Space Station Silicon Valley

Robotazy · 01-06-2008, 12:29 PM

Please tell me, someone played this game, and liked it...

If you didn't. I recommend you do. now.

No questions. now.

SephirothKirby · 01-06-2008, 01:22 PM

I play many obscure titles.

This may or may not be obscure, but I've never met anyone else who's talked about it.

It was awesome. Very difficult, required much thinking, and they sure didn't give you many hints.

I've honestly never beaten it. I made it very close, but god damn it, what do they want from you? Scorpians that OHKO you with lightning? How are you supposed to get around that?!

Er, anyway, yes, I recommend this game, too.

Especially if you like difficult games.

***Cosmonautical*** · 01-06-2008, 04:14 PM

I actually didn't know if this game was ever released, even though I remember it from Nintendo Power. I'll probably play it in some form or another.

Rainbow Dash · 01-06-2008, 05:30 PM

What is this about?

SephirothKirby · 01-06-2008, 05:41 PM

Well, there's some a guy and his robot buddy, and they accidently crash into some planet, and they lose an important computer chip, that can walk.

With this computer chip, you can take over any animal you kill, but they're really robot animals that shoot missles and laser beams!

They each have their own abilities and you have to make use of each one to complete a level. I'm not sure what your over all objective was, however.

Robotazy · 01-06-2008, 07:12 PM

Look it up on Wikipedia, it's better than me or SK explaining it to you.

KittenTheSmitten · 01-06-2008, 07:17 PM

Ohmigosh, I'm THRILLED that someone posted something on this. (I was going to mention it elsewhere, actually xD). Of COURSE I remember this game. For a tiny portion of my life, it was the sole bane of my existence. No, seriously, because I wanted to beat it soooooo badly that I literally tortured myself from 6 AM to 6 AM to accomplish....well, nothing.

Yes, I found it totally addicting. One of those games where if you DON'T complete one level, you feel like an absolute dipstick if you leave it that way. At least, it was for me. And it was fun getting to explore the shoes of other..."animals". Robots. Anidroids. Whatever you call them. I liked the rat and the fox. XD Hooray for animals on wheels. We need more of them. I've always wanted to skateboard on a bunny.

I BELIEVE your overall objective was to obtain certain parts of the crashed ship to save the fugly bot and the fuglier man (or squash...whatever he was) from the planet and help them home. I never COULD beat that game entirely. >>; Especially what with all the bugs....There was this one collectible statue that I could just walk right through..........drove me bloody MAD.

Anyway...wow. Silicon Valley. Ohh, the memories. And oh, the soundtrack. (I mostly remember the jazzy, tinny, slightly unimpressive music..)

Sukasa · 01-26-2008, 01:36 PM

Haha, I remember this game. Very funny- especially the Bear's attack. Basically, the storyline is that this big experiment went wrong, the space station was evil, and now it's come here uner the command of who-knows-what. Our human friend and his robot companion go to attack, but they crash into the station, and the robot gets shattered into tons of parts. After that, you basically have to go aroun 4 worlds to get back the parts of him so he can shut down the station's controlling entity.

That and you cannot deny A) the humour is awesome, expecially the guy stuck in the toilet in Rat-O-Matic or the name "The Swamp of Eternal Stench."

The music's quite good too.

Dr. Furball · 01-26-2008, 03:31 PM

I played it for a couple of minutes once, but didn't like it. I think the humor was too dark for me, for one thing. My brothers love it, though.

KittenTheSmitten · 01-26-2008, 03:57 PM

^ personally, I found the humor a little dry. Says the girl who loved Conker's Bad Fur Day, though.

Robotazy · 01-28-2008, 10:58 AM

The thing about this game, is that you need to be pretty smart to overcome it.

Here is an example:

In one level, you start as a fox, and there are two computers with only enough space for you to pass. As soon as you do pass, you notice a Bear, who foams at the mouth and attacks you.

Naturally, if you try to fight him, he kills you. He's a bear, you have a teleport move and a "tail Whip"

So, you run and eventually you come towards a rat who throws explosive poop. Naturally, you kill him.

Now, you need to kill that bear, otherwise, you'll have to worry about him throughout the level. So, you take the rat and bait the bear to the two computers and hide in the little passageway. You should notice that the Bear can't hit you. Here you lay down explosive poop (Which does not hurt you) so that it chips away at the bear's health, making sure not to get too close to him. Eventually, he dies and you get to take his body, which you will need to complete about half the level anyway, so good for you.

The thing is that you will have to use your brain. "Should I use that Animal?" "Can I kill tht animal" "Do I need to find another one?" "Do I need health?" "Do I need this animal to complete the puzzle?" It's all about strategy.

***Booyakasha*** · 01-28-2008, 02:26 PM

You know, I remember picking up both 'Banjo-Kazooie' and 'Space Station Silicon Valley' at Blockbuster back in the day, and thinking "mmmmm...no, two is too many at once--I'll try BK first, and rent this other thing next week". And this is pretty much the first time I've thought about it at all since then.

Eagle Eye · 01-30-2008, 07:20 PM

I played it and finally beat it one day, I was happy.

KittenTheSmitten · 01-30-2008, 08:07 PM

^^ I really have to agree with you. Despite it's appearance, it's a really good thinking game. Sadly, when I was ten, I wasn't much of a thinker. I was a kind of "KILL! CRUSH! DESTROY!" kind of little girl.

I hated that bear btw. DX I still nightmare about it. Sheesh.

