Modelers Fight Yeah! - Power Quest GBC Review - Game On! Thursday By: Jinroh   On: 2012-01-26 00:00:00

Power Quest for the GameBoy Colour is a game about Children who Battle Radio Controlled Robots. These kids really serious about their game and want to be the best modellers ever!

The game starts with you, a poor kid in school who gets a letter in the mail saying that you won a free Model. Models are what the robots are called in the game. There are a few different Models in the game, they follow the typical fighting game archtypes, and are the general types of characters you would expect. There is the Box Art Hero, which is the Pugilist Max Model. Max is my personal favorite Model in that he's pretty well rounded and has some cool moves. Then there's Speed, Speed is the only female model in the game and she is pretty much the mirror of Max. Speed's fast and kicks a lot, and at higher levels Speed is a pain. Axe is the androgenous Model in the game. Axe is the most well rounded and one of the strongest Models (not to mention cheap as a wheat penny) in the game. He also has a Gene Simmons like tongue which flails about when it wins. Lon is an old man. Lon is the typical Kung Fu type fighter with some punches and kicks, but is relatively weak albeit a few cheap moves. The Computer player like to pull these moves on you every now and then. Then there's Gong, Gong is a fat piece of cheap crap when the computer plays as him. He's got some annoying grabs and stuff that he throws at you every couple seconds.

So you have a new shiny voucher to get a free model. You can now goto the store and grab one, hooray. The shop keeper will also tell you that you can switch models at any time. The nice thing is that any parts you buy for your model will carry over to the new model. So if you have like Wave Lv. 2 for your Max it'll be some part Lv. 2 for the next model.

The game has a simple map and a generally simple RPG overlaying the fighting system. You have your home town which has about 5 or 6 different places you can goto. You can goto the school, the park, the factory, the temple, the arena, the shop, the lab, and your house pretty much. All but the shop, the arena, and your house, if you walk in, you are automatically greeted with the face of your rival and their dialogue box. They'll say something like, 'Don't go easy on me just because I'm a girl, OK.' or something like that. Then it'll fade into the fighting system and you'll engage in a typical Street Fighter era fighting. The controls are good and the moves are cool, its just the AI can be annoyingly cheap at times and make you want to stab your GBC or at least throw it on your bed. It is a good game though.

The graphics are a mixed bag. The RPG sprites are good for the time and what you'd expect from most GBC titles. HOWEVER!!!!!!!! The people their faces their avatars whatever you want to call them are horrendously drawn. They are quite possibly the ugliest characters I've ever seen in a game. Whoever drew the character faces in this game has a very poor grasp of both human anatomy and Anime' Drawing style. Thankfully the models are nicely animated with many frames of animation for each attack so once you're in the fighting system your eyes will be less strained.

The sound has a tinny quality which is expected for a GBC title, but works well for a GBC title. The music can be repetitive, but its still pretty decent.

Overall the game is well done, except for the character faces and that it is rather short and frustrating at times. If you are a fan of both RPGs and Fighting games it is a must play and can be found on pretty cheap online.

SCORE:
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Gameplay:4 of 5
Sound:3 of 5
Controls: 5 of 5
Graphics: 3 of 5
Overall: 4 of 5

More Changes and a Valentine! By: Jinroh   On: 2012-01-19 08:33:09

Hey all!

Just wanted to quickly throw out that the site layout was changed. (Duhh...I'm not blind you say. xD) Yes yes. Well as I'm updating the layout progressively you may notice some things broken or whatever. Don't worry too much about it, but I'll try to have everything put back to normal ASAP. ^^

In the meantime have a valentine that I made last year. It's of Dr. Anna from the show, The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog. Great show, and Dr. Anna is my favorite character so I thought it would be cute to make a Valentine last year. ^^ It was actually 'painted' in Windows 7 paint with the brush tool. ^^ Hope you enjoy it!


Thanks for bearing with me!
-Jinroh

Marty Mallow Updated! By: Jinroh   On: 2011-12-30 14:05:43

Good afternoon!

Good news too, my old old old game, Marty Mallow's Adventure has been updated to be more compatible with the fast modern browsers we have today. Chrome was a killer for this one, so a better speed throttler has been added to keep the framerate more consistent accross multiple browsers. This means you can enjoy the game again, or maybe for the very first time. ^^ It's 10 levels of Candy Stomping fun!

Click to Play!


Have fun!
-Jinroh