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Publisher: Sega
Category: Puzzle
Platform: Dreamcast
ESRB Rating: Teen Release Date: June 2000
Overall Rating:
3 Stars out of 4
Review by Tom Allen
3 Stars out of 4
Space Channel 5 is better than Parappa the Rapper and Umjammy Lammy combined. Gone is
the pretentious audio-visual excess of those titles; Channel 5 focuses more on character and
story, delivering a humorous, leggy star, Ulala, who captures our attention in more ways than
one.
Watching Ulala strut down the hall and then imitate alien dance moves is something akin to
watching Monica Lewinsky pitch Jenny Craig. I can't explain why, but there's something
slightly funny and slightly odd going on at the same time. You're not quite sure what to think,
but you just shut up and go with it, like an interactive version of "Run Lola Run," only the
running is replaced with strutting.
The game is very simple, and like Parappa, sometimes it doesn't seem to play fair, but on the
whole it's much more enjoyable.
I couldn't stand the music in Umjammy Lammy. Parappa's music was
groovy but not
memorable. Space Channel 5 has music that is not annoying, never too pushy, and always
entertaining.
The game even includes Space Michael, a moon-walking Michael Jackson character. Now
there's something weird enough to give you an incentive to play!
While I can't imagine paying $39.95 for this type of experience, girls may disagree. One game
only lasts about a half-hour, but I think that decision was smart. A longer game would just drag
on.
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