Tetsuwan Atom

a.k.a. 鉄腕アトム / Astro Boy / Mighty Atom

published by Konami in 1988-02-26, developed by Home Data, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: platformer
genre: Manga
series: Astro Boy
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: jpn

2.5/5

Personal review

A platform game from Konami based on Astro Boy... can't go much wrong I thought. Well, sadly I was wrong. Sure there are worse games on the NES/Famicom but for a Konami game it is quite disappointing. Not only doesn't it feature the great graphics of other Konami games of that time (like Contra or Salamander), but it is also not very well playable. Best example is the way how to activate the flight mode. Jump three times at exactly the right time to activate it. Try this in narrow spaces and you won't stop swearing. In some levels you have to figure out how to progress by solving little puzzles or retrieving certain items. Besides that the game is rather linear.