HackyZack

Release Date: March 28, 2017

Arcade, platformers, 2D, for 2 players, indie games, co-op, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer

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A platformer in which, in addition to jumping on the platforms, our task is to reflect balls of various properties. Depending on the mode selected, the tasks in HackyZack consist in reaching the exit or destroying all the diamonds on the board.

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6.8

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Game is Recomended by 37% of Critics. There are 5 Critic Reviews.

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Video Chums: 3 / 5 by A.J. Maciejewski

HackyZack can be fun if you enjoy intensely challenging 2D games but for everyone else, it's simply too irritating to recommend.

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FingerGuns: 7 / 10 by Sean Davies

A real test for your thumbs and your patients, HackyZack comes to PS4 to kick your balls around.

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Handsome Phantom: 7 / 10 by Philip Neyman

HackyZack is a challenging retro-ish affair that will speak to fans from the 16-bit era or so. If you enjoy challenging platformers, this game is for you.

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HackyZack is an original platform game that made its debut on PC and was later released on Nintendo Switch. The independent studio Spaceboy Games was responsible for developing the PC version, Kittehface Software helped with creating the Switch version.

Mechanics

In HackyZack, the action is shown from the side. As we play, we take on the role of the eponymous boy who travels across more than a hundred levels located in six different worlds. In addition to the genre's characteristic platform jumping, the gameplay is based on bouncing balls with various properties such as increased elasticity or slower movement.

The tasks vary depending on the game mode; while in Goal Mode we have to reach the exit with the ball, in Target Mode our goal is to destroy all the diamonds on the board as quickly as possible, just like in the popular Arcanoid. As we progress, we collect stickers that give us access to challenges from the Target Mode and unlock new protagonists.

Game modes

On PC, HackyZack enables us to play solo, the Nintendo Switch version, however, also offers a local multiplayer mode.

Technical aspects

Two-dimensional graphics of HackyZack user the pixel art technique. The battles are accompanied by a relaxing soundtrack composed by Vincent Rubinetti.

Last updated on February 29, 2020