BackTrack

by Telegames

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005Q8K9
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 20, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,034 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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An informant named Kilantrainia, "Bob" for short, has traveled 400 light years to warn Earth about an impending danger. Domingoaniax, an alien leader, and his army of mutants and robot soldiers have taken control of the BSBODSOM project (Build Secret Base on Dark Side of Moon). For months these aliens have been abducting humans and assimilating them into an army of droids that Domingoaniax can use to overwhelm Earth and plunder its natural resources.

As our last hope, you must help Jim Track infiltrate the base and succeed where many others before him have failed. You must destroy every alien or assimilated human you encounter, port back as many unassimilated humans from the pods as possible, and then trigger the self-destruct sequence to terminate the moon base and the remaining aliens. The game features full, smooth-scrolling 3-D, smoke and transparency effects, 12 intricate levels to master, and nine unique weapons.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, but promising., September 24, 2001

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Me - See all my reviews

This review is from: BackTrack (Video Game)

I remember how much hype was floating around about 3-D shooters when they were first announced for the Game Boy Advance. At that time, Backtrack was the one that got the least hype, and upon its release it's easy to understand why. This game is really best suited towards those who love 3-D shooter games and just can't wait a month or two until the release of Doom and the supposedly great Dark Arena, but others probably could find it interesting as well.

Backtrack's gameplay centers around the age-old "walk around, pick up ammo and shoot verything that moves" formula that has been around since the good old days of Wolfenstein 3D. In Backtrack, you can walk around, pick up ammo and shoot verything that moves in four different gameplay modes, two single player and two multiplayer. The two single player modes are essentially the same, although one is quite a bit harder than the other. I was not entertained much when playing either single player mode: the levels are really bland and contain nothing but enemies, power-ups and a few walls, barrels, switches and hostages that you can rescue in-between. There are twelve (at least I believe so) single player levels in the game, but as far as I can tell right now these levels are quite large and will require some time to finish. One twist on the gameplay in Backtrack is that apparently when one finishes off the level boss and activates the level's self-destruct sequence, the mission's next objective becomes escaping from the current level before it is blown to bits together with the character.

It's a good thing that this game has two fun multiplayer modes that happen to be quite fun to make up for all of its single player faults. You can take on up to three of your friends and up to four computer bots in a deathmatch challenge across 6 different maps and playing as either one of five different characters from the game. Each character only has one weapon and is therefore limited to a pretty linear strategy, but the fun factor comes from the fact that there are devices within each multiplayer level that let you change characters any time you wish. Tired of that chaingun? Switch your character to a ghost that comes equipped with a lightning sword! This makes the game's multiplayer, which is limited to either trying to kill off all other players in one mode, or using different characters to kill off all other players in the second mode, quite fun. I suspect, however, that once one really becomes familliar with the multiplayer levels, it won't be that much fun any longer.

While the game's music and graphics are mediocre, it does run at a very good frame rate, which makes me hopeful that we will see better 3-D shooter games from other companies in the future.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DeathMatch and Matrix Assult Games, October 29, 2001

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John Karter (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BackTrack (Video Game)

This is a great game. The single player game is ok, but the deathmatch and Maxtrix game are a blast. Even if you have no one else to play with you, you can still enjoy a good deathmatch with a few bots. You get a ranking as you play and the bots can get hard, REALLY HARD. Even if you plan on buying the other FPS games, you should treat yourself to this game just for the deathmatch and matrix games alone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Backtrack could have been better, October 12, 2001

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Alex Hellweg (Appleton, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BackTrack (Video Game)

Backtrack is currently the only First Person Shooter available for the GBA,this means that I have no comparison to others like it. But I can be sure that this is not the limit to this system's capability. First off,the gameplay is just plain boring,since there are very few dirrerent enemies, and the level design barely differs at all. It is also very short, it only has 12 levels where as every other FPS games for the GBA has at least 20. This game also throws you right into gameplay without telling you anything about whats going on. Overall,I'd wait for Doom,Ecks vs Sever,or Dark Arena. But if you can afford it, this game still has it's fun points(though few and far apart).