- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-minute trial, 7-level trial); $19.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: March 17, 2006
- Total Downloads: 25,433
- Downloads last week: 2
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Who doesn't like a cigar-chomping hamster? Apparently, a lot of aliens don't. Throw any back story out the window--you're a rodent with a gun strapped to your back, and you're also humanity's last hope. Keep running and firing to save the planet. Although the graphics are nothing special, the premise is well-designed and attractive, and the gameplay grows more and more frenetic as you advance through levels. Unfortunately, the 30-minute trial barely allows you enough time to finish the seven provided levels. Missiles, which would likely be a key gameplay ingredient, are also unavailable in the demo. Despite these limitations, we recommend the download, if you've got the bandwidth and you're a fan of point-and-click shooters.
As you proceed from left to right through each level, a variety of cartoon aliens will bombard the explosive rodent. You begin with one main gun, which also functions as a laser beam when charged for four to five seconds. Using the gun as a beam allows you to score combinations of enemy destruction, which gives your hamster more money. You also collect coins that fall from the sky, and your cash can be turned into weapons and shield upgrades, lives, or (in the full version) missiles. You also have two "smart bombs" per level that destroy everything on the screen, except for the end-level bosses. Like everything else, extra smarts can be purchased between levels. It's annoying to think the 30-minute trial restriction will prevent the majority of gamers from finishing all seven levels, but the trial version of Mighty Rodent alone provides a very enjoyable coffee break.
Publisher's description
From Jagged Blade Software :The year is 2056 and an army of evil space aliens is plundering the earth. Luckily, a hero has come forward: a hero of power, of stature, of pure meteoric strength. Yes, puny humans, your salvation is at hand. A Mighty Rodent is here.
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Mighty Rodent 1.4
"Help this little rat save the world."
Pros: Very nice looking graphics...with one exception.
Fun gameplay. Lot of different spaceships to blow up. They each have there own difficulty level so one method might not work on another one.
I liked the user agreement in the setup file. Straight and to the point. I wish more user agreements were like that.
The controls were very easy to use. Just hold down the left mouse button to fire and right mouse button for bombs. That's it. Depending on where you want to fire the rat might move to a better location.
You can upgrade your rat so he has a better chance though the levels. Better weaponery or better sheilding helps a lot.
Cons: The background graphics were ugly. It looked like a messed up picture.
In the user agreement it says you can play the demo as long as you want. However that's not true it has a 30 min timer. It's on the screen at all time's counting down.
This is hard game...even on easy!
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1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Mighty Rodent 1.4
Pros: Very very Bad
Cons: Limitations 30-minute trial, 7-level trial
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