- Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
VC in Brief: Princess Tomato in Salad Kingdom (NES)
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 9:48PM (Unverified) said
It's scary to think I had once owned this (very rare) game back in the day. It was not the greatest dungeon crawler/point and click game, however it was addicting and well thought out.
The story is simple, the salad kingdom's princess (tomato) was kidnapped by farmers who are oppresing and harvesting it's people who are totally made up of a variety of vegitables. You play as Sir Cucumber who along with his squire (an apricot I think), and try and save the princess besting your enemies with a game of rock-paper-siccors.
The story and game led me to believe this was created for children just learning how to read, but after playing through it I found some parts were frustrating (mostly due to getting lost or poorly derived clues) that made me think otherwise.
If I had to rate it unbiased, I would give it a fair 8/10 given the year it was created and it's intended audience.
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The story is simple, the salad kingdom's princess (tomato) was kidnapped by farmers who are oppresing and harvesting it's people who are totally made up of a variety of vegitables. You play as Sir Cucumber who along with his squire (an apricot I think), and try and save the princess besting your enemies with a game of rock-paper-siccors.
The story and game led me to believe this was created for children just learning how to read, but after playing through it I found some parts were frustrating (mostly due to getting lost or poorly derived clues) that made me think otherwise.
If I had to rate it unbiased, I would give it a fair 8/10 given the year it was created and it's intended audience.
Posted: Mar 16th 2010 6:29PM Solar Jetman said
Not only did I finish this game back in the day (before internet FAQs), I fully mapped it and submitted to Gamepro, etc. Never got printed for some reason... bastards.
Anyway, it's ridiculous, but still a good example of the genre on 8-bit systems, and of Hudson games in general. If you grew up on 1980s text adventures there's a lot to enjoy.
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Anyway, it's ridiculous, but still a good example of the genre on 8-bit systems, and of Hudson games in general. If you grew up on 1980s text adventures there's a lot to enjoy.
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