Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night

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Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night
Developer(s)	Sanuk Games
Publisher(s)	^NA DSI Games ^EU Bigben Interactive, Neko Entertainment
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date	^NA February 22, 2008 ^EU February 15, 2008
Genre(s)	Vintage-style action shooter
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone 10+ PEGI: 7+
Media	Nintendo DS Game Card

Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night is a vintage-style 2D shooting game on Nintendo DS developed by Sanuk Games, and published by Bigben Interactive and Neko Entertainment in Europe, and DSI Games in America. It is a parodic tribute to famous old-school horror games from the 1980s such as Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins.

1 Gameplay
2 Story
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The player controls Robert Belmart, an anthropomorphic pig, through six 2D levels:

A Night Walk in the Graveyard
The Ancient Castle Ruled by Darkness
The Volcano BBQ
The Swamp Full of Disgusting Creepy-Crawlies
The Forest in the Way
The Castle of Intolerable Pain

He faces diverse monsters, zombies, ghouls, and bosses. He equips with 4 weapons: a pistol, a shotgun, a slayer whip and a pack of dynamite.

[edit] Story

One Halloween night, young piglet Cliffy Belmart is caught tee-peeing an ancient castle ruled by darkness, and swept inside by horrendous creatures. Instantly aware of the peril, his father Robert Belmart equips with a fully loaded gun and rushes to rescue his son. His interlucutors along the way give him a series of wrong leads, therefore leading him to travel through 6 different worlds before finally finding his son. Dialogs are packed with humor and references to famous videogame quotes.

[edit] Reception

The overall reception was fair, with IGN issuing a rating of 7.2/10^[1] and GameZone isuing a rating of 6.7/10^[2]. Reviewers praised the game's sense of humor, while its old-school gameplay drew mixed comments.