spike mini review

Last month, Alex from Vectorzoa came to the Netherlands to visit the Retro-Computerday. Besides Logo, his first Vectrex title, he brought a playable demo of Spike Circus with him. While Alex was hunting for bargains I had the chance to play the game as one of first people. Spike Circus has his own unique overlay, and when the games starts you are welcomed by the classic Circus tune.

On the first levels you have to ride a unicycle, and stay up for some time. You do this by balancing with the analoge stick. When you mastered the balancing it is up to the next level, where it gets trickier because you have to balance in a smaller spot on the track, or you have to encounter hills etc.If you think that's challeging, wait until Spike has to keep a chair balanced on his head while riding the unicycle, or juggle indian clubs. The juggling part is very well executed, and up to 5 clubs will be flying around our little hero. Special items will also appear to juggle with, my son had to laugh when he saw a Scramble missile on top of Spike's head.This is one of those games where you want to have another go to master the next level (50 levels).

Brilliant game and very enjoyable! Watch Vectorzoa for a release in the next months.