Electric Yo-Yo
Released: 1982
Pitch: Clear the screen with your yo-yo.
First of all, this game has nothing to do with actual yo-yoing. No surprise there. The screen is covered with a pattern of blocks, which you clear by touching them. If you're lined up with a block either horizontally or vertically and push in that direction, your yo-yo string will shoot out and pull you to that block. Otherwise you move one block space at a time. It's possible to move around the screen very quickly thanks to the yo-yo string. There are two kinds of bad guys. Each level has a couple that act like you, moving from block to block (but without clearing them, of course). The other is a single bad guy that bounces around the outside of the blocks and any block it touches will flash for a second or two. If you grab that flashing block, you will be invicible to those first bad guys, making it easier to clear the level. It is a surprisingly difficult game but one I feel I can do better at with more practice and strategy. It could be frustrating at times but I found myself going back for one more try...several times, and that is a mark of a good game.
"I found myself going back for one more try...several times, and that is a mark of a good game."
I find the same to be true of meth.
This does look like an interesting arcade concept though. I like games that limit your movement in just the rignt way, so action is smooth but the gameplay is still a bit of a puzzle.
Man, I totally forgot about this one. Neat idea. Sort of like a free form Pac-Man, or Pac-Man without a maze. The enemies remind me of Centipede enemies too.
There are so many games on that Taito Legends collection, and it's been so long since I played it, that I forgot about this one.
When I think Taito, I think Elevator Action.