Nitro Family

by Valuesoft

Product Features

• Rage through 15 fully destructible levels and beat back 50 over-the-top enemies
• Deadly dual-hand weapon system helps you fight never-ending hordes
• Blast enemies in mid-air with streams of bullets for maximum devastation
• Go into Euphoria mode, where the action slows but the killing intensifies
• Rely on Maria, your piggy-backing partner, with her turtle-neck whip, to watch your back

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002BJQXO
• Item Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,955 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Redefining the nuclear family!Product InformationVicious criminals have emerged from a shady underground of drugs andcorruption.  Get ready for mind-blowing killin' action that takes youaround the world to fight against a new threat to world peace.  Run-gun andjump past a relentless barrage of enemies with a scum killing dual-hand weaponsystem that can blast your enemies in mid-air.  Save your family - save theworld!Product Features Up Up and Away - Blast your enemies in mid air with a relentless stream of bullets for maximum devastation. Ultimate Destruction - Unleash a joyful barrage of gunfire in Euphoria mode where the action slows but the killin' intensifies. 'Til Death Do You Part - Rely on Maria your piggy backing partner with her turtle-neck whip to watch your back. Double the weapons - Double the Fun - Fight off advancing hordes of enemies and bosses two at a time with the deadly dual-hand weapon system. Rack up kills against 50 over the top enemies Tear through 15 fully destructible levels with guns blazin'. Blast massive onslaughts of enemies with Maria's aerial hyper-bombing system.Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me XP Pentium III 733 MHz or faster processor 128 MB of RAM 1 GB Hard Drive space 32 MB 3D Graphics Card DirectX 9.0 or higher (included on CD) DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card 4X CD-ROM drive 

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey Gringo! Hey Buddy!, October 21, 2004

By 

Aaron M. Johnson (Greenwood, IN) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nitro Family (CD-ROM)

I've played games for years. I like FPS. Nitro Family is a fast paced action game. I like the humor and style. It's been a good relaxer after work. I recommend it. Especially for the price.

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't compare this to Serious Sam, April 10, 2006

By 

David A. Narby - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nitro Family (CD-ROM)

Not much to recommend this game on other than the somewhat humorous and senseless violence.

Pros: Funny carnage, you get to kill obnoxious stereotypes of pretty much every ethnic group in suitably graphic and cartoonish ways. Somewhat interesting punk rock soundtrack that you can thankfully turn off after you've heard the song repeat for the Nth time.

Cons: Gameplay is repetitive and buggy as hell. Some doors won't open, I had to cheat to get through some of the levels.

Level design in nonexistent with hardly any thought to playability (this gets worse as the game progresses, indicating they ran up against a deadline). There are numerous dead ends with nothing there, requiring backtracking. Long stretches with nothing going on.

This game seems like a few guys licensed an engine, threw the it together, had their burnout friends beta-test it and rushed it to market.

I'll probably never buy another "Valuesoft" game again, this was so bad.

The fact that I finished this game (albeit by rushing through some levels in 'ghost' cheat mode) is only due to a slightly disturbing pleasure in blowing up obnoxious fat Mexican chicks who shout "Hey Greengo!" and shoot at you. However, it's probably more due to my now obvious obsessive-compulsive disorder... Which I guess I should thank Valuesoft for bringing to my attention and making it obvious that I am in dire need of treatment.

1.0 out of 5 stars ValuSoft Does It Again!, May 29, 2005

By 

Justin "Beowulf" - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nitro Family (CD-ROM)

Can the infamous ValuSoft publish a good game? The answer is apparently, no. Its a shame too, cause this could have been a cool game. Its basic gameplay can be summed up in three words, Serious Sam Clone. Yes its another game of nothing but mindlessly shooting everything that moves. The gimmick for this game was supposed to be its dual-wield style gun handling (like Halo 2 or Goldeneye 007), but unfortuneatly its just not that good. First off the game has TERRIBLE level design, I mean absolutely coma-inducing. Its almost always just a series of halls strung together. The game also attempts to integrate a combo system (using two weapons at a time), but ultimately its completely pointless. Also, keep in mind that the same people who made this game, wrote this (taken from the readme in the demo):

"Nitro Family" mainly focuses on images of the deepest desires of man like violence, sensuality and beauty, with a pure enjoyment of game. By embodying and mixing those images in non-serious way, players will experience a strange but bright and funny atmosphere like B-movies' unique taste with various of original gameplays which are never seen before in any FPS games.

Wow, um...okay...
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!