This game is clever and definitely worth the $2 I paid for it on sale at the Nintendo store. Despite the blurb about the game, I don't think it would have any appeal for someone who hadn't worked in machine code before, but if you have, this is geeky entertainment. On the one hand, you're navigating a maze of 1's and 0's, to try to escape. On the other hand, those 8-bit blocks are ASCIIThis game is clever and definitely worth the $2 I paid for it on sale at the Nintendo store. Despite the blurb about the game, I don't think it would have any appeal for someone who hadn't worked in machine code before, but if you have, this is geeky entertainment. On the one hand, you're navigating a maze of 1's and 0's, to try to escape. On the other hand, those 8-bit blocks are ASCII characters, so there's a second panel displayed simultaneously that is the maze rendered (in old-time green characters on black). The rendered maze has walls, but also text that explains a bit about what's going on and/or offers some hints (though the hints are not super helpful). Sometimes, a third panel appears, where you have to pay attention to the machine code and what's happening there... and that's where this game will lose all but the devoted geeks.
I haven't finished the game yet, 'cause I'm stuck in a machine code loop that I lacked the interest to hammer through late at night. But it's interesting enough for me that I'll go back to it.
I admire the cleverness of this game, but suspect there's a relatively small audience for it.… Expand
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