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Joe & Mac was a side-scrolling platformer set in pre-historic times. It was a goofy, light hearted game with a lot of charm and a casual yet challenging play style. It also had cave babes.


Summary

Joe & Mac was a SNES platformer about two caveman ninjas who fight dinosaurs for the sake of impressing (and more importantly) rescuing the cave babes. Being that there are two titular characters, the game was both single and two player; in two player mode each player could inflict damage on one another. Joe, the green haired caveman, and Mac the blue haired one, would fight rival cavemen, deadly dinosaurs and crack open eggs all in the name of rescuing the damsels in distress. Their primary attack was a melee club attack, but was upgradable by finding weapons upgrades that would often be trapped inside of eggs throughout the levels.

Joe & Mac featured an overworld view after each level, allowing the player to use alternate paths to complete the game.

The game was noted for its challenging gameplay, unique setting and theme, cartoony graphics and light-hearted music. It was a very '90s game to say the least.

The NES version featured five levels with some nice backgrounds and detailed bosses.

Critical Reception

The NES version of the game was awarded the following scores from Electronic Gaming Monthly: 6,6,6,5. From the review, "...Joe & Mac is a very good game given the limitations of the system. Although the game is short and a bit on the easy side, the younger audience will thoroughly enjoy this version".