Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness, also known as Eggo Mania[2] in PAL territories, is a puzzle video game released in 2002 by HotGen. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
Developer(s)HotGen[1]
Publisher(s)Kemco[1]
Composer(s)Allister Brimble
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Release
September 11, 2002
  • GameCube
    • NA: September 11, 2002
    • JP: September 27, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    Xbox
    • NA: September 11, 2002
    • JP: October 3, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    PlayStation 2
    • JP: September 12, 2002
    • NA: September 12, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    Game Boy Advance
    • NA: September 16, 2002
    • JP: September 27, 2002
    • PAL: November 22, 2002
Genre(s)Puzzle[2]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay edit

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.

Reception edit

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 edit

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  4. ^ "Play Eggo Mania rom Game Online". Vizzed. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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  8. ^ a b "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Egg Mania for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  14. ^ Edge staff (October 2002). "Eggo Mania". Edge. No. 115.
  15. ^ EGM staff (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. p. 194.
  16. ^ Helgeson, Matt (October 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". Game Informer. No. 114. p. 94. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  17. ^ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Game Informer. No. 115. November 2002. p. 134.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Liu, Johnny (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  20. ^ Davis, Ryan (December 10, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (GC, Xbox)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  21. ^ Davis, Brian (October 16, 2002). "GameSpy: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Harris, Craig (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  24. ^ Mirabella III, Fran (September 25, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  25. ^ Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GCN)". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  26. ^ Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (Xbox)". IGN. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  27. ^ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 161. October 2002. p. 196.
  28. ^ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. October 2002. p. 146.
  29. ^ "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official Xbox Magazine. December 2002. p. 118.

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