Johnny Crash does Texas

What is it?

Mobile phone game. (J2ME) Side scrolling, single button, fly crash your character into things.

Is it fun?

Yes, for a very short period of time (about 15 mins).

Is it worth the money? £1.99 (credit card payment) or £4.50 (SMS payment) from here or free with your new Sony Ericsson phone!

No. You can finish the game in about 15 mins and there’s very little to entice you back.

Why?

Ok, I was really, really, really bored in Subway (mmm, toasted chicken and bacon ranch baguette) one day so I fired up JC does Texas on my Sony Ericsson W810i to pass the time!

This is totally a one trick pony game. Launch JC out of a cannon and press the joystick to “flap” his arms to adjust his trajectory to collide with thunderclouds, birds, planes, hot air balloons and washing lines (even a cow’s backside!) before running out of energy (every flap uses up a little bit) and crashing down to earth. That’s it. There is some element of skill required to fly into the target object required to open up the next level, like a washing line, but other than this it’s a very basic and repetitive game.

The other limitation of Johnny Crash is that there are only 12 levels available, so once you work out where everything is on each level you progress through the game very quickly. Ok, yes, there is the added incentive to achieve the top reputation (i.e. high score) on each level, but once that’s done then nothing’s left to do. Nada. Zip. Next level please matey.
So in summary, play it if you have the game pre-loaded on your phone otherwise it’s not worth the cash.

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Digitial chocolate (the game’s developer)

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