action
Action may refer to:
* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
video game
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Telegames
Telegames, Inc. is an American video game company based in Mabank, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.
Telegames was known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they had been abandoned b ...
for the
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, ...
. It was released in North America on August 16, 2002.
top-down perspective
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similar to the early ''
Grand Theft Auto
''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily d ...
'' games. The player must make their way through the city in order to come across missions, which take the form of separate minigames, such as when the yeti must get a job in order to earn the money to pay a toll to cross a bridge.
As the yeti walks around the city, he is attacked by townspeople and must try to avoid being killed. The game features four minigames and four missions to complete. Once minigames are completed, the player is unable to go back and play them again unless they type in the password for the section of the game they are in.
Development
''Urban Yeti!'' was published by
Telegames
Telegames, Inc. is an American video game company based in Mabank, Texas, with a sister operation based in England.
Telegames was known for supporting not just modern game systems but also classic game systems, after they had been abandoned b ...
''Urban Yeti!'' received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the game's humor but criticized its technical problems. On
Metacritic
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it has a score of 67% based on 6 reviews.GameRankings gives it a score of 68.71%.
IGN
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's Craig Harris criticized the game's slow frame rate and technical problems, stating, "... because of the loose and sloppy presentation it ends up feeling like a game produced by a few guys down in someone's basement...instead of something out of an established development studio."
Allgame
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Blinkx was founded in 2004, went publ ...
's Brett Alan Weiss noted that the game had charming moments, but ultimately had little replay value and had too many graphical problems. GameZone's Scott Kuvin felt that the collision detection of the game had some glitches, but felt that the game's humor overcame any technical problems.