Plaque Attack (2600) Review

Date purchased: Sept. 25, 2015
Price paid: $0.00 -- free game under $10 with any other purchase
Dates played: Sept. 21, 2017
Playtime: Unknown
Date reviewed: Sept. 21, 2017
Date posted: Jan. 14, 2023
Rating: 4/10

High score: 17,075.

I got both unlockables from this game, which require getting 7500 and 10,000 points, so I'm considering it beaten. This took beating all 8 waves, at which point it just repeats, getting tougher.

An interesting take on Space Invaders, but here you're a mighty tube of toothpaste shooting down waves of the would be cavity inducing foods french fries, hot dogs, cheeseburgers, strawberries, cherries, candy canes, donuts, and ice cream cones (which look more like the eraser end of a pencil) as they invade a mouth. You get points for shooting down the individual foodstuff, and then after each wave more points for each invader and each surviving tooth, gaining a new tooth every 2000 points. Since it takes place in a mouth, you have to shoot up and down to protect both jaws, being able to move on both the x- and y-axes. The biggest problem is that when you want to move up and down, this causes the tube to start shooting toothpaste in that direction, so if something is attacking the top jaw and you want to get below it, you're now shooting down, which is why I knocked it down to a below average score.

It's a novel take on Space Invaders, with a Missile Command aspect of protecting teeth (as opposed to missile bases), but it's not something I see myself going back to.