Dancing Monster
Dancing Monster | ||||||||||||||
Commodore 64 - UK - Cassette - 1st edition. |
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Dancing Monster is a bizarre action video game developed and published by Commodore Business Machines Ltd. for the Commodore 64 in 1983.
In the game's story, a wicked wizard has cast a spell on a beautiful princess and changed her into a hideous monster and forced her to dance forever. You must use your magic ray to remove the monster from her piece by piece in a specific order. If you take to long to shoot, you will lose, but, if you miss too much, parts you've already shot off will grow back.
Contents
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Won? | Yes. Fast speed, 1:46. |
Finished | 2023-12-04. |
I saw this game reviewed on a YouTube video and thought it looked terrifying, so I decided to try it out myself. I first played it on slow to get the feel of it. After I beat it, I jumped the difficulty all the way up to very fast speed and beat that too with a time of 1:46.
Review
3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Best Version: Commodore 64
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The monster looks pretty creepy and becomes even creepier as it loses it appendages.
- The cover art is pretty good.
Bad
- The sound effects are annoying and the music is just a public domain rendition of Hall of the Mountain King.
- The hit boxes on the lower extremities, especially the tail and legs, are poorly defined. "Toes" would have been a much better description, since that's really what you have to shoot.
Ugly
- The game is highly repetitive and not very fun. All you're doing is shooting at targets that move to a pattern, you don't do anything else, and the only real goal you can set id to hit the targets as fast as possible.
- The game isn't very challenging. Even at the fastest speed, it can be finished by an amateur in a couple minutes. Losing is effectively impossible as long you you shoot regularly, and, even if you miss too many times, you just have to shoot the parts that grow back.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
Screenshots
Videos
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | The sole woman is a damsel in distress. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | There is only one woman. |
Strong person of color character? | Fail | The only character is white. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no queer characters. |
Credits
Role | Staff |
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By | Peter Dekany, Denes Baan |
Links
- c64online.com/c64-games/dancing-monster - Play Online.
- Video Games
- 1983 Video Games
- Video games developed by Commodore
- Video games published by Commodore
- Commodore 64 Games
- Video Game Genre - Action
- Media Theme - Fantasy
- Media Theme - Surreal
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Video Games I Don't Own
- Video Games I've Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 3
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 3
- Video Game Sound Rating - 3
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Action, Adventure, Strategy
- Trope - Damsel In Distress