Everything about Space Station Silicon Valley totally explained
Space Station Silicon Valley is a
platform game released in October,
1998 by Scottish developer DMA Design (now known as
Rockstar North, creator of the
Grand Theft Auto series). It was initially released for the
Nintendo 64, and later in a version for the
Game Boy Color. Several
glitches were present within the game, but this didn't prevent it from attaining considerable critical acclaim.
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) It was ported in the Summer of
2000 in
Europe to the
Playstation under the title of
Evo's Space Adventures.
Storyline
The game's storyline revolves around a
space station, home to numerous animals (the station was intended by the designer to be a "technologically advanced
amusement park"), which was launched and subsequently lost in the year 2001. Thought to have disappeared forever, it reappears in the year 3000, and its designer, Professor Cheese, mysteriously vanishes upon an excursion to the station. Following this, A duo of "Heroes for Hire", namely Danger Dan and his partner Evo, are dispatched to the station in order to investigate this disappearance. They arrive to find that over 1000 years, the animal cargo had evolved and merged with technology; examples including an electronically-powered
fox with motorized wheels and a steam-powered
hippopotamus. Throughout the course of the game, the space station is on a collision course with
Earth, and it's the player's mission to save all of humanity.
Within the game, the player controls Evo, a
robot who is reduced to no more than a
microchip during the crash into the station (caused by a fight the heroes were having over which radio station to listen) and must enter the bodies of the animals therein (who each possess their own abilities), in order to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in each level. As this progresses, Dan is trapped in the team's destroyed
spaceship and does nothing but assign Evo his missions and watch the player's actions.
Critical reception
Space Station Silicon Valley was largely well received due to its intuitive mechanics, innovative level design, and comical concepts, obtaining a cumulative score of 83 on
Metacritic.
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Bugs and glitches
freeze up, but it's a rare occurrence. Freezes are more common when using the Expansion Pak. In some cases it's impossible to get past the first few start up screens if the Expansion Pak is present.
Another bug (pictured right) allows the player to walk through the level bonus souvenir, preventing the player from collecting all the souvenirs in the game. When this bug occurs, it's impossible for the player to complete the game and witness the proper ending for the game.
Trivia
Scenes from this game are featured in the music video for
Mouse On Mars' song "Twift".
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