Oil's Well (Colecovision)
Posted: July 9th, 2017, 5:56 pm
I remember playing this on my Atari computer back in the day, and thinking it was pretty good.
At first this game looks like a Pac-Man clone - and an awkward one at that. You're little "eater" is attached to the top of the screen by a line, moving through an underground maze chomping white dots. Can't let critters touch your line. You move forward but holding in the button reels him in.
Once you get a feel for it however this game has a nice risk-versus-reward dynamic. And it's really a lot different from Pac-Man. I can't recall another game quite like this.
At first this game looks like a Pac-Man clone - and an awkward one at that. You're little "eater" is attached to the top of the screen by a line, moving through an underground maze chomping white dots. Can't let critters touch your line. You move forward but holding in the button reels him in.
Once you get a feel for it however this game has a nice risk-versus-reward dynamic. And it's really a lot different from Pac-Man. I can't recall another game quite like this.