Defenders of Dynatron City
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You are a group of repairman, who are superheroes now because of coca-cola produced by evil Doctor Mayhem. Doctor wants to mutate all people proposing to them his cola, but you want to prevent this plan killing his robots and finally stopping the Doctor. When the game starts you choose your character and some others join you in your case. If your character will be captured you can choose another one, while nobody is left.
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Average score: 52% (based on 5 ratings)
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Average score: 2.4 out of 5 (based on 7 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
Defenders of Dynatron City (JVC & Lucasarts 1992) features a totally original superhero storyline, set in a futuristic Metropolis. It combines side-scrolling action with some adventure game style exploration and puzzle solving.
The Bad
Defenders of Dynatron City (JVC & Lucasarts 1992) seems to have been tested by Mr. No-one. Their is no other way to explain how a
giant like LucasArts can be involved in a game with such poor hit detection, jerky character movements, frustratingly vague mission objectives and only average, at best, graphics, music and sound effects. Adding insult to injury, the game has strict time limit and only four, repetitive levels.
The Bottom Line
Defenders of Dynatron City has all the potential to be a great video game. It comes from Lucasfilm (now LucasArts) who has given us some of the best point n' click graphic adventure games as well as an extensive library of action packed Indiana Jones and Star Wars themed titles. Sadly, once you get past the creative characters and story, everything about this game is poorly designed and executed. The NES was capable of much better and so was Lucasfilms.
NES · by ETJB (428) · 2010
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Comic book
A six issue comic book series was created by Marvel in 1992.
References to the game
The character Buzzsaw Girl appears on an calendar in the house of the carpenter in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
TV pilot
A pilot for an animated TV show was created by DiC Entertainment in 1992. The pilot was not picked up but was released, later, on VHS.
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Game added by POMAH.
Additional contributors: LepricahnsGold, Patrick Bregger, Riemann80.
Game added November 3, 2002. Last modified January 3, 2024.