[Repost of an older review I did for NESCentral.com]

Posted by Ben Mazhary-Clark on Wednesday Oct 5th 2005 @ 2:45PM

When trying out new games that were never popular in the mass market, and in this case even rare, the first impressions of the game will either interest you enough to keep playing or make you toss it out and try something else. The unique design and concepts provided to your senses in Alfred Chicken have the tendency to make you want to see where the storyline takes you…

Alfred Chicken was certainly late in the NES timeline with a release year of 1993. Games in this era were usually put out hastily and a bit rough. Even given all of that, the game play and graphics are quite good and the sound quality is decent. The music is soft enough to not be annoying, and even though it is purposely off key, it helps carry the game along without making you want to turn the sound all the way off.

The storyline consists of evil Meka Chickens want to take over the world…Alfred is the only one who can stop them and with help from Mr. Pekles (a potted plant), Alfred must make it through 5 stages of madness to foil the Meka Chickens and save the world.

The game is a typical platformer, but you may forget that with the less than normal hero and cast of enemies. You will start off the game as a plump little chicken, in a world of cheese with mechanical mice patrolling the area. Your chicken doesn’t have any super powers, can’t shoot lasers out of its eyes, he just needs to survive. In order to get through the levels you need to jump over and press down to dive-bomb the mice with your beak; collect as many jewels as possible; flip switches to activate doors and platforms elsewhere in the level; and use springs to work your way up the platforms since chickens don’t fly well. You also must peck all the balloons on each level in order to leave. The base of your most recent balloon becomes your respawn point if you get turned into KFC.

Overall the game plays well. The controls are easy to pick up and there isn’t a point in the game in which you are left wondering where to go next. Highly recommended for someone wanting a game off the beaten path in console gaming.

Buy Alfred Chicken or  Trade for it on Goozex

–Ben Mazhary-Clark

3 Comments »

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   Pingback by The Videogamer @ Borked.us » Offbeat Game Corner: Alfred Chicken | Console Gaming — December 11, 2008 @ 12:26 pm

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   Thank you for opening a wonderfully new sight..I wish you the best of luck with your new venture.

   Comment by Flora — February 7, 2009 @ 1:44 am

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   Loved your insight!! For once someone got everything correct!! Would you mind if I put a blogroll link back to your post?

   Comment by KFC Secret Recipe — February 10, 2009 @ 1:42 pm

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