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Zapper
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Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Atari
EAN: 0742725239777
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Item Dimensions: 50
Label: Atari
Manufacturer: Atari
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Xbox
Publisher: Atari
Studio: Atari
Features:- Platform: Xbox
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Genre: Strategy
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Editorial Review:
The main character of Zapper is a cricket who must rescue his brother, Zipper, from a pilfering magpie. With a story line that doesn't go much deeper than that, Zapper quickly becomes about as exciting as watching the real, live insect on which the main character is based. The goal of the game is to maneuver Zapper through a linear 3-D world that's filled with angry bumble bees, picketing beavers, giant snails, blade-swinging statues, cascading waterfalls, and other exotic dangers that make you feel like you're in a hybrid version of A Bug's Life and an Indiana Jones movie. There are six worlds and twenty levels in Zapper, and experienced gamers will have little difficulty moving through all of them quickly. Zapper can zap lightening-like sparks out of his antennae, which cause some bugs to jump and certain boxes to open. By freeing enough fireflies, Zapper gains super-zap abilities, which will destroy new dangers and open boxes that would otherwise stay locked.
Anyone who has played Frogger will immediately recognize Zapper's similarities to it. Each level has a grid base, which is integrated into the six unique worlds. Zapper jumps and zaps his way from square to square and can rotate in place--a useful feature when trying to avoid a swinging blade to your left, a river to your right, and the void behind you. Early in the game, these dangers can easily be navigated (though even the most deft gamer will die often before figuring out exactly which obstacles can be traversed). Later in the game, these dangers multiply to such an extent that getting past them requires more commitment than the game deserves. And because it's not much fun, finishing the game ultimately feels more dutiful than challenging. --Bill Hummel
Pros: - An unassuming and nonviolent game that might hold a young gamer's attention
Cons: - Superficial story line
- Repetitive gameplay
- Not a lot of fun
You're a cricket named Zapper on a mission to save your brother from the evil magpie queen, Maggie. Make your way through 6 interactive worlds with danger around every corner. You must avoid hazards and capture eggs, and will meet friends as well as enemies on your way to an epic final battle with Maggie. You have a weapon that can zap your enemies, and your antennas can shoot a powerful electrical charge at enemies to gain access to power-ups and treasures.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Boring ....
This game is as somone else said this game is basicly frogger , with a criket. I wouldn't spend money on this again. Alot of free games that are online are a lot better than this game.
Rating:  - Not quite TERRIBLE...
Very frustrating to the point of postman-esque rage, yes. But terrible, no. It gets a bit tiresome after awhile because every couple steps there's some kind of obstacle to maneuver around, and when you finally figure it out and want nothing to do with it ever again, there's another; once you die on that one, or any of the next 5 or so, it takes you back considerably. In short, it's fun for a short while, but then you get sick of the same challenges over and over when you die (and you will. HA ... Read More
Rating:  - Terrible Game
I had bought the game on account of the fact that the previews and trailer etc mae this game look like a blast. I found out differently when I bought it. This game is nothing more then a cricket version of frogger. The controls the views the storyand let alone almost every aspect of this game is a disgrace to xbox and to all other consoles for which this game is produced
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