Johnny Bazookatone is a platform developed by Arc Developments, released 1 January 1996 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
What Johnny Bazookatone is
Johnny Bazookatone is a platform game developed by Arc Developments and released in 1996. It was published by U.S. Gold. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The original guitar hero with the Elvis attitude and purple hair pompadour, Johnny Bazookatone, has been imprisoned in the year 2050 in Sin Sin Prison by El Diablo, the Lord of the Underworld, who is jealous of his talent and kidnaps other musical legends as well in this 3D side-scrolling platformer. Johnny's guitar Anita has been taken from him and he sets out to escape and vanquish foes on his way to be reunited with Anita.
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.
How it was received
Johnny Bazookatone holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Johnny Bazookatone launched on 1 January 1996, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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