Good Game Get! Robot Wants Ice Cream

Robot is back! He got Kitty, then Puppy (and they didn’t get along at all) and finally Fishy. Now his blood sugar is low, and he and Puppy are off to the Ice Cream Planet for a snack — sans Kitty whose shenanigans got the furr-ball jettisoned into space. Hamumu Software is wrapping up their popular platforming series with the newly released Robot Wants Ice Cream.

If you haven’t had a chance to play them, these little browser games tend to take anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes and have the titular Robot bouncing from one respawn point to the next, battling aliens on its journey for its heart’s desire.

The first game of the series is the most solid, but the second, Robot Wants Puppy, offers perhaps my favorite weapon of any game by using Kitty from the first game as its primary weapon. You even hunt for “claw sharpening” power-ups on your way to get Puppy.

This fourth installment mixes in familiar elements and a fully armored Puppy with a rage inducing “madcap” mode (I still haven’t achieved the third badge on Kongregate.com). Playing like four levels of the same game, and best when played in order, the Robot Wants series is a clever and fun bit of platforming, especially for anyone who loves robots, kitties, puppies or ice cream.

- Andy