
Red Robin is not just a burger chain with a bird as a mascot. Red Robin is also an italian arcade game from 1986, where you star as the titular hero, a kleptomaniac kid in superhero pajamas, who must collect rings, gems and other precious items through pac landesque scrolling landscapes. There's an invincibility powerup, which is the only way to defeat any of the enemies, and an irritating power-down in the form of a skull, which doesn't let you collect any of the items hovering tantalizingly over your head. You make your way through flat, cheesy landscapes, from forests to castles. If you get to the end of the stage without collecting all the items, you have to run back to the left and try to nab them before the timer runs out. Just like Pac-Land, jumping is unwieldy and awkward, and there's just no there there. There's no real depth of gameplay, the controls are off, and while the graphics might have looked decent at the time, better-looking games came out in 1986, ones that didn't star ugly children in bedtime clothes pathetically grasping for both precious gems and arcade fame.
1 comment:
HE looks like a smurf.
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