Outrageous reporters, tons of pixelated babes running around in bikinis, lots and lots of testosterone added to little boys, throw in over the top villians, and you have a game that doesn’t take itself seriously.  This game reminds me of Smash TV.  This looks like an arcade game that would be tons of fun to blow quarters into while playing with a second player.  The second time through, probably won’t be as fun or rewarding.  Is the game good?  Loose cannon really.  The game is full of surprises and over the top characters.  Some evil empire is taking over the world (Looks to be Germany), reporters walk in to score an interview, only to be captured by mutants.  Now two testosterone filled boys, that are actually men, but act like stupid little boys, walk in with guns blazing and start blowing stuff up.  Lots of objects on screen, I saw the game slow down.  A lot of the levels drag on when they should add something new.  The game redeems itself with some of the more outrageous characters.  They’ve got insanely big heads, some have tans, they either look halfway decent or crappily handdrawn and some have voices.  The German (complete in WWII garb) dictator remains calm while speaking, but blows up with his eyes bursting out of his head.  Cool, I think.  He just keeps repeating something that sounds German, but that’s it.  I’m a little disappointed.  The music is pretty bad, mostly beeps.  Take the Atari, modernize the music for the SNES and you get this.  This is an overhead run and gun.  Sometimes the screen is still, sometimes it isn’t.  Right pad controls the gun direction, left controls the characters direction.  Weapon types are pretty stock, rocket launcher, triple fire, etc.  Each one has rapid fire.  There is also a special kind of powerup, a pair of shoes.  Either of the two characters will run faster, but will also mutter a Three Stooges style laugh.

I don’t know what to make of this game.  It’s a loose cannon that doesn’t take itself seriously.  I’m pretty certain the developers decided it wasn’t worth the effort to design it further, so they finished up everything, put it into working order and shipped it off.

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