26th December 2016, 1:16 AM
"Packrat" does sound like a less negative term than "hoarder", so sure, maybe that one's okay...
I got this a couple of days ago, but it's Christmas so I'm only getting around to posting about it now.
SNES
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Rocky Rodent - $10, cart only - This is a mascot platformer from Irem that stars a weird-looking, somewhat anthropomorphic animal. While surely at least somewhat inspired by Sonic, though, this game is kind of weird, with somewhat hideously ugly character art and gameplay that is mostly traditional, but has a few quirks. Your character Rocky is so odd looking, though! He does look less awful once you get your powerup, which gives the creature a giant mohawk (and a melee attack and vault-up-to-higher platforms ability too, so you really want to stay powered up), but you lose that if you take a hit and restart the level if you get hit again as levels do not have checkpoints, and the game has limited lives and continues, so yeah this one might be tricky. It has very nice graphics with big sprites, though, and good level designs and gameplay, so it was worth getting for sure.
I got this a couple of days ago, but it's Christmas so I'm only getting around to posting about it now.
SNES
--
Rocky Rodent - $10, cart only - This is a mascot platformer from Irem that stars a weird-looking, somewhat anthropomorphic animal. While surely at least somewhat inspired by Sonic, though, this game is kind of weird, with somewhat hideously ugly character art and gameplay that is mostly traditional, but has a few quirks. Your character Rocky is so odd looking, though! He does look less awful once you get your powerup, which gives the creature a giant mohawk (and a melee attack and vault-up-to-higher platforms ability too, so you really want to stay powered up), but you lose that if you take a hit and restart the level if you get hit again as levels do not have checkpoints, and the game has limited lives and continues, so yeah this one might be tricky. It has very nice graphics with big sprites, though, and good level designs and gameplay, so it was worth getting for sure.