Beginning their careers as fodder for a series of comical safety commercials, the Crash Test Dummies successfully blasted their way into toys and cartoons. It's only natural they became stars of their own video game for Super NES.
The idea should have worked. As you take one of the mannequins on a cruise through Rube Goldbergian pathways, you have to deal with hazards, such as evil dummies, jumping parking meters, and falling cars. You're playing against the clock, too. Every time something hits you, a limb falls off, until you're just a hopping torso on the roadway.
Incredible Crash Dummies isn't horrible but it's difficult to the point of becoming tedious. The finesse that many players are looking for is replaced by brute-force opposition. Also, many characters give you little time to react. This is compounded by the momentum of your character, which slips and slides. The game is like driving down the road and seeing a car wreck. You've just gotta watch, but you really don't like what you see. - Andy Eddy
Incredible Crash Dummies (for Super NES): US$59.95. LJN: +1 (516) 624 8888.
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