Apatros Action 52 Masochist: Chapter 26 - Cry Baby

One of the more childish-oriented additions to the NES Action 52 catalogue, this is a simple ladder platformer based on "Illuminator", but with the player controlling a baby who has to defend his multi-story home from creepy men, nasty dolls & ambulatory onions with legs. The baby's only means of defense is by squirting his bottle of milk, which has a very short range, prompting the player to get in close to use it. While the infamous Action 52 falling kill code doesn't apply here - the only way to travel between floors is by climbing furniture so no place to fall from - but some of the furniture are stationary hazards [they are pretty obvious to anyone who has raised children]. There are no glaring technical goofs on this game to speak of, only that the subject matter isn't exactly appealing to anyone old enough to actually play an NES game competently & it does get rather monotonous after a while.

My Grade: D [Bad]

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