Billy Skyscraper

Bank heists are not as popular as they used to be back in the day, mainly because modern technology makes it very difficult to actually get away with it. On top of that, most of the money is in virtual form at the moment, so you can easily find that your heist had a very low payout when you compare it against the huge risk taken with the entire operation.

Billy Skyscraper is an arcade game in which you control a character named Billy, who’s job is to rob banks by flying a jetpack through them as quickly as possible Not only that, but you must also deal with a variety of enemies and security systems, as well as pay attention to various obstacles that can transform your jetpack into a roaring fireball if you happen to touch them.

In short, the story talks about a bunch of evil men who control the banks and who must be stopped before they get too powerful. Thus, the robbery is not exactly bad in this case, because you are stealing from the bad guys. Thankfully, the story doesn’t really matter, which is good news, because there’s not much to it to begin with.

To make matters more interesting, you can gain boosts and earn extra points by picking up gold coins, which are actually the currency you are stealing. If you manage to pick up five in a row, you enter combo mode, which allows you to easily increase your points, provided you manage to fly over other coins in the meantime and avoid the obstacles just like before.

Speaking of which, some of the enemies are actually guards, or even the CEOs themselves. In such cases, you can use your character to punch them in the face, but it’s important to do so at high speed and at head level, otherwise you get destroyed instead. As for the graphics, the retro style works pretty well in this case, and you can tell that the designers have put a bit of effort into the backgrounds.

In the end, Billy Skyscraper is actually pretty fun and engaging, as well as very polished in regards to the gameplay mechanics. Thus, it could be expanded into a lot more if the developers tried to make this into a fully-fledged game.