Post by wafflerevolution on Sept 11, 2013 17:55:45 GMT
by wafflerevolution
What is the first game you think of when April rolls out? Tough question right? Well, I'll narrow it down; what's the first game you think of when your local supermarkets and convenient stores start selling those delicious yet horrible for you "Peeps"? Still nothing? Well then, what game do you think of when it's Easter morning? What's that? You're still drawing a blank? Well, that might have something to do with the fact that the only Easter game in existence was a Playstation 1 "late release" game. This week's spotlight will be on that game.
The game is "Easter Bunny's Big Day". This obscure yet delightful little gem was officially released by the publisher on... you guessed it; Easter 2003 for the PS1 console. The game was released by the small time US developer and publisher Mastiff and featured a unique and entertaining blend of mini-games, story, a human-sized rabbit, cutesiness, children and Easter eggs.
The game asks children to help the Easter Bunny find and deliver eggs to all the boys and girls of Easter Village. Unfortunately, the floppy-eared Easter icon doesn't have enough eggs, so players will have to solve puzzles and play mini-games to help him find more eggs. The mini-games themselves featured little ventured to activities like jigsaw puzzles, matching games and old-schoolish arcade-type games. (see pics below)
Multiple difficulty levels keep the action interesting. Several game modes offer additional play options. A kind of multi-player is
available through the "helper" feature but it barely count's as multiplayer so unless you are paying with kids it'll likely go unused. The Game offers a fair amount of gameplay for the original MSRP of $10(US) and if you can find it (and that's a big if) it'll probably run you about 1-5 dollars(US). I personally got about 20 hours out of it alone and played with my youngest nice to bring the total hours to about 25 or 26.
The fact that the game IS intended for children or more specifically children to play with their parents is of no consequence considering the mini-games and puzzles are quite engaging, easy to use and surprisingly fun.
The main few reasons to hunt down this colorful rarity are the fact that it IS quite the rarity, it is enjoyably fun, it's a great conversation piece, it's one of the 5 PS1 games to not have black side bars on its case and if you have young kids (or plan to) then this is an easy game to play WITH them that won't make you feel like you're losing out on playing real games, not many kids games can boast that, I guess that's why it's not rated "eC".
What is the first game you think of when April rolls out? Tough question right? Well, I'll narrow it down; what's the first game you think of when your local supermarkets and convenient stores start selling those delicious yet horrible for you "Peeps"? Still nothing? Well then, what game do you think of when it's Easter morning? What's that? You're still drawing a blank? Well, that might have something to do with the fact that the only Easter game in existence was a Playstation 1 "late release" game. This week's spotlight will be on that game.
The game is "Easter Bunny's Big Day". This obscure yet delightful little gem was officially released by the publisher on... you guessed it; Easter 2003 for the PS1 console. The game was released by the small time US developer and publisher Mastiff and featured a unique and entertaining blend of mini-games, story, a human-sized rabbit, cutesiness, children and Easter eggs.
The game asks children to help the Easter Bunny find and deliver eggs to all the boys and girls of Easter Village. Unfortunately, the floppy-eared Easter icon doesn't have enough eggs, so players will have to solve puzzles and play mini-games to help him find more eggs. The mini-games themselves featured little ventured to activities like jigsaw puzzles, matching games and old-schoolish arcade-type games. (see pics below)
Multiple difficulty levels keep the action interesting. Several game modes offer additional play options. A kind of multi-player is
available through the "helper" feature but it barely count's as multiplayer so unless you are paying with kids it'll likely go unused. The Game offers a fair amount of gameplay for the original MSRP of $10(US) and if you can find it (and that's a big if) it'll probably run you about 1-5 dollars(US). I personally got about 20 hours out of it alone and played with my youngest nice to bring the total hours to about 25 or 26.
The fact that the game IS intended for children or more specifically children to play with their parents is of no consequence considering the mini-games and puzzles are quite engaging, easy to use and surprisingly fun.
The main few reasons to hunt down this colorful rarity are the fact that it IS quite the rarity, it is enjoyably fun, it's a great conversation piece, it's one of the 5 PS1 games to not have black side bars on its case and if you have young kids (or plan to) then this is an easy game to play WITH them that won't make you feel like you're losing out on playing real games, not many kids games can boast that, I guess that's why it's not rated "eC".