Mysterious Stones - Dr. Kick in Adventure - Arcade (1984)

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Published on August 27, 2023 7:25:57 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqKOysxS3g

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Again, I appreciate a more unique arcade game when I can find it, even if I have mixed feelings. It has a few mechanics going on at once, but it all eventually comes together. You can shoot, but its limited in what it can actually damage. You can kick, but similarly, it doesn't work all the time and it can even backfire on you. It takes some trial and error and I think by the end I started to figure it out. At first, I thought it was a Bomberman type game where you just kick stones around, take out enemies, and find the exit...but it turns into an adventure/puzzle game the more I play. I know I haven't really seen all of the mechanics at play, either.

On the flip side, this really could have been fleshed out more to make an excellent, lengthy Indiana Jones dungeoneering experience. If you think of it that way, it can fall kind of flat, which is a shame. That could have really gone somewhere.