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fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: August 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a challenging game in which you use the power shovel to accomplish a variety of things. First, there is an arcade mode where you have a limited amount of time to load a truck with sand. Then there is a license mode where you do a variety of things with the power shovel like precision driving, loading a truck with sand, and digging a deep hole.

There is also a "part-timer" mode where you do some wacky things with the power shovel like scooping soup, moving turtles from one swimming pool to another, and demolishing a car.

Each of the 3 game types has a limited number of continues, and allows you to progress in the game without just letting you play through until you finish. I think the mix of that is about right.

I have probably spent more time with this game than I have with any other this year. I originally bought this game for my 4 and 6 year old kids because they really like construction type toys and games. Controlling the shovel is way to difficult for children that age. Every single button on the controller is used for something. But I have had a blast with it.

power shovel

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My kids have fun with it. My son is almost 4 so the only part that he's got a handle on is making the curry. He loves to play it though. The only thing I think could be better is the fact that the little host guy only speaks Japanese. I have not been able to figure out how to change it or if you can even change it to English.
Maybe I got a different version I don't know. I got it in the Military exchange so I would expect that it was the only version.

pretty fun game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

its fun but there isnt enough levels so it gets repeditive after awhile, but ove all its a fun game.

Matt's Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is my review by Matthew Gillotti. Olathe,Ks. This game is very fun. However the only thing is, is that all the launguage is spoken in japanese. The graphics are very very good. Also it is fun, they have where you can drive all of these 3 machines. You can dig,load,and crush. I hope they really reall consider making another one. This is great for all ages even from children to grown ups. If you would like to speak w/ me in person about this game then write to Jaman89@juno.com

Keep Ambitious!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Power Shovel is one of those titles that sticks its head out of the ocean of video games for two seconds, then dives back down, never to be seen again. It's not one you see every day; how often do you find a game where you do nothing but control construction vehicles, complete with Japanese voice clips? It really does get annoying to hear the "foreman" yell over and over in Japanese, but you do have a CD player, right? Use it. The modes are quite varied for an arcade game, but they were probably added in for this version. Tear down a house, pour curry on rice ("Great Benefits!" says the instruction manual), and dump four tons of sand onto a pickup truck for no apparent reason. Admittedly, the menus are hard to navigate, not because they have labels like "Drive a rig. Take it easy" or something like that, but because they're poorly set up. It's hard to tell what mode is where and how to set up versus mode. But in the end, if all you want is to drive a Caterpillar in the comfort of your own bunker, and don't mind about a gallon of poor grammar and Japanese voice-overs mixed in, this is your game.

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