Summary
nothing special here
The Good
It was, uh, kinda cute. The graphics were very nice for the time, one of the earliest VGA releases from Sierra On-Line. Same goes for the Adlib sound. And the box looks nice.
The Bad
It's nothing special. The eight levels aren't different enough that you'd want to keep playing just to see the next one (although the cartoons in between are nice), and it's not that difficult. I beat it in a day, and God knows I'm no arcade expert. Also, Sierra billed the game as "Arcade Action for the Whole Family" - I'm having trouble picturing my wife playing this game.
The Bottom Line
Well, I bought it for $1 on eBay because I collect Sierra originals. It doesn't actively suck and amused me well enough until I beat it, but doubt I'll revisit it very often. I don't know why Sierra chose Oil's Well to make a remake of and not something else. Nowadays you'll get better shareware arcade games, and even for the time being there was better stuff, especially on the Amiga, so I can't really recommend it. The box looks really nice on my shelf, though.
