Extremely addicting!

Reviewed by i_love_games11 on November 01, 2006  |  report this review

Byte Hell 2000 or Baito Hell 2000 is a collection of crazy Japanese mini-games not unlike Wario Ware for the Nintendo consoles. Unfortunately, this game is a Japanese import so not only will it cost you quite a bit for shipping, but the tariffs as well. As one last note before I actually start to critique this game - I don’t speak one word of Japanese.

One of the most noticeable things right after you boot the game is the crazed kitten with all sorts of Japanese text. Little do you know (at this point) that the game only starts there and works its way up the ladder of insanity. The main menu presents 3 items and an e-mail inbox. The first option allows you to access the games, the second the capsule machines, and the last is Ad-Hoc and the game sharing feature. I still have no idea what anything from the mailbox says. Through this review I will refer to the area where you access the games as the game menu, and the main menu from where you access everything else accordingly.

On the game menu you meet the Byte Devil, and he has some tasks waiting for you. The devils themselves are random, displaying one of 3. As far as I can tell there is no relationship with the devil displayed and the games available. In the upper right hand corner the games themselves are displayed, a random set of four. After you select and complete (or fail) a game you are returned to the game selection menu with another random assortment of games.

You can access any game you want at any time with practice mode – just to clarify that your game selection isn’t always random - by going to the game menu and pressing start you can access a tertiary menu, which has quite a bit of stuff on it. The very first option is practice mode. You can’t get any money in practice mode, but it is a great way to figure out what to do in a game before you actually attempt it for money, which is rewarded only from the random games on the menu with the Byte Devil, the amount is different for every game.

To unlock the games you can play for yen, you first have to get them from one of many capsule machines. There are 4 different levels of machines that each have increasing costs per capsule. The capsules start off at 100 then increases to 500, 1,000, and 5,000 yen per capsule. Another factor, which baffles me, is the fact there are 3 identical machines at each “level” of machine except for the 5,000 yen level, which has only one. I didn’t see any difference in any of the machines on the same level, and likely never will.

Apart from the games, you can also win several other types of items in the capsule machines. Utilities and trinkets are the two other items available, which can make getting a game from a machine rather difficult once you have unlocked some of the games since it is possible to get the same game, utility, or trinket more than one time.

The utilities in Byte Hell 2000 can be more entertaining than the games at some times. Some of these utilities include: ramen timers,

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