Game Boy Advance

Astro Boy: Omega Factor

Description

Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side-scrolling action game based off a 2003 remake of Osamu Tezuka's classic Astro Boy anime and manga series from the 1960s. You play as the young, boylike robot Astro Boy, a true mechanical pacifist who's biggest dream is that one day humans and robots can coexist in peace. Armed with a strong punch, rocket powered feet and the ability to shoot laserbeams from your fingers, arms and behind, you set off on a quest against all sorts of evildoers from the Astro Boy series.

The game has two distinctive types of levels: the more prevalent beat-em-up levels and the shooter-esque levels. During the beat-em-up levels you can walk around freely and your flying ability is limited to short bursts. The shooter levels differ from each other: sometimes you can float around the screen and shoot in both directions, other times you are flying in a set direction in a more on-the-rails fashion.

The Omega Factor mentioned in the title is actually a simple upgrading system for your weapons. Every time Astro meets someone new (be they good or bad) he or she will be added to the Omega factor screen and Astro can upgrade one of his six weapons or abilities.

Alternate Titles

• "铁臂阿童木：Omega Factor" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "ASTRO BOY 鉄腕アトム ～アトムハートの秘密～" -- Japanese Spelling
• "Astro Boy Tetsuwan Atom: Atom Heart no Himitsu" -- Japanese Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Osamu Tezuka licensees
• TV cartoon-inspired games

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The Press Says

GameSpot	Aug 13, 2004	9.2 out of 10	92
GamersMark	Sep 30, 2004	9.1 out of 10	91
Pixel-Heroes.de	Jul, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Jan 03, 2005	9 out of 10	90
GameDaily	Dec 14, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Game Informer Magazine	Aug, 2004	8.5 out of 10	85
Yahoo! Games	Aug 16, 2004		80
videogamer.com	Mar 31, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 08, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Gamestyle	2005	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

The original Japanese version was easier and had more slowdowns than the latter US version. The US version also had a few new enemies.