a historical gamer I enjoyed getting
to learn about the games on this cartridge. Before Evercade I did not
recall much of Toaplan. I may have seen some of their shooters back in
the day. Too many of the shooters felt the same over the years though. I
had some fun playing the games on Toaplan Arcade 2. There are better
compilations though.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 60%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Evercade
Publisher: Blaze Entertainment
Developer: Toaplan
Rating: ‘NR’ - Not Rated
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