''Trash It'' is a

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developed by

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and published by

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in July 1997. It was released in

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-territories only for

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, and

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Gameplay

Players play as construction worker Jack Hammer who is aiming to defeat Doctor Moonbeam in his bid to "turn the world into a sugar lump to put in his cup of tea". Players use Jack's large hammer to destroy the buildings of Timmy World under a time limit, gaining Timmy Points by hoovering up the Timmies released from destroyed structures to purchase weapon upgrades in the Hammer Shop. The game includes Quest, Battle and Arcade modes, the latter of which supports up to four players.

Reception

The game received a poor critical reception. Iain White of ''

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'' magazine gave a score of 51%, describing the title as "slow-moving, badly designed and utterly utterly tedious" and decrying its "blocky looking graphics". ''

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'''s Gary Cutlack was even more damning, offering a score of 38%, noting that while "the idea of destroying stuff with a hammer sounds cool...the gameplay is dull beyond belief", and criticising the "very rough, very brown, very dull" graphics and "samey and uninspired levels". Reviewing the PlayStation release ''Play'''s Tom Sargent labelled ''Trash It'' as an "unusual puzzle-come-platform game" that "plays too sluggishly and becomes repetitive far too soon...a

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game at a

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price".

References

{{reflist 1997 video games DOS games PlayStation (console) games Sega Saturn games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Rage Games games Multiplayer and single-player video games Puzzle-platformers GT Interactive games