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Hell, even if you're jumping into a mob of cars, you can lob oil cans below you, and this is often enough to get you past them unscathed. Fortunately, these obstacles rarely feel unfair, as you can scroll them off-screen in most cases (the scrolling is odd in a way, as it 'freezes' enemies in place when you turn) and the collision detection is fairly lenient.

Your little car never stops until it's dead (you can't even rest against a wall like in Pac-Man) and because the screen scrolls, there's never a 'set' amount of police cars on patrol that you wait on to respawn- there's always a constant stream, and this keeps you on your toes, as does the cat. It's essentially a take on maze-em-ups like Pac-Man and, most obviously, Miner 2049 (which is very similar but with no scrolling/auto-movement) which normally aren't my thing (Ladybug being the exception) but what grabs me about City Connection is that it flows nicely.

Now here's the tricky part- I've just explained what you need to know about City Connection. Eventually, the level designs and backdrops will start to loop, and, well, that's your lot. The only other wrinkle in the game mechanics are the balloons- they appear every now and then, and collecting three of them warps you to a random stage further in the game. You can also chain 'em by stunning multiple cars at once for big bonus points! The cats and road spikes can't be killed, so you have to avoid them or scroll them off-screen- cats spawn randomly, and road spikes start appearing if you spend too long on one tier (it usually happens on the bottom tier as it's always the biggest, and their appearance might be connected to the mileage meter) and your best recourse is to turn tail and get on another tier. They can be dispatched by throwing oil cans at them (you have a limited supply, and can grab more along the way) to stun them, then running into them. The police are on her tail at every turn (yes, even on Easter Island) and while they're not exactly smart- they'll never jump up or aggressively chase Clarice- they will get in the way. Touch any of them and you'll lose a life, lose all your lives and it's game over. As you clear each stage, the designs slowly become more fiendish, mostly in the form of highway tiers that are too far apart to jump between, so you'll be doing a lot of to-in and fro-ing, eventually becoming a puzzle to the tune of 'how the flip am I gonna get there?'.Ĭlarice's painting spree wouldn't be too bothersome if not for three main obstacles- the police, the cats, and the road spikes. Mastering Clarice's car is very important, as there's some vital tricks- like combining a high-jump and a turn (press jump + up + the opposite direction at once) and turning mid-air- that you need to learn to get anywhere. For a Honda City, Clarice's car is pretty manoeuvrable- it can jump (a short jump or a higher one by holding the stick up), turn on a dime (but after turning it pops a wheelie, during which time you can't jump or turn again) and speed up its fall rate (hold the stick down when descending) and driving speed (hold the direction you're facing). Paint all of the highway and you move on to the next stage. Each city, from New York to London to Tienanmen Gate, comes in the form of a four-tier highway (three tiers suspended in mid-air, and one serving as the base) that loop horizontally and, as you drive over the road, it gets painted.

As Clarice, you have to drive your Honda City (no, honest, that's the type of car you drive here) across the world, with your objective being to drive every inch of the stage.

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Usually more.ĭeveloped at least in part by a company called Hect as they take credit for software and sound development on their website (the company was renamed Axes Art Amuse in 1992- their GDRI rap sheet is enlightening) and distributed by Jaleco in arcades in 1985, City Connection is an extremely silly tour of the globe. That's not to say I'm very good at City Connection either, but whenever I start to play it, an hour of my life's gone because I just have to play the damn thing at least three times. I don't get to talk about this kind of game too often, mostly because I am awful at the vast majority of them- you should watch me try and struggle through a few rounds of Satan's Hollow for a cheap laugh. Your only goal is to beat the high score and get as far as you can. Pac-Man, Defender, Donkey Kong- those old arcade games where there is no end in sight. You know the kind of game I'm talking about. City Connection - NOW, YOU HAVE DRIVEN ALL THE HIGHWAY!!īehold the unhealthy love my writer harbours for City Connection, and despair.Ĭity Connection is (probably) my favourite 'pure' arcade game.

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