01-06-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Space Station Silicon Valley Please tell me, someone played this game, and liked it... If you didn't. I recommend you do. now. No questions. now.

01-06-2008, 01:22 PM	#2
SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 373 Thanked 760 Times in 447 Posts	I play many obscure titles. This may or may not be obscure, but I've never met anyone else who's talked about it. It was awesome. Very difficult, required much thinking, and they sure didn't give you many hints. I've honestly never beaten it. I made it very close, but god damn it, what do they want from you? Scorpians that OHKO you with lightning? How are you supposed to get around that?! Er, anyway, yes, I recommend this game, too. Especially if you like difficult games.

01-06-2008, 04:14 PM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I actually didn't know if this game was ever released, even though I remember it from Nintendo Power. I'll probably play it in some form or another.

01-06-2008, 05:30 PM	#4
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	What is this about?

01-06-2008, 05:41 PM	#5
SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 373 Thanked 760 Times in 447 Posts	Well, there's some a guy and his robot buddy, and they accidently crash into some planet, and they lose an important computer chip, that can walk. With this computer chip, you can take over any animal you kill, but they're really robot animals that shoot missles and laser beams! They each have their own abilities and you have to make use of each one to complete a level. I'm not sure what your over all objective was, however.

01-06-2008, 07:12 PM	#6
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Look it up on Wikipedia, it's better than me or SK explaining it to you.

01-06-2008, 07:17 PM	#7
KittenTheSmitten Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 144 Thanks: 41 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	Ohmigosh, I'm THRILLED that someone posted something on this. (I was going to mention it elsewhere, actually xD). Of COURSE I remember this game. For a tiny portion of my life, it was the sole bane of my existence. No, seriously, because I wanted to beat it soooooo badly that I literally tortured myself from 6 AM to 6 AM to accomplish....well, nothing. Yes, I found it totally addicting. One of those games where if you DON'T complete one level, you feel like an absolute dipstick if you leave it that way. At least, it was for me. And it was fun getting to explore the shoes of other..."animals". Robots. Anidroids. Whatever you call them. I liked the rat and the fox. XD Hooray for animals on wheels. We need more of them. I've always wanted to skateboard on a bunny. I BELIEVE your overall objective was to obtain certain parts of the crashed ship to save the fugly bot and the fuglier man (or squash...whatever he was) from the planet and help them home. I never COULD beat that game entirely. >>; Especially what with all the bugs....There was this one collectible statue that I could just walk right through..........drove me bloody MAD. Anyway...wow. Silicon Valley. Ohh, the memories. And oh, the soundtrack. (I mostly remember the jazzy, tinny, slightly unimpressive music..)

01-26-2008, 01:36 PM	#8
Sukasa Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Haha, I remember this game. Very funny- especially the Bear's attack. Basically, the storyline is that this big experiment went wrong, the space station was evil, and now it's come here uner the command of who-knows-what. Our human friend and his robot companion go to attack, but they crash into the station, and the robot gets shattered into tons of parts. After that, you basically have to go aroun 4 worlds to get back the parts of him so he can shut down the station's controlling entity. That and you cannot deny A) the humour is awesome, expecially the guy stuck in the toilet in Rat-O-Matic or the name "The Swamp of Eternal Stench." The music's quite good too.

01-26-2008, 03:31 PM	#9
Dr. Furball Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mad Science Academy, 12th Floor Gender: Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 185 Thanked 97 Times in 60 Posts	I played it for a couple of minutes once, but didn't like it. I think the humor was too dark for me, for one thing. My brothers love it, though.

01-26-2008, 03:57 PM	#10
KittenTheSmitten Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 144 Thanks: 41 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	^ personally, I found the humor a little dry. Says the girl who loved Conker's Bad Fur Day, though.

01-28-2008, 10:58 AM	#11
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	The thing about this game, is that you need to be pretty smart to overcome it. Here is an example: In one level, you start as a fox, and there are two computers with only enough space for you to pass. As soon as you do pass, you notice a Bear, who foams at the mouth and attacks you. Naturally, if you try to fight him, he kills you. He's a bear, you have a teleport move and a "tail Whip" So, you run and eventually you come towards a rat who throws explosive poop. Naturally, you kill him. Now, you need to kill that bear, otherwise, you'll have to worry about him throughout the level. So, you take the rat and bait the bear to the two computers and hide in the little passageway. You should notice that the Bear can't hit you. Here you lay down explosive poop (Which does not hurt you) so that it chips away at the bear's health, making sure not to get too close to him. Eventually, he dies and you get to take his body, which you will need to complete about half the level anyway, so good for you. The thing is that you will have to use your brain. "Should I use that Animal?" "Can I kill tht animal" "Do I need to find another one?" "Do I need health?" "Do I need this animal to complete the puzzle?" It's all about strategy.

01-28-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	You know, I remember picking up both 'Banjo-Kazooie' and 'Space Station Silicon Valley' at Blockbuster back in the day, and thinking "mmmmm...no, two is too many at once--I'll try BK first, and rent this other thing next week". And this is pretty much the first time I've thought about it at all since then.

01-30-2008, 07:20 PM	#13
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	I played it and finally beat it one day, I was happy.

01-30-2008, 08:07 PM	#14
KittenTheSmitten Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 144 Thanks: 41 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	^^ I really have to agree with you. Despite it's appearance, it's a really good thinking game. Sadly, when I was ten, I wasn't much of a thinker. I was a kind of "KILL! CRUSH! DESTROY!" kind of little girl. I hated that bear btw. DX I still nightmare about it. Sheesh.