Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness | |
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North American cover art for PlayStation 2 | |
Developer(s) | HotGen[1] |
Publisher(s) | Kemco[1] |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance |
Release date(s) |
September 11, 2002
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Genre(s) | Puzzle[2] |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness, also known as Eggo Mania[2] in PAL territories, is a puzzle video game released in 2002 by HotGen.
Gameplay
At the start of a level, crates begin falling from the sky. Each one has a picture of the block it contains on it. Stack these blocks and build a tower up to the hot-air-balloon to finish the level. However, it is not that simple; the water at the bottom of the level rises and if the water reaches a row with a hole in it, the row will be destroyed;[3] if the player decides to take a shortcut, the water will rise faster[4] Also, several enemies randomly appear, some stealing your crates, and some dragging you into the water.[5] There are also items in bubbles that give you a power-up or help to destroy an opponent's towers.
Modes
Mode | Description |
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Eggo Mania | The original Egg Mania 1 Player mode |
Bomb Mode | Destroy your opponent's tower with bombs before he does |
Solo | Play without a CPU for the most points you can get |
Survival | Play an endless version of the Egg Mania mode |
Custom | Configure the settings of a game |
Tournament | Up to 8 players can participate in a tournament |
Characters
All of the characters are based on eggs, all with different looks to them.
Name | Description | How to unlock |
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Eggo[note 1] | A little kid kind of egg | Available by default |
Robo | A mechanical toy egg | Available by default |
Bebub | The Devil Egg | Available by default |
Yolko | A little girl egg | Available by default |
Coolio | A Deejay egg | Available by default |
Funky | A Disco egg | Available by default |
Astro | An astronomical egg | Available by default |
Spike | A Punk-Rocker egg | Available by default |
Spook | A ghost egg | Beat Eggo Mania mode on Normal[4] |
Yolkohama | A dictator egg | Beat Eggo Mania mode on Hard[4] |
Sir Egg-O-Lot | A medieval egg | Beat bomb mode on Normal[4] |
Poncho | A Mexican egg | Beat bomb mode on Hard[4] |
Angelica | An angel egg | Earn 1,000,000 points in solo mode[4] |
- ↑ The back cover of the game says "Eggy", yet the game reads "Eggo".
Reception
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The game was met with positive to very mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 73% and 75 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version;[6][10] 68.33% and 64 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;[7][11] 66.18% and 64 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[8][12] and 64.77% and 58 out of 100 for the Xbox version.[9][13]
References
- 1 2 Torres, Ricardo (July 16, 2002). "First Look: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". GameSpot. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Davis, Ryan (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Lucero, Gary. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Game Vortex.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Play Eggo Mania rom Game Online". Vizzed.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Alex (October 28, 2002). "Egg Mania is Eggcelent". Game Industry. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Edge staff (October 2002). "Eggo Mania". Edge (115).
- ↑ EGM staff (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 194.
- ↑ Helgeson, Matt (October 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". Game Informer (114): 94. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Game Informer (115): 134. November 2002.
- ↑ Star Dingo (September 19, 2002). "Egg Mania Review for Game Boy Advance on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Liu, Johnny (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Davis, Ryan (December 10, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (GC, Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Davis, Brian (October 16, 2002). "GameSpy: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". GameSpy. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Tha Wiz (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review - PlayStation 2". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 16, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Harris, Craig (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Mirabella III, Fran (September 25, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Nintendo Power. 161: 196. October 2002.
- ↑ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 146. October 2002.
- ↑ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official Xbox Magazine: 118. December 2002.