BC's Quest for Tires jumps out at anybody who used to read the newspaper! B.C. was a famous comic strip. I have a fond memory of reading that comic as part of the Sunday paper on Easter Sunday! I would have tons of Easter Candy and these comics. Pure joy! Hopefully, this game lets me ride the unicycle!
Here is the cover:
Status: Played it
Thoughts: These are excellent graphics, especially for 1983! The animation is fast and smooth. But it is not very interesting. I noticed that I have zero desire to try the game again. It is a side-scroller that doesn't have weapons or much platforming. It is mostly jumping and ducking and there aren't any enemies to avoid! Even Pitfall gives you more to do than that.
I tried the game again so that I could be sure that I was giving the game a fair shake. I made it further! But it still controls relatively poorly. I noticed that I wasn't enjoying it. Mario Brothers came out at the same time as this game. Yet the original Mario Brothers game controls quite well! There was no reason for BC to be this stiff, especially since the game doesn't have to program any enemies. They could have put all their resources into making smooth controls. When a game character is a joy to use, you can have fun just running around!
Rating: 1.5 out of 4 Stone Unicycles
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