Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Released: 1986
Teddy Boy is an action-platformer that was first released in the Arcade in 1985.
+ Figuring out the best position to safely attack each level is enjoyable, and the intelligent enemy A.I. is tough to outwit.+ Shrewdly adds extra intensity by collapsing your current platform if you haven't moved within a set amount of time.
+ After losing a life, the game doesn't reset the stage and instead remembers how many foes you have left to destroy.
- Mid-air adjustments are overly sensitive on the horizontal axis and it's unbearably easy to miss your intended target.
- Early difficulty spike is enormous and there's nothing that prepares you for the speed and aggressiveness of enemies.
- Buttons are reversed which can cause issues in the heat of battle, and the repetitive music grates the more you play.
- After a handful of rounds, you've seen everything the game has to offer and it doesn't improve on its initial core ideas.
