Astro Boy: Omega Factor

The Tezuka legacy lives on...

User Rating: 9.1 | Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom - Atom Heart no Himitsu GBA

By bardockkun | Review Date: January 10, 2006

Treasure Games continues doing what they do best at and that's 2D side scrolling shooters. No where is it shown better then in Astro Boy for the GBA.

Basically there havent been many good frantic original 2D side scrolling shooting games since the days of Genesis and Super Nintendo. This makes Astro Boy: Omega Factor all the more of a welcome relief as it gives you everything you love in a Treasure game and tops it off by paying great homage to the work of Osamu Tezuka.

The boss battles are challenging and frantic and it always gives you sharp graphics while doing so. It really minds you of the old school days of Sega and how those types of games hold up so well, especially gameplay wise.

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• Rating:8.9

  Cuts to the core of gaming.

  By Oilers99 | Review Date: Jul 15, 2006 | GBA

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• Rating:9.1

  If you own a GBA and have any interest in old-fashioned side-scrolling action, you should absolutely play Omega Factor.

  By carolynmichelle | Review Date: Aug 26, 2004 | GBA

  Astro Boy was created by Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka in 1963, and over forty years later, he's still going strong. Very strong, if the quality of the new Game Boy Advance game Astro Boy: Omega Factor is any indic... Read Full Review

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