Evil Stone

Evil Stone is a 1990 arcade game released by Spacy Industrial, Ltd. It was created using the Taito L System arcade hardware.[1]

Not to be confused with Evil eye stone.
Evil Stone
Opening screen of the game, with title and copyright notice
Opening screen
Developer(s)Spacy Industrial, Ltd
Publisher(s)Spacy Industrial, Ltd
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1990
Genre(s)Action puzzle beat-'em-up

Gameplay

The game is played from an overhead perspective, with the player controlling a character jumping through a grid of fixed-distance floating stone platforms to reach and defeat a boss within a time limit, fighting demons and other enemies along the way in a beat-'em-up style.[1][2]

Reception

Because Evil Stone was created using Taito's arcade hardware without an official license, it is considered a very rare collector's item.[1][3] GiantBomb's Drew Scanlon rated the game as the third best title he played in 2020.[2] Evil Stone has received criticism for its very high degree of difficulty,[4][3] as well as for the poor quality of its English translation from the original Japanese.[5][4]

References
  1. "Evil Stone". Killer List of Videogames. WebMagic Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. Scanlon, Drew (19 January 2021). "Drew Scanlon's Top 10 Games of 2020". Giant Bomb. Fandom. Retrieved 7 May 2023. This game actually reminds me a lot of Catherine: it's a basic gameplay loop (jump from platform to platform and avoid/beat up enemies) framed in a setting that is way more involved than you would expect from the simple mechanics. But instead of relationship drama, Evil Stone throws you into a grotesque fantasy world to fight against horse people and demons with prominent butts.
  3. "EVIL STONE (ARCADE)". VGJunk. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. Jonny (14 December 2014). "Evil Stone (Arcade)". Lunatic Obscurity. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. Mandelin, Clyde (11 May 2018). "Bad Game Translation Hall of Fame". Legends of Localization. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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