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スパーク ワールド
©ITC, Ins.
Release: 1995-05-26 (¥8500)
Cartridge SHVC-ADWJ
Action / Platform game
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Spark World is an action game by Den'Z and
reminiscent of Hudson Soft's all time classic Bomberman.
In a fantasy world where cars have taken over the world, an evil cigar
smoking mafia dealer spreads terror in his wake. Two courageous cars
decide to stop the renegade vehicle and his army of criminals
throughout the world. The story mode gets the player to start the game
from any of nine areas. Each zone features three stages and a boss, and
the goal of the game is rather simple - each stage must be carefully
cleaned of all the depraved bad guys, or vehicles in this case. Our heroes'
main weapon is a short range battery that fires lighting sparks in four
directions at once. Like Bomberman's bombs, they only ignite
after a handful of seconds. This feature is planted firmly at the heart
of the gameplay and most of the game's strategy orbits around the
placement and timing of the batteries to cause maximum damage. Following
the Bomberman tradition, the game features power-up items hidden
inside destructible blocks. Some expand the range of the lightning sparks,
some increase the stock of available batteries whereas others give the player
upgrades - these can get him to throw small bombs over the playfield or
give him the ability to punch batteries or other vehicles. However, there
are also bad items that give the player diseases for a short amount of time
- there is a safe way out though and these sicknesses can be transferred
to anyone the player touches. Unlike Bomberman, each player
can be hit several times before failing a level, and super-powers are
available for the taking (four of the nine zones feature mean black cars
as bosses and killing them release special powers). Finally, any
Bomberman clone wouldn't be complete without a battle mode
and up to fire players can indeed blast each other up in frantic dead matches.
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I had a conversation going with my friend Steve from
rvgfanatic.com about Bomberman clones and the name
Spark World came out. Interestingly, the same day, I was
fortunate enough to bump into a (relatively affordable) copy of
the game which I immediately ordered. So here we are. Like Steve,
I think Bombercar, hum sorry, Spark World, is a solid
Bomberman wannabe - the game is packed with the attention to
detail found in Hudson's masterpiece. Nothing really original
here, most of the game is a straight copy/paste job from Bomberman
but Den'Z/ITC have managed to do it right and the game has a lot of
appeal. They even came up with some of their own ideas such as the colored
sparks that give you a clue on who dropped the bomb! My only complaint
would be that the gameplay is not as clear as Bomberman, corners
are harder to negotiate and the extra bonuses (such as the bomb or the
spark-laser) make the game a bit messier than Hudson's classic.
But all in all, Spark World is a game I totally recommend
to any fan of the genre.
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