Space Station Silicon Valley

"Maybe I should implant my dead dog with a robo-chip."

I've been meaning to express my joy for this game for quite a while, but hey, I got lazy. So finally, here I am sitting on my butt typing up a review of one of the most original games I've ever had the pleasure to play: Silicon Valley.

Story: 10/10
It's not that original, but it fits this game like super-sized underwear fits a rhino. A space station called Silicon Valley is about to crash into the earth and it's up to Danger Dan and his robotic friend Evo to stop it. But alas, Dan's stupidity causes you two to crash and Evo's body is destroyed and scattered around different ecosystems. It's up to you, as Evo's mighty computer chip, to recover your body via robotic animals. One word for this.....WEIRD!

Graphics: 10/10
This is one of those happy-type games, and it proves it with its happy-type colors. I swear you would get more out of this if you were stoned, but it fares very well even if you aren't. Everything is colorful and cheerful and looks exactly like it should. The animals are very cartoony in nature and the environments are beautiful, yes, BEAUTIFUL! There are no glitches whatsoever that I could find, that's quite refreshing considering this is a Nintendo 64 game.

Gameplay: 10/10
Incredibly perfect! You deactivate animals by...err....killing them and taking over their bodies. From there you can use all their abilities to kill other animals and then take them over, this style goes over and over again throughout the whole game in order to beat it. There are certain missions that you are given, so you're never stuck wondering what the heck to do. Everything is easily done, from jumping to biting to farting (those funny rats!) everything is simple to do.

Sound: 10/10
Very cheerful music, like I said before, HAPPY! The sound effects are funny and clear and really fit the bill. The mouse with wheels even squeaks, ha ha ha (well, I like mice, okay!). You can even destroy the many speakers scattered throughout the levels if you really hate elevator music, that definitely causes this section to deserve a ten!

Replay: 7/10
The only thing bringing it down a bit, once you're done you probably won't go back for a while. There are, however, perks in playing again, and you have sort of a level-select thingy so you won't have to play through the entire thing again, nice!

Overall: 10/10
You can probably find this game for under $30 dollars somewhere nearby, and if you do then buy it, please! You won't regret it and it would be a great asset to you're N64 collection. I guarantee this will be the one definite, if not the most, enjoyable game you've ever played!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 03/19/02, Updated 03/19/02