25 November 2006 - 19:05XBOX REVIEW: Spaceship Blaster

Spaceship Blaster (release: 2006)

I busted open a box of MiniWheats this afternoon and an Xbox game fell into my bowl. No, not the kind you’d be excited about. I’m talking about these ridiculous handheld promotional games. I guess Microsoft figured “what better way to promote the graphics and sound of the 360 than to put “XBOX” on a bunch of very cheap handheld Game and Watch style dealies.

Behold Kellogg’s “Spaceship Blaster” shown here on my kitchen counter next to a plate of bananas.

Spaceship Blaster is an outerspace shoot-em-up that sports incredible next-gen graphics and sound. Its gripping storyline will keep you guessing until the last level (level 5). The pre-rendered FMV sequences boast voiceovers from Oscar-nominated voice talents, and a soundtrack by multiple Grammy winners.

High definition gaming.

A side profile shot that shows the one button

The game involves a player-controlled gun turret on a roundish thing which is apparently in space. Bombarded by kamikaze pilots, you have no choice but to rotate to face them using your green wheel thing, and shoot small circles in their direction with the trigger.

The screen is either deliberately trippy and colorful, or just broken.

From left to right, the wheel thing, the postage stamp, and the ironic logo.

Scoring Breakdown:

Presentation
The slick grey plastic is fairly hard. I couldn’t break it just by squeezing or twisting it. 8.0

Graphics
This is where the game was really a letdown. I couldn’t even find the option for 1080p. I also couldn’t tell what the thing in the middle was supposed to be. 4.5

Sound
Spaceship Blaster contains over two distinct sounds. 7.5

Gameplay
This Halo-killer weighs in at 5 levels that will keep you on the edge of your seat for nearly a minute. 5 levels and just three lives to do it in, build your strats wisely. It would have been way too easy to beat with left and right buttons, so the creators opted for an awkward wheel that makes you almost require both hands to play. 6.0

Lasting Appeal
What a weird thing this is. 4.0

OVERALL (not an average): 1.5/10

Other details:
Players: 1
XBL Support: no
HD support: no
System link: no
ESRB: not rated
Price: it fell out of my cereal box.

2 Comments | Tags: gaming, xbox

Comments:

  1. Jay says;
    26 Nov 2006 - 19:51

    fuck i had my hopes up for this one. guess we’ll see if spaceblaster two is better

  2. Jerimiah40 says;
    25 Aug 2007 - 0:31

    NICE! I’ve got the same one, apparently there’s a whole bunch of games that come in cereal boxes. My only gripe is that the wheel is a bit sticky, and hard to control with a thumb.

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