Trax
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Trax is a scrolling tank shooter developed and published by HAL Laboratory in Japan in 1991, and published by Electro Brain in the USA and UK later that year. It has a single-player story mode and a multiplayer competitive mode.
I never played this game when it was popular. Instead, I saw it on a list of the best Game Boy games and played it in an emulator. I found the game to be quite enjoyable, and it had real potential, but it ends far too soon.
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Status
I do not own the game, but I beat it on 2017-11-26.
Review
- Overall: 3/10
- Best Version: Game Boy
Good
- Scrolling shooters are usually so frustratingly difficult, I don't bother with them, but this one was enjoyable the whole way through.
- The game has pretty decent graphics and sound for a Game Boy game.
- The animation, especially for the bosses, is cute and fun.
- Movement is nicely responsive.
- The weapon power-ups vary in style, and none of them are bad.
Bad
- Games that require turret rotation, but lack a rotating joystick, are always difficult to maneuver, but this one is made even worse because you can only turn your turret clockwise. I know this is a limitation of the Game Boy's two-button controls, and they try to justify it in the manual, but it makes the game less-playable. This would probably be better made on the GBA.
- The game is far too easy. I beat it the very first time I played it.
- It would have been nice to allow the weapons to be upgraded to multiple levels.
Ugly
- The game is far too short. There are only 4 levels, so you can beat it an about 15 minutes. Had I paid money for this I would have felt ripped off.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
- Trax - GB - Manual.pdf
Game manual.
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=2cE88s1WAJM - Longplay.
Titles
Language | Native | Transliteration | Translation |
---|---|---|---|
English | Trax | ||
Japanese | 突撃!ポンコツタンク | Totsugeki! Poncotsu Tank | Charge! Junk Tank |
Links
- mobygames.com/game/gameboy/trax - MobyGames.