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Game Boy Works Color #008: Turok 2 (Patreon)

Published:

2019-11-18 03:25:48

Edited:

2019-11-19 16:59:49

Imported:

2024-04

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I didn't quite manage to catch up with my video backlog over the weekend, but I did make some progress. This video is four days late instead of seven. I've also written all video scripts for public releases through the end of the year, which is nothing to sneeze at. So, a decently productive weekend.

This week's game was a pleasant surprise. I really had expected an unmitigated disaster, but shockingly Turok 2 was pretty OK. Go fig.

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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil retrospective: Jurassic parkour | Game Boy Works Color #008

A quick bit of backpeddling here to catch a launch title I missed: Acclaim's Turok 2, which was only a launch title in Europe (that most poorly documented of regions for console releases). You may think a 64-bit first-person shooter would be a poor fit for the Game Boy Color, but to its creators' credit, the game does its best. Not exactly a timeless classic, but surprisingly playable despite its glaring flaws.