Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness

"Eggo Mania" redirects here. For the arcade game in which a chicken chucks eggs at the player and they have to catch them in a hat, see Eggomania.

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
Developer(s)	HotGen[1]
Publisher(s)	Kemco[1]
Composer(s)	Allister Brimble
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Release	September 11, 2002 GameCube NA: September 11, 2002 JP: September 27, 2002 PAL: October 25, 2002 Xbox NA: September 11, 2002 JP: October 3, 2002 PAL: October 25, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP: September 12, 2002 NA: September 12, 2002 PAL: October 25, 2002 Game Boy Advance NA: September 16, 2002 JP: September 27, 2002 PAL: November 22, 2002
Genre(s)	Puzzle[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness, also known as Eggo Mania^[2] in PAL territories, is a puzzle video game released in 2002 by HotGen. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance.

Gameplay

At the start of a level, crates begin falling from the sky. Each one has a picture of the block it contains on it. The players have to stack these blocks and build a tower up to the hot-air-balloon to finish the level, but it is not that simple: the water at the bottom of the level rises and if the water reaches a row with a hole in it, the row will be destroyed;^[3] if the player decides to take a shortcut, the water will rise faster.^[4] Also, several enemies randomly appear, some stealing crates, and some dragging the player into the water.^[5] There are also items in bubbles that give the player a power-up or help to destroy an opponent's towers.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(GBA) 73%[6] (PS2) 68.33%[7] (GC) 66.18%[8] (Xbox) 64.77%[9]
Metacritic	(GBA) 75/100[10] (PS2) 64/100[11] (GC) 64/100[12] (Xbox) 58/100[13]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Edge	5/10[14]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6/10[15]
Game Informer	(GBA) 8/10[16] (GC) 7.75/10[17]
GamePro	[18]
GameRevolution	C+[19]
GameSpot	6.4/10[2][20]
GameSpy	[21]
GameZone	7.3/10[22]
IGN	(GBA) 7/10[23] (PS2) 6.3/10[24] 5.3/10[25][26]
Nintendo Power	3.6/5[27]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[28]
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	7.8/10[29]

The game was met with positive to mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 73% and 75 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version;^[6][10] 68.33% and 64 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;^[7][11] 66.18% and 64 out of 100 for the GameCube version;^[8][12] and 64.77% and 58 out of 100 for the Xbox version.^[9][13]

References

1. Torres, Ricardo (July 16, 2002). "First Look: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 6, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
2. Davis, Ryan (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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4. "Play Eggo Mania rom Game Online". Vizzed. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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7. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
8. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
9. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
10. "Egg Mania for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
11. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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13. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
14. Edge staff (October 2002). "Eggo Mania". Edge. No. 115.
15. EGM staff (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. p. 194.
16. Helgeson, Matt (October 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". Game Informer. No. 114. p. 94. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
17. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Game Informer. No. 115. November 2002. p. 134.
18. Star Dingo (September 19, 2002). "Egg Mania Review for Game Boy Advance on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
19. Liu, Johnny (October 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
20. Davis, Ryan (December 10, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review (GC, Xbox)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
21. Davis, Brian (October 16, 2002). "GameSpy: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
22. Tha Wiz (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Review - PlayStation 2". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 16, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
23. Harris, Craig (October 14, 2002). "Egg Mania (GBA)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
24. Mirabella III, Fran (September 25, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (PS2)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
25. Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GCN)". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
26. Mirabella III, Fran (September 20, 2002). "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (Xbox)". IGN. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
27. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (GC)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 161. October 2002. p. 196.
28. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. October 2002. p. 146.
29. "Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness". Official Xbox Magazine. December 2002. p. 118.

External links

• Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness at MobyGames