Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness

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Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
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Developer(s) HotGen [1]
Publisher(s) Kemco [1]
Composer(s) Allister Brimble
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Release
September 11, 2002
  • GameCube
    • NA: September 11, 2002
    • JP: September 27, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    Xbox
    • NA: September 11, 2002
    • JP: October 3, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    PlayStation 2
    • JP: September 12, 2002
    • NA: September 12, 2002
    • PAL: October 25, 2002
    Game Boy Advance
    • NA: September 16, 2002
    • JP: September 27, 2002
    • PAL: November 22, 2002
Genre(s) Puzzle [2]
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness, also known as Eggo Mania [2] in PAL territories, is a puzzle video game released in 2002 by HotGen. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance

Contents

Gameplay

At the start of a level, crates begin falling from the sky. Each one has a picture of the block it contains on it. Stack these blocks and build a tower up to the hot-air-balloon to finish the level. However, it is not that simple; the water at the bottom of the level rises and if the water reaches a row with a hole in it, the row will be destroyed; [3] if the player decides to take a shortcut, the water will rise faster. [4] Also, several enemies randomly appear, some stealing your crates, and some dragging you into the water. [5] There are also items in bubbles that give you a power-up or help to destroy an opponent's towers.

Reception

The game was met with positive to very mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 73% and 75 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version; [6] [10] 68.33% and 64 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; [7] [11] 66.18% and 64 out of 100 for the GameCube version; [8] [12] and 64.77% and 58 out of 100 for the Xbox version. [9] [13]

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