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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 26
Date: May 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Iridion 3-D is one of the few original Majesco games releasing for the US launch of the Game Boy Advance. A spin on the classic side-scrolling shooter, Iridion 3-D puts you in a single ship that must shoot its way through a horde of futuristic environments complete with traps, enemies, and obstacles. We recently had a chance to sit down with a near-final build of the game to see how Iridion 3-D stacks up against the rest of the genre. Iridion 3-D doesn't have much of a storyline. You're a futuristic fighter pilot who must shoot his way through a series of environments in an effort to defend Earth from a horrible enemy invasion. The game doesn't exactly explain who the enemy is, or why you're fighting them, but the lack of details is quickly forgotten when you get into the action of the game. Iridion 3-D plays very similarly to your standard side-scrolling or top-down shooter. You play as a jet, and you must move back and forth and shoot your weapons at the enemies that fly at you. Killing certain enemies will leave power-ups behind, and picking them up will equip your fighter with better weapons. The game currently has at least three types of power-ups, and most of them are slightly different versions of the classic weapon power-ups found in other shooters. Unfortunately, there didn't appear to be any special bombs or missiles in the game, and the secondary button didn't do anything. Additionally, at this point, the control isn't as precise as we would have liked, and we found that the fighter would often float a few millimeters to the left or right after we stopped pressing the D-pad.

The graphics in the game look very good, and the game runs at a very slick frame rate. Unfortunately, there are no alternate view modes, and the behind-the-ship perspective frequently obscures the action and makes it difficult to gauge exactly where incoming fire is headed. The sound is pretty awesome, and it really takes advantage of the GBA's superior sound technology with some hot music and sound effects.

At this point, Iridion 3-D looks like it could be a great game for fans of the genre. With its unique perspective and the classic gameplay that makes shooters such great pick-up-and-play games, Iridion 3-D should balance out the GBA launch lineup swimmingly.

Put out first so people will buy it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: June 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Having bought an import GBA, I was grabbing at any chance I had to get a new game for it. It was too expensive to buy many import games, so I had to wait like anyone else for a new game. So, when Majescos titles hit the sales floor, I grabbed this one, looking to be the most exciting of the bunch (having already played the highly mediocre Pitfall remake and beating Earthworm Jim.) Little did I know I was falling for one of the oldest tricks in the books. People will be lining up for new GBA games even before the system comes out, so if your game is first on the shelf, it will probably sell. Majesco knew it had some mediocre titles, so they put them out extremely early to help guarantee sales, and it shows.

First the good things. I heard that it had incredible scaling effects, but I never expected this. It is gorgeous at first. It will knock your socks off. Then, you start to notice how repetitive the game is. Each level is unique in the flight zone, but never changes. And, from lack of anything better, it has a password function.

And on to the bad. This game is no fun to play. It is extremely difficult and aggrivating. The powerups are non-existant and hardly add any power to your ship. And there is hardly any reward for knocking out fighters, because they still tend to hit you, so all you do is avoid getting hit 90% of the time. There is no fun to it and is too frustrating to be played often, killing the replay value.

So my opinion is to only get this one as a show-off of the insanely good graphics of the system, but dont let the person play more than 2 minutes or theyll get the wrong impression of this great new handheld. Just sit back and wait the wekk until Castlevania and F-Zero come out and catch this one in the clearance racks in a month.

Great Graphics, Terrible Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: June 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Iridion 3D proves that cliches from the PC market can and will writhe their way into the console world. Iridion 3D sports top of the line, beautiful graphics, but unfortunately the gameplay just isn't enough to keep you entertained. It's fun for one level, but afterwards you'll be wishing you had spent your money on better games, like F-Zero or the fantastic Tony Hawk 2.

Iridion by Madesco Sales is a must get game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: June 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I saw a preview of this game and I think that it is really great! I pre-ordered this and I think that you should to. If you like futuristic racing while being able to shoot at other players this is definetly the game for you. Too bad however that it can be played by only one player but just because of this mistake doesn't meen you shouldn't get this great game. I can't wait until it comes out can you?

research this game before you buy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game looks extremely impressive at first glance however don't be fooled by beautiful graphics. Most reviews of this game have shown that this game has horrible gameplay. This is one of those games that you should let your friends get first then test it and see if you like it. Don't judge a book by it's cover!

barely ok game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my import system a week ago because it was the only thing on the shelves. At first the sound and graphics look beyond any other handheld game around, but after a while I realise the game is very cheaply done, and the game skips with many sprites on the screen. With out the the scaling and fancy background movie that loops through out the game you end up with a point and click sort of game ends up flat. Its an ok launch title thats a little like Star Fox thats been hit with a hammer.

you'll Be Sorry

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this game isn't what it seems. you'll be sorry on it's game play. it's grafic's are good if that's all you seek in a great playing game.

Eye candy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Pure eye candy. Iridion 3d's graphics are a visual delight. This is one of the only games at release that truly showed off the GBA's graphics processing power. It's actually 3d!

The music is decently standard japanese anime-style. The opening scene started me laughing because the cheap anime and mecha animation, combined with the music, reminded me of, well. . . cheap anime.

The gameplay is where the game falters, unfortunately. It's terribly hard to tell exactly where those enemy projectiles are going on that small screen. Repetetive levels (all 5 of them), generic enemies, and the steep difficulty level make this one frustrating game. There's no continue option! At all! You get a few lives, and when they're gone, that's it! What's more, the password you get after each level saves not only the level you're on, but also the number of lives you have. So if you spend 4 of your 5 lives getting through levels one and two, then get your password and quit, guess what: you only have ONE life left to finish the rest of the game when you input your password to pick the game back up. Talk about difficult.

Iridion 3d would make a great tech demo for the GBA, but it was most certainly NOT worth my hard-earned money. Of all the GBA games I've purchased since getting my import console in early May, this is the only one I regret buying.

IRIDION 3D

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: June 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game looked very cool on the back when i got it.It had very good graphics. It does have very good graphics.It was my first GameBoy Advance i got and was I was amazed by the graphics. When i started the game i figured out how hard it was. It very challenging (You just have to practice ive only had this for two days) ,but in a way that is good because it lasts for a long time. It has 7 stages and a boss after every stage. Every time you beat a boss it gives you a password so you dont have to level 1 after you already beat it. The down side is however much life you had after you beat the boss is how much you have after you put in the password. So you have to do the whole game with only 5 lives (plus about three you get from killing guys) It is a great game but a little too challenging for me because im HORRIBLE at video games but i still like them. If you very bad at video games i suggest you buy a game like MarioKart Advance when it comes out. I think this game is worth the money.

Nice Graphics, but the game ... ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I bought the game, I was expecting something akin to Gradius, with some great graphics. And yes, it does have good graphics, however, no matter how good they are (and I've seen much better), it doesn't make up for the high price, terrible play control, and ultra-simplistic gameplay (even though they added in two extra buttons for the GBA, the only button you use the entire game is the A button). The game is also only one-player, which all in all, leaves it a game for sheer boredom. I'll be attempting to sell my copy shortly, to try and get another game (it doesn't matter which I get, it'll be better).

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