Raid 2020

"About as much fun as being the only toilet seat at a chili cook-off."

INTRO

In 1989,a company named Color Dreams had found a way to get around the Nintendo Entertainment system's lockout chip,allowing them to make games for the system without nintendo's ''seal of quality'',thereby letting them keep all of the money the game made for themselves,and avoiding having to give a large cut of profits to nintendo.Now that that's out of the way,let me say one thing-THEY DID NOT MAKE GOOD GAMES.If Color Dreams had tried to get Nintendo's approval,the Nintendo Entertainment System would have one less lousy game.On to the review.

GAMEPLAY 3/10

You need to kill the drug dealers who are trying to destroy the United States with a large crime wave.To do so,you must shoot them.You can also seize their drugs to get points.Your enemies are the basic drug dealers,land mines and birds that defecate on you.You can also use a jet pack to fly over dangerous areas(such as the areas with land mines).You can take multiple hits from the projectiles and bird fecal matter,but you'll die if you step on a land mine.In one level,you are on driving a speedboat where you must destroy helicopters owned by the drug dealers,which are basically big metallic drug dealers.you must avoid logs and other unidentified hazards(which show how bad the graphics are for their time).It's the ''here's something,shoot it''style gameplay with a small twist.It's also the game's strongest point.

STORY 2/10

It's a departure from ''save the princess'',but nothing to get excited about.The year is 2020,and you need to save the United States from a drug syndicate let by a guy named Pitbull.You are a guy in a trenchcoat and hat named shadow and you have to kill the drug dealers with a handgun.YAWN.

GRAPHICS 1/10

These are not the kind of graphics you would expect a company called ''Color Dreams'' to put in their games.They are dull,drab and just not good.This isn't the Atari 2600,Color Dreams,this is the Nintendo Entertainment System.These graphics are worse than just about every game released on the NES in 1989.If that doesn't tell you how bad the graphics are,nothing will.

MUSIC 1/10

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!Make It Stop!MAKE IT STOP!It will hurt your ears to listen to this music.If you have played the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man,try to remember the intro theme.The music in Raid 2020 is like listen to it again and again and AGAIN!When you play this game,which you shouldn't,after reading 3 1/10 reviews,either turn the sound down or go deaf.

REPLAY 1/10

In a word,NONE.

BUY,RENT OR BURN

Considering it's rarity,I would not burn it,but I wouldn't
buy or rent it either.I got this from a friend who also hated it,so i didn't really buy or rent it.

OVERALL 1/10

Don't buy this game,ever.It is the most abysmal piece
of teal/green plastic ever.

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 12/08/02, Updated 12/08/02