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Pooyan

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PlatformFamicomYear1985
PublisherKonamiDeveloperKonami
RegionJPLanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Single Screen, Two Player, Japan Only
PlatformFamicom
Year1985
PublisherKonami
DeveloperKonami
RegionJP
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Single Screen, Two Player, Japan Only

Defend your family against an onslaught of angry wolves by shooting arrows at the balloons they use to either drop down or float up the screen.
 
GoodBad
  • Cute characters
  • Special arrows add some variety
  • Uneven difficulty curve
  • Doing badly makes it harder to progress
  • Chaotic with too much going on
  • Frustrating gameplay
  • Very repetitive
Good
  • Cute characters
  • Special arrows add some variety
 
Bad
  • Uneven difficulty curve
  • Doing badly makes it harder to progress
  • Chaotic with too much going on
  • Frustrating gameplay
  • Very repetitive
 
3The worse you do, the harder it gets which is horrible game design. Too much chaos. Not completely unplayable but not something that I would recommend to anyone even with the cute visuals.

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