History VideoGame / SpaceStationSiliconValley

* GameBreakingBug: The souvenir trophy for Fat Bear Mountain can be found, but not gathered. Your character will pass through it without any effect. Sadly this makes the game impossible to be 100% winnable, and the ending bonus level cannot be accessed without cheating.

* BossInMookClothing: Since you can control any of the animals, there are no real bosses (until the end). Some animals are very hard to take down however, filling the role of level boss.

* FloatingPlatforms: Justified by either being designed to do so or being prices of the station floating in space.

* DieChairDie: You can blow up the speakers [[SorryILeftTheBGMOn playing the background music,]] as well as the terminal screens.

* ExplodingBarrels: Handy for taking out does if you have a ranged animal.

* SpaceZone: Rocky Hard Place.

* BittersweetEnding: Space Station Silicon Valley [[spoiler: smashes into the New York Harbor,]] gets [[spoiler:completely destroyed,]] and all the animals [[spoiler: must die in order to save the earth from being terrorized.]] Oh, and not to mention that [[spoiler: Dan takes all the credit for saving the world, despite having spent the entire game sitting in the ship and yelling at you - and then even sells the ending sequence to pay for a new ship!]]

%%* BrainInAJar

* ExplodingBarrels
* FloatingPlatforms

* ItsUpToYou: Because Dan certainly isn't going to do anything.

* LazyBum: Dan. Never leaves the ship and is only there to give you your objectives and occasional advice along with a snide comment. [[spoiler:In the end, he takes all the credit for saving the Earth. And then he sells the ending sequence to pay for a new ship. ''Bastard''.]]

* ObviousBeta

* PassThroughTheRings

* JumpPhysics: Sheep can floaty hop like Princess Peach for some reason. Penguins at least justify it with their parachutes.

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* BittersweetEnding: Space Station Silicon Valley [[spoiler: smashes into the New York Harbor,]] gets [[spoiler: completely destroyed,]] and all the animals [[spoiler: must die in order to save the earth from being terrorized.]] Oh, and not to mention that [[spoiler: Dan takes all the credit for saving the world, despite having spent the entire game sitting in the ship and yelling at you - and then even sells the ending sequence to pay for a new ship!]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Getting the bonus trophy in each level often requires