https://indiegamerchick.com/2019/10/24/arcade-archives-kid-niki-radical-ninja-and-arcade-archives-elevator-action-review/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://indiegamerchick.com/2019/10/24/arcade-archives-kid-niki-radical-ninja-and-arcade-archives-elevator-action-review/#comment-63149 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:24:59 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=13252#comment-63149 […] I’ve already reviewed the Arcade Archives port of Elevator Action. It got a YES! before, and it’s still getting one here. I have this game design theory: the best ideas for video games only need to accomplish the bare minimum playability to work. Elevator Action is my poster child for that. While its sequels eventually improved the core gameplay, Elevator Action Returns was really bad. Meanwhile, the original still gets the job done. A forty-year old, ultra-repetitive, sluggish-controlling action game is still damn fun after celebrating its fourth decade of existence. If that doesn’t prove my theory to be correct, I don’t know what would. Now, I find myself asking if Elevator Action really only does the bare minimum? Is it possible I got that part wrong? Yea, it is. […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2019/10/24/arcade-archives-kid-niki-radical-ninja-and-arcade-archives-elevator-action-review/#comment-63136 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:28:44 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=13252#comment-63136 […] attack is flimsy as hell. The animation of the attack kind of reminds me of Kid Niki. Except, that game had […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2019/10/24/arcade-archives-kid-niki-radical-ninja-and-arcade-archives-elevator-action-review/#comment-63058 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:58:55 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=13252#comment-63058 […] 2600 arcade ports. It’s actually remarkable how this plays like the Elevator Action, which I’ve always enjoyed to begin with. All the personality is retained, and the charm too. WOW! Okay, so you don’t […]

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