Trash It is a puzzle-platform game developed by Rage Software and published by GT Interactive in July 1997.[1][2] It was released in PAL-territories only for MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn.[3][4]
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| Developer(s) | Rage Software |
| Publisher(s) | GT Interactive |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, PlayStation, Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay edit
Players play as construction worker Jack Hammer who is aiming to defeat Doctor Moonbeam in his bid to "turn the world into a sugar lump to put in his cup of tea".[5] Players use Jack's large hammer to destroy the buildings of Timmy World under a time limit, gaining Timmy Points by hoovering up the Timmies released from destroyed structures to purchase weapon upgrades in the Hammer Shop.[6][5] The game includes Quest, Battle and Arcade modes, the latter of which supports up to four players.[7][1]
Reception edit
The game received a poor critical reception. Iain White of Saturn Power magazine gave a score of 51%, describing the title as "slow-moving, badly designed and utterly utterly tedious" and decrying its "blocky looking graphics".[7] Sega Saturn Magazine's Gary Cutlack was even more damning, offering a score of 38%, noting that while "the idea of destroying stuff with a hammer sounds cool...the gameplay is dull beyond belief", and criticising the "very rough, very brown, very dull" graphics and "samey and uninspired levels".[6]
Reviewing the PlayStation release Play's Tom Sargent labelled Trash It as an "unusual puzzle-come-platform game" that "plays too sluggishly and becomes repetitive far too soon...a 16-bit game at a 32-bit price".[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Sargent, Tom (September 1997). "Review: Trash It". Play (24). Future Publishing: 62.
- ^ "Trash It". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "5 old school platformers that deserve a reboot - Reader's Feature". Metro. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ Polak, Steve (October 1997). "Play test: Trash It". Official Australian PlayStation Magazine (5). Future Publishing: 59.
- ^ a b "First sight: Trash It". PlayStation Plus. 2 (8). EMAP: 39. May 1997.
- ^ a b Cutlack, Gary (12 November 1997). "Review: Trash It". Sega Saturn Magazine (26). Future Publishing: 66–67.
- ^ a b White, Iain (3 December 1997). "Review: Trash It". Saturn Power (9). Future Publishing: 84–85.