Chuck E. Cheese's Party Games

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: UFO Interactive

Chuck E. Cheese’s Party Games is a collection of mini games that might provide brief moments of nostalgia if you remember ever visiting a Chuck E. Cheese as a kid. Many of the classic games that I remember as a child make an appearance here, and I must admit, that it made me smile. Now, with all that mushy stuff out of the way – this game isn’t very good at all. You’ve got limited tokens to play games. The way to earn more tokens is to make a bunch of pizzas within a time limit. Then go back to playing games. If you get bored with the games you have, to can spin a wheel and hope that it lands on a space to provide you with a new game…over and over and over and over and over and over again. And yes, you earn tickets, and yes, most of the “items” that you can purchase require you to spend way too much time suffering through this mess to be worth it. Party Games is not a good collection of mini games at all. You may see a smile appear on your face briefly at times as fond memories enter your mind from when you played the real versions of some of the games as a child…but that smile will likely fade as soon as you return to reality and realize that you’re playing this instead of standing in the children’s casino of your youth.

Review added: 02/28/2021

Chuck E. Cheese's Sports Games

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: UFO Interactive

Chuck E. Cheese’s Sports Games is a HUGE jump up from the pizza-serving rat’s previous game that was supposed to simulate playing games in the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. While I liked the concept of the previous game a lot, the execution of the game just fell flat. Instead of Chuck E. Cheese’s Sports Games being a simulation of visiting everyone’s favorite rat-infested child casino, this is more of a Wii Sports rip-off. The result is still flawed, but much better than the previous game. Some games like bowling, are mildly fun, but seem to require zero skill…I nearly got a 300 game on my first attempt at playing. Then games like baseball, tennis, and hockey are pretty boring. The other sports, which also include fishing, kart racing, water gun shooting, and a mystery game that I didn’t care enough to unlock, aren’t great…maybe the mystery game is, but looking at the other games in the compilation, I wouldn’t bet on it. The only game that I’d be willing to pop this in again to play is mini golf, which is done fairly well. If they had released Chuck E. Cheese Mini Golf, and just created more mini golf courses and such, I think they’d have a decent game on their hands. Anyway, Sports Games is a major improvement on Party Games, but it’s still not really anything worth going out of your way to play.

Review added: 02/28/2021