Murtop

murtop is a fun retro arcade experience think bomberman digdug WITH BUNNIES! graphics and sound are wonderful, and it's fun as heck, give it a play!

Murtop is an unabashed, lazy ripoff of Dig Dug (Copyright Bandai Namco, 1982). Many lazy "amateur" developers don't pay attention to their obligations under copyright law, and often steal the ideas of actual, real game developers without credit, such as the "developer" here has done. At this stage no legal action has been taken by Bandai Namco against the "developer" here, but it's never off the table, as previous copyright law cases have shown. Indeed, even the developer's business name is infringing on copyright from Disney's "Tron" franchise.. I have to say it's a bold move betting 100% of your business on the assumption Disney don't protect their copyrights. So with this bit of Steam Direct garbage (the quality of which we'll go into shortly, spoiler, it's bad), the question is not "will they get sued?", the question is "which of the various copyright holders whose IP is being infringed will shut them down first?" Putting aside the unethical intellectual bankruptcy of stealing someone else's game concept for profit, this is also breaking that unwritten law of stealing other people's game ideas... you should at least try to do better than the game you're ripping off. Murtop is considerably worse than Dig Dug. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, left handed gamers or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts. PC gamers will be insulted by the presence of console peasant children's toy controller prompts, despite this being on PC. Developers should try to be aware which platform they're developing for. The game features no proper level design or game/story flow/plot, as they opted to try to use samey repetitive procgen algorithms as a substitute for adding such content to the game, to avoid doing the important job of level/map design. As a result, the game doesn't actually have any content worth mentioning, just endless, boring, repetitive, soulless algorithmically generated sameyness. Developers must learn that procedural generation is not an acceptable substitute for content. The very poor quality of this game puts it beneath that of ancient 1990's Flash/Java games, and given it's 2025 (and this was released not so far back in 2023), gamers and the industry expect and deserve better than this kind of low effort shovelware. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was [b]only 9 players[/b]. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 130,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 130,000+ games on Steam? Murtop has the total ripoff price of around $5 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam. For comparison, the $5 asking price for this game could get you games like "Torchlight 2", "Batman: Arkham City" or "Killing Floor 2". No pixelcrap is worth $5. If developers want to get paid the same kind of money as real game developers who know how to do graphics properly, they need to learn how to do graphics properly. [quote][b][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/profile]Profile Features Limited![/url][/b] Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.[/quote]

I love Bomberman, I like Dig Dug, and I'm delighted that I was pointed in the direction of Murtop, which is a mash-up of both. It stars a little bunny called Murti, who is tasked with saving the world and its supply of carrots from a gang of invading moles. The visuals, controls, music, and presentation are all spot-on, conjuring up the feel of a well-polished single-screen arcade game from the 1980s - complete with period-appropriate bezel art, too! The main character has just the right amount of weight and momentum when she moves (which is accompanied by a cute little hopping sound that's very much in the vein of the blippy movement noises in early-80s arcade titles like Donkey Kong), and there are neat little touches all over the place, such as the boot-sequence replicating the self-test ROM-checks of vintage arcade cabinets, a sweat-drop appearing on Murti's face when she poops out a bomb, and the enemies turning towards the screen and cheering the player's demise when your last life is lost. It's a lot of fun, and draws on the classics whilst also feeling fresh and new. I really appreciate the leaderboards being kept separate from the game itself, requiring the user to scan a QR Code in order to participate - this way, there are no possible problems if you're playing on a portable device away from an internet connection, or just don't care about that sort of thing. Playing the native Linux version on the Steam Deck using the d-pad, I've occasionally encountered what seems to be an input bug - sometimes, seemingly when making a lot of twists and turns in quick succession when being chased, the controls will suddenly register that Right is being held even though it isn't, which will lead to death and a Continue screen where you cannot move away from the "No" option. Popping up the menus using the Steam Deck's dedicated buttons for this reveals that the d-pad is actually functioning fine when this is going on, and starting a new game from the main menu after being forced not to continue will see everything return to normal again, at least until the next time. This first happened to me in a run where I had reached Stage 180, which was quite disconcerting, though I was able to reproduce it shortly after starting a new game on a different day, too. Aside from this, however, I've been having an excellent time with Murtop - it's definitely been a worthy addition to my library, and if you like Bomberman, Dig Dug, or any of the recent wave of vintage-inspired modern arcade games on Steam, you can't go far wrong by giving it a look.

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cute lil arcade game technically is quite short since it repeat the levels every 5 levels endlessly but thats the thing it supose to be a 80`s arcade your objective is that high score the gameplay is a mix betwin dig dug and bomberman with a cute crazy bunny xD get it if you love classic arcade games

Great arcade game that takes me back to my youth when I’d come home from school and play Bomberman, but with a much more modern feel. It’s a very addictive game, and you can challenge your friends to see who gets the highest score… it even has a global leaderboard that proves how bad I am at playing!

Ok, this is a LOT OF FUN. When I open up a videogame, that's what I want. Frenetic, fast, fun. I know I don't have a lot of time while writing this review, but I instantly fell in love with the game. I am a big fan of Dig-Dug, and this feels like Dig-Dug on high energy drugs. This wouldn't feel out of place in a early 80s arcade, even the resolution is correct. This makes me feel a little bit of hope that I'll still have new fun games to play in the future, and makes me want to make my own early 80s alike arcade games. It supports TATE mode for those who care (I do), and Thank God the developer left a Pixel-Perfect option, so I can play the game without distorted pixels. I don't care about the borders, I care about the art not being distorted :)

A very authentic retro arcade game, that feels like it has stood the test of time all the way from the 80's.