Drill Dozer 2005

Is it still worth playing?

Jill, the daughter of the Red Dozers gang leader Doug, pilots her mech, the Drill Dozer, to get back a red diamond stolen by the Skullkers, in this 2005 platformer for the Game Boy Advance. The L and R buttons spin the drill in different directions, and it fights enemies, bores into certain surfaces and screws objects. Red tunnels need R and blue tunnels need L. Second and third gears hidden in each level increase its power, and some tunnels can only be passed in a certain gear. There are six areas with two big levels each, and later ones add underwater and airborne sections and time limits. A shop sells upgraded drill bits, extra energy tanks and maps that add a third stage to each area. The cartridge has a built in rumble feature. A drill with two directions and gears to find in each level still makes every wall a question.