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| − | '''''Bay Route''''', known in Japanese as '''''ベイ ルート [Bei Ruto]''''', is a run and gun developed by [[SunSoft|Sun Electronics]] and published by [[Sega]] in arcades in 1989. The game is a rather shameless [[Contra]] clone | + | '''''Bay Route''''', known in Japanese as '''''ベイ ルート [Bei Ruto]''''', is a run and gun developed by [[SunSoft|Sun Electronics]] and published by [[Sega]] in arcades in 1989. The game is a rather shameless [[Contra]] clone functioning nearly identical to it. The only really unique part is the weapon system. You begin the game with all four of your possible weapons (machine gun, grenade, flame thrower, and fourway laser) and you can select between them at any time. However, the weapons start out under-powered. Killing red soldiers leaves behind power up capsules that will upgrade your currently selected weapon. |
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===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
| − | * I like the fact that you start out with all four of your different weapons and you can power them up to make them stronger. | + | * I like the fact that you start out with all four of your different weapons and you can power them up to make them stronger. This is a cool idea, but it's poorly implemented. |
* The machine gun upgrades into a spread gun, and even bigger with a second upgrade. Spread guns are always a favorite of mine in a run and gun. | * The machine gun upgrades into a spread gun, and even bigger with a second upgrade. Spread guns are always a favorite of mine in a run and gun. | ||
===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
| + | * The controls leave much to be desired. The players do not respond very smoothly to input. | ||
| + | * Of all the things to copy off Contra, for some reason they mimicked the ugly washed out graphics. | ||
* The second weapon at level one only functions while ducking, which isn't explained by the game, and even at level two, it's still very difficult to use. | * The second weapon at level one only functions while ducking, which isn't explained by the game, and even at level two, it's still very difficult to use. | ||
* The game automatically resets your weapon selection back to the machine gun every time you die. This is really annoying if you prefer a different weapon, because choosing a new weapon in the middle of battle isn't very easy. | * The game automatically resets your weapon selection back to the machine gun every time you die. This is really annoying if you prefer a different weapon, because choosing a new weapon in the middle of battle isn't very easy. | ||
| − | * The flame thrower's upgrade makes it cover most of the screen after it's first upgrade, but the second upgrade doesn't do anything for it. | + | * The flame thrower's upgrade makes it cover most of the screen after it's first upgrade, but the second upgrade doesn't seem to do anything for it. |
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
* You lose all weapon power ups at the end of each level. This is especially annoying. | * You lose all weapon power ups at the end of each level. This is especially annoying. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 8 May 2018
Bay Route, known in Japanese as ベイ ルート [Bei Ruto], is a run and gun developed by Sun Electronics and published by Sega in arcades in 1989. The game is a rather shameless Contra clone functioning nearly identical to it. The only really unique part is the weapon system. You begin the game with all four of your possible weapons (machine gun, grenade, flame thrower, and fourway laser) and you can select between them at any time. However, the weapons start out under-powered. Killing red soldiers leaves behind power up capsules that will upgrade your currently selected weapon.
Status
I do not own this game, and have not beaten it.
Review
- Overall: 2/10
Good
- I like the fact that you start out with all four of your different weapons and you can power them up to make them stronger. This is a cool idea, but it's poorly implemented.
- The machine gun upgrades into a spread gun, and even bigger with a second upgrade. Spread guns are always a favorite of mine in a run and gun.
Bad
- The controls leave much to be desired. The players do not respond very smoothly to input.
- Of all the things to copy off Contra, for some reason they mimicked the ugly washed out graphics.
- The second weapon at level one only functions while ducking, which isn't explained by the game, and even at level two, it's still very difficult to use.
- The game automatically resets your weapon selection back to the machine gun every time you die. This is really annoying if you prefer a different weapon, because choosing a new weapon in the middle of battle isn't very easy.
- The flame thrower's upgrade makes it cover most of the screen after it's first upgrade, but the second upgrade doesn't seem to do anything for it.
Ugly
- You lose all weapon power ups at the end of each level. This is especially annoying.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/arcade/bayroute - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Route - Wikipedia.
- gamefaqs.com/arcade/566593-bay-route - GameFAQS.
