I’m talking about the colors and graphics. What was once Super Skweek’s strengths became its weaknesses once it was ported to the Lynx. Super Skweek functions well on the Lynx with great sound and music, but its biggest fault is a lack of depth perception and extremely busy/crowded playing boards. Some may disagree, but they are wrong (haha). Although Super Skweek is a wonderful game in and of itself, it is not so wonderful on the Lynx. Super Skweek was ported from computers like the Amiga, MS-DOS, and Atari ST and is the follow-up to 1989’s Skweek. But that’s an article for a different day.ĭespite the stiff competition and lack of strong sales, the Lynx received a bevvy of wonderful games, one of which is the game we are going over today – sorta. Regardless, Atari was not to be deterred, and so we have the Lynx: my vote for coolest handheld system of the 80s and 90s… That is, until the NeoGeo Pocket Color dropped. In fact, quite the opposite: The changing of the guard had already taken place a few years prior when the NES launched in America. The Lynx, however, comes from the Atari family, and in 1989 when the handheld system dropped, Atari wasn’t exactly the “cool” kid on the block anymore. And guess what… Nintendo is STILL proving that to this very day with the Switch. With the Game Boy, Nintendo proved that a quality library and great marketing could beat technology any day. Unfortunately, the Game Boy proved too much for the likes of the Lynx, Game Gear, and Turbo Express, despite all of them boasting one major thing the Game Boy lacked: color graphics. Featuring a slew of top-notch computer ports and puzzle games, the Lynx was a true contender in the handheld market. It’s a shame the Lynx couldn’t survive Game Boy’s wrath, because the system really is absolutely phenomenal. While colors abound, I can’t help but wonder if the game would have actually fared better on the colorless Game Boy… Aaaaand that pretty much sums up Super Skweek, for better or worse. Using a variety of weapons, he vanquishes his foes creating safe passage to the rest of the stage. As Skweek roams the game boards, he’ll encounter various enemies (ghosts, creatures, etc). But there’s much more to Super Skweekthan that. The ultimate goal of the game is to walk across the blue tiles and turn them pink. Super Skweek is a puzzle game at heart but is peppered with various other genres.
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Part puzzler, part shooter, part action, and full cuteness, Super Skweek is an amalgamation of good ideas seemingly gone awry. If you’re confused looking at the box, wait until you actually play the game. Adorning the Lynx game box is Skweek, the adorable orange fuzzy ball thingy, galloping across a disco floor – at least that’s what it looks like to me. That’s a… um… what? An orange fuzzball? Exactly. Skweek! Skweek! No, that’s not a mouse you hear.