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Tetsuwan Atom

Mighty Atom, Astro Boy, 鉄腕アトム
Tetsuwan Atom Title Tetsuwan Atom Screenshot

Platform Famicom Year 1988
Publisher Konami Developer Home Data
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Action, Single Player, Licensed, Astro Boy
Platform Famicom
Year 1988
Publisher Konami
Developer Home Data
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Action, Single Player, Licensed, Astro Boy

Play as Astro Boy as you recover money stolen from Professor Ochanomizu. You can run, jump, punch enemies and you also have a limited ability to fly in the game. Your health is tracked by your level of uranium which is contantly going down and some enemies will deplete.
 
Good Bad
  • Transition from first to second level has a sunrise effect
  • Triggering flight is difficult (jump three times while moving left or right and press up)
  • One hit deaths from most things that can hurt you
  • Dropped coins disappear quickly and sometimes at unexpected times
  • Dark areas are an interesting effect but very annoying
  • Continues require coins but coin drops are only on the first stage
  • Weird health system using a finite amount of uranium
  • Lots of randomness
  • Revives go to start of stage
  • Graphics are basic and lack polish
  • Short game that is lengthened by it's difficulty
  • Annoying sound based puzzles
  • Annoying music
Good
  • Transition from first to second level has a sunrise effect
 
Bad
  • Triggering flight is difficult (jump three times while moving left or right and press up)
  • One hit deaths from most things that can hurt you
  • Dropped coins disappear quickly and sometimes at unexpected times
  • Dark areas are an interesting effect but very annoying
  • Continues require coins but coin drops are only on the first stage
  • Weird health system using a finite amount of uranium
  • Lots of randomness
  • Revives go to start of stage
  • Graphics are basic and lack polish
  • Short game that is lengthened by it's difficulty
  • Annoying sound based puzzles
  • Annoying music
 
1 Incredibly difficult frustrating game that is a major disappointment from Konami. The health system is weird and you don't feel like you are Astro Boy.

Tetsuwan Atom Screenshot 2 Tetsuwan Atom Screenshot 3

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