Compdude's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dancin Abe Simpson]

Short but cute.

A bit on the skimpy side, but overall good. I rather like Abe Simpson, and you do a good job of emulating his animation style.
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A bit more variety and options would be nice; though it does amaze me that you crammed this in 212K. My congrats on your file-compression skills.
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Overall, good job here. With a few more goodies, say some Abe Simpson sound vignettes, this would be really superb.

[TSUNAMI lev. 1]

Tight game.

Definite top-20 material. Good graphics, solid shoot-em-up gameplay, good choice of eerie music, and an appropriately cheesy plot to boot. I will agree with some earlier comments though... a little variety in enemy forces would be nice, as well as more then the whole chest/head target thing.
But as far as Demos go, this thing is pretty rocking!

[Balthor's Funhouse]

It's Klan-tastic!

Another hell-bent triumph from our friend down under! Nothing beats a good Klan-beating. It's a bit on the basic side, but for good 'ol fashioned KKK ass-whuppin', this game can't be beat.
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Good graphics, good sound jibes, and a high score system to boot. I got 5550 on the second try. I forgot what I got at first. 4700 or something. Anyhow, great job! Keep up the fantastic work!

[3D Joe Water Balloon Drop]

Soaking good fun.

Fun, inventive, and original game. The graphics are clean, the characters well-drawn, and the game is mildly addictive. I particularly enjoy some of the targets' reactions to being hit, especially the gay couple on the bike ^_^.
Only two major qualms. One, it gets kinda hard to get anywhere beyond the fourth level. You can if you work at it, but it does seem like a bit too high of a learning curve. Secondly, the ability to throw more than one balloon cleanly at a time would be nice. In the beginning, I was rapidly clicking the mouse, wondering why I wasn't hitting anything.
But these things aside, this is a great game.

[Xiao Xiao No. 4]

Delightful Stick Fun.

Another solid flash by our good (Chinese?) friend Zhu Zhu. I'm fairly relieved that this goes under his name, and not some BETH-A-LIKE.
Anyhow, really nice stick work here. The 3D graphics are right-on, and have a very slick, Virtua-Fighter feel to them. Stick animations are both lively and realistic, and there is excellent fluidity between areas. Response time is also right on.
Some colored textures would have been nice, but the author probably that would kill some older computers. Also, reloading is a bit annoying, as it only lets you reload at certain times.
But, these minor squabbles aside, this is a great game! Zhu Zhu, if you speak English, and you find your way here, you have my congratulations.

[you pick portal music v.1]

Number 2 all the way.

Number one sounds okay, but it reminds me too much of Pico with the excessive drums. Numbers 3-5 sound cool, but they don't seem appropriate for front page Newgrounds because they sound too mysterious.
I pick No. 2 because it stays true to the classic music, yet has a hip, driving, energetic dance beat to it. It makes you wanna get up and get your freak on. It's also less "heavy" sounding than the current re-mix that's playing on the front page.

Number 2 all the way, baby!

[Taipan 3000]

This game sucks ass.

Sorry to sound like a retarded pre-teen, but this game is just plain gay. Oh sure, it's a nice idea, good style, and mildly addictive, but it's just TOO DAMN HARD to beat any legitamite way. Maybe if you made it possible to ever HIT ships without missing 50% of the time, or made repairs not so damn expensive, or keep us from losing drones all the time, or let us PARTIALLY repair our ship instead of losing ALL our money... this game could be somewhat good. But as it is, it just plain sucks. No game is fun if it's impossible to beat. BOOOO!

[Kermit Kombat]

Nice beatdown of Kermit!

This is great stuff! You've got that lame-ass Kermit with a GREAT voice imitation, you got a cool fighter dude, and you have parodies of Pokemon and DBZ! What more could you ask for? Well, an ending would be nice, and it'd also be cool to see the fighter dude turn Super Saiyan and kick it in spikey yellow hair mode. Definetly continue in this style, if you plan on finishing the sage.

Only two major points: one, you didn't make buttons of the text at some points (you have to click the text), and two, the graphics are somewhat... blechh. Nothing horrible, but nothing great. Overall though, great work!

[DBZ Dress up Goku]

Nice Dress-up game!

Y'know, even though I've always seen Dress-up 'games' as cop-outs, as far as they go, this one's probably near the top of the list. It's very similar to Tom Fulp's Dress-up Bulma, and just as good. The graphics are very clean and crisp, the music is basic but not grating, and what really pleases me, you included all the major outfits that Goku wears during the DBZ series. I've always been a big fan of the blue Saiyan armor in particular. But ultimately, it IS just dress-up, and not much more
Oh, and in case you were wondering, I am pleased that you are NOT able to pull off his boxers. In my opinion, there's far too many "teenage jerk-off" type dress-up games in the portal as is. But I DO wonder... when you go Super Saiya Jin... is it just your hair on your HEAD that goes gold? Hmm... think about that... ^_^

[Kill Old Man from Zelda!!]

Excellent!

Oh man! We've all been there with that crummy old bastard. I remember the first time i discovered I could stab him with the sword, and it was like an epiphany to me. I ended up finding all the ways I could piss him off, including hitting him with the candle, and the fire-rod, though my all-time favorite was smacking him with a bomb. In retrospect, I probably enjoyed that more than the actual game. Anyway, you've done a nice tribute to this little game-niche. The torture-options are pleasingly numerous and with diverse consequences. I can tell you particularly enjoyed the old-woman choice, and so did I. ^_^ I would have NEVER thought of that. The graphics are a bit _blah_, and could be worked on, but humor forgives many things.
I have a few more recommendations for your killing-spree: 1) The Fire-rod, for obvious reasons. 2) Magic potion, only filled with poison that kills him. 3) Some sort of monster, preferably those red dragons. 4) Some master-boss, perhaps the triceratops. 5) Use the red-candle to toast him. 6) Have the fairy curse him somehow. 7) Use the whistle to blow him to bits. 8) Use the bow to impale him. 9) The topper, use the Triforce somehow. I dunno, have it use some godly power to zap him or something. I would get a kick out of that.
I apologize for the length of this review. You're dealing with a major Zelda freak, and you hit a humor-nerve, so don't mind the ranting. It's just that the original Zelda game was all I ever played one summer. My friend Joel Swanson and I would hole ourselves up in my basement and just play non-stop while we listened to They Might Be Giants. Whew. Okay, I'm done now.