Jay Silverman

Urban Champion
Urban Champion is likely the only game I've ever recommended because of it's patheticness. I first bought the game after I got my NES. I bought the game for about $10 at Blockbuster Video. I returned it a day later. Urban Champion is such a poor game you must play it to believe it. To think that Nintendo went from Mario Bros. to this is an atrocity and is very scary. This is going to be painful, but here is a review of Urban Champion: undoubtedly the worst video game of all time.


Basically, it's some guy running around the streets of New York City, presumably, who is fighting all sorts of people. The object is to beat three guys while not having flower pots dropped on your head from above nor getting caught by the police. To beat a guy, you must knock him into a manhole before he unleashes the same terror to you. Once you knock him into the stunning depths of the mighty manhole, you've won a game. Hokey, isn't it? Watch, it gets better.


The graphics look like my younger sister got a hold of some crayons. The colorful outfits that the fighters wear make Dennis Rodman look normal. Until I see gang member in New York City with orange hair, a purple shirt and green pants with brown shoes to boot, I'll believe it. The buildings are not much more; same goes for the the scenery. The police car isn't bad, although it shows up on average of every 20 rounds, so I wouldn't get too hyped. The graphics are amazingly bad.


The sounds, are nothing much of the occasional song here and there are painful. The sound effects are more primitive than they should be, and let me tell you, that's primitive.:) This game will have you laughing for every aspect, if nothing else. There's not much to the sounds here. Wait, there's not much to anything here.


The control is bad. It's pushing buttons to punch and moving the control pad around to move left or right. That's right, kids. No jumping! Just punching and kicking. I'm not even sure there's kicking. I think there's just punching. I don't think it matters anyway. The control is so pitiful it makes Hogan's Alley look like a halfway decent game.


The game is very easy and will not take you much skill to get to the higher rounds. By that time, you will either get so bored with the game you'll go insane or you'll have enough stupidity/pride to say you beat the thing. As resoundingly poor as this game is, I suggest that you buy it for $2 at Funcoland. Why? Because this game is so bad, it's almost fun. It's like watching a kids' show on PBS. It's so stupid, it's actually really fun to watch. If you have $2 around and you need a good laugh, check this game out. It's worth it for the unintentional humor factor.


Rating:Negative 5 stars
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GAME GENIE CODES
CODE/EFFECT

AEEIZGGE/Powerful quick punches
TOEIZGGA/Super powerful quick punch
GZOTZLVG/Freeze the timer
LENVTZTA/Speed up the timer
AAXSLLPA/Become a stronger fighter
LAXSLLPA/Become a weaker fighter

I agree with the Silverman, Urban Champion has to be one of the dumbest games around. It's wierd that Nintendo would slap their name on something as hooky as that. But like Jay says:

Oh well!
Whatever!
Nevermind!

The NES-Nut....