Flicky

Flicky… Due to its presence on the Sega Smash Pack I assume that it was in at least one arcade at some point, but not in any that I’ve ever been in.

What is it? It’s a game about rescuing birds from cats. There are little yellow birds around the levels, and you have to go collect them. Once you do that they’ll follow you in a line. Lead them to the door and get points. You get more points if you have lots of birdlets following you. Problem is the cats. If the cats touch you, you=dead. If they touch the birdlets, your line is broken, and you have to go rerescue them. It’s almost easier to show how it’s played rather than tell so:

Honestly, I see games like this and I wonder how the industry survived long enough to make anything worth playing.

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