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Genesis-A-Day: James Pond

Upon finding a magic lamp, Alex rubs out a genie. Obviously, Alex wishes for a ton of genesis games. In this feature, Alex documents the results of that wish.

Time played: 3 minutes.

High Score: 36,930.

This game seems heavily influenced by arcade games.  The object is to complete some mission like "free the crabs from their cages" while collect random shit for your high score.  Since you are underwater you just move freely in two dimensions.  There is only 1 button, the shoot bubble button.  Which is confusing when you want to pick up an item..  The game play is boring, I imagine they meant to thrill people who find secret areas full of umbrellas worth 80 points each, but since we don't live in an age of high scores anymore...zzzzzzzz.  Look for my Game-A-Days of James Pond 2 and 3 over the next week to see how oddly this series evolves.

About Alex

Alex has always had an interesting in technology and a love for games. He started gaming with Mario Bros. at the age of 2 and never looked back. He looks fondly on the past and eagerly toward the future as he spits the truth about the currant landscape of the video game world.