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7.7
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Score Breakdown Based on 1430 ratings
  1. 10 (131)
  2. 9 (266)
  3. 8 (599)
  4. 7 (288)
  5. 6 (77)
  6. 5 (33)
  7. 4 (13)
  8. 3 (6)
  9. 2 (5)
  10. 1 (12)

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  • Rating:8.5

    Once you get used to the controls, Smash TV is a blast to play

    The good: Awesome graphics and game-play, absolutely HUGE bosses, soundtrack rocks The bad: Controls take a lot of time to get used to Game-play: 8/10 Graphics: 10/10 Sound: 9/10 Value: 8/10 Tilt: 8/10 Average S... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5

    SmashTV After Being Forgotten For a Decade is Still A Smash!!!

    I had this classic on my NES console as a kid, not only is it an addictive, co-op friendly experience its got a storyline influenced by the Stephen King classic The Running Man. As a kid i could never get enough of the c... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    A decent port that can only be fully enjoyed by playing with a friend

    Smash T.V is an arcade classic, which was ported over to the SNES and now has landed as an Xbox Live Arcade game for 400 Microsoft pts ($5). At the main menu you have the option of Single player or co-op. Single player... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Smash TV is Back and Better Than Ever!

    A few years before Mark Turmell went on to co-create such classics as "NBA Jam" and "Mortal Kombat," the then little known game developer teamed up with "Robotron 2084" and "Defender" creator Eugene Jarvis and made what ... Read Full Review

    4 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    How much do you want that new toaster?

    Smash TV is a top down shooter originally released in 1990 to arcades then ported onto consoles now comes to the Xbox live arcade for 400 points. The games backstory is that in the year 1999 a new gameshow called Smash T... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5

    Retro early 90s arcade classic here

    This was one of my favorite game types 15 years ago, but their gonna have to do a little bit better than that to get me off these days. This is one of those games that are fun to dick around with if you got an hour to ki... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Great past time

    What can you say about smash tv. A game so simple in concept yet almost impossible to beat. The original was by far one of the hardest games to beat, with very few continues and insane difficulty. The remake is easier to... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5

    The Arcade action is back...

    I remember this back from back in the day from the arcade, the SNES and the NES. So it's natural that gamers looking for a good nestalgia factor then this game is worth downloading. Smash TV takes place in the future whe... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2

    Gooood Luck! Yoooooouu'll need it!

    This is an Xbox Live arcade port of the Coin-op game Smash-TV. Story: Your on a game show where you kill to get "Big money!, Big Prizes!, I Love It!"... But who cares about the story anyway? This is an arcad... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.3

    A very repetitive game

    I am not completly sure about the story for this game but think that you are on a game show and competing for loads of cash and prizes. You go from room to room fighting off the hoards of whatever enemy is in there then ... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful