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Critter Crunch

Critter Crunch is an award winning, arcade-style puzzle game, starring the loveable Biggs. Using his long, sticky tongue to grab critters from vines above, he feeds them to each other until they burst…

90 31 December 2007

Critter Crunch is an arcade developed by Capybara Games, released 31 December 2007 on PlayStation 3, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device and Mac. The main story takes about 4.3 hrs to finish.

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What Critter Crunch is

Critter Crunch is an arcade game developed by Capybara Games and released in 2007. It is available on PlayStation 3, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhyreEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Critter Crunch is a puzzle game in the vein of Magical Drop by Capybara Games for mobile phone platforms BREW and J2ME in 2007. It was later ported to iOS, PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network, Windows, and Mac OS X.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 14 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Critter Crunch holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 26 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4.3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD Athlon 64 2800+ @ 1.8 Ghz and Intel Pentium IV @ 2.8 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and Graphics Card with 256 MB of RAM that supports Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Critter Crunch launched on 31 December 2007, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament 3 Black, Patapon, Final Fantasy IV and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament 3 Black, Patapon, Final Fantasy IV, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Critter Crunch yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Critter Crunch — frequently asked questions

When did Critter Crunch come out?
Critter Crunch was released on 31 December 2007 for PlayStation 3, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Critter Crunch?
At minimum, Critter Crunch needs AMD Athlon 64 2800+ @ 1.8 Ghz and Intel Pentium IV @ 2.8 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, Graphics Card with 256 MB of RAM that supports Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0 graphics, 250 MB HD space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Critter Crunch?
The main story of Critter Crunch takes around 4.3 hrs.
How many GB is Critter Crunch?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("250 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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