Abstract: Hammerin Hero is a video game for the PSP thats fun and inventive for the first few hours but starts to get boring and repetitive after a few hours. Recommended for a gamer who only wants a few minutes of entertaining but quickly forgotten platformin...
Abstract: Hammerin' Hero wasn't a series I was familiar with until this release on PSP, but from what I understand it's been a semi-long running series from developer Irem, the guys who are probably most famous for the shooter series R-Type. After playing this f...
Abstract: There’s a lot to like about a cute and utterly enjoyable platform game like Hammerin’ Hero and even more so if you like a game that tips its hat to classic platform games. While combat isn’t very exciting, the levels will keep fans of the genre very en...
Abstract: Although Japanese publisher Irem is best known for games like R-Type and Disaster Report, one of its longer-running series has barely appeared outside Japan. Daiku no Gen-san, a.k.a. Hammerin' Harry, is a simple but satisfying platform action game, and...
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Published: 2009-04-08, Author: Tom , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Hammerin' Hero's title leaves very little to the imagination. As a heroic young man named Gen, you wield a novelty-sized giant hammer and fend off waves of humans, robots, and anything else stupid enough to stand in your way. If only an adjective stres...
Abstract: Our diminutive hero is literally hammering home his message to the evil corporation that has invaded his 'hood. Gen is a carpenter. His tool and weapon of choice is a large hammer that he employs to eliminate the threat of the construction company that...
Abstract: So Japan needs a hero? I guess. I dunno. I think America needs the hero right now. Hell, the PSP needs a old-school platforming hero just as bad. And I think we might just have one with Gen, the humble Japanese hammer-toting carpenter with an impossib...
