jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mike-Escape From Prison]

It's just like Pico, only crapper

Decent idea, there's a fair bit of interactivity in there, but I just got bored of it and kept thinking I could be playing Pico instead. I also couldn't get over the terrible graphics either. I'd say it's worth a quick play, just don't expect anything great.

[CRAPMAN (pacman parody)]

Poor pacman parody

This wasn't that good - it's not a good parody idea in the first place, and the controls aren't any good either. Gets boring too quickly and the sound which starts well gets annoying. It's not terrible but with a bit of thought could have been better.

[Marble Game Delux]

Good short game

Probably inspired in part by Marble Madness, this was a good game, with solid, sensitive controls and a good level of challenge. Password system is useful. Getting all this into 15K is impressive!

[SBC Nibbles]

Flawed I'm afraid

Good to see an attempt at multiple difficulty levels (although even difficult is too easy), but there's lots of bugs in this - the scoreboard is broken, and it's just too easy as unlike in Snake, your character doesn't get any longer. Try and fix the scoreboard, and make more levels (for example, add some walls in the middle of the screen to negotiate). This sort of game has been done to death, and this will need improvement to be any good.

[Bradd's Magic Ball]

Unoriginal

The whole eightball thing has been done before I'm afraid - there's a good selection of replies available, but it would be good if we could actually type something in, rather than just clicking. A nice effort, but ultimately it's dull and not much fun.

[Hit Santa]

Good, short game

It's a little out of season, but it's fun to play for a while. I like the way that the snowballs take time to reach their target, it adds a bit more realism to the game and it's something you don't see that often. Graphics and sounds were good, except that a red blob when you hit your target seemed poor and could have been made a little bit better. Nice game.

[Space Journey]

Enjoyable and educational

Not the sort of thing you see on Newgrounds every day, but this was definitely enjoyable and worth a look. Tells you a lot of things and you'll probably learn something. The graphics are OK and the sounds were cool. I'd say this is fairly underrated, and deserves to be rated higher.

[Space Invaders 3D]

Space Invaders, only with slowdown

It's an accurate enough space invaders game, only when the music is playing it slows down to hugely unacceptable, unplayable levels. Even on low quality. Apart from that, well, it's Space Invaders, isn't it? Never much enjoyed space invaders, but it works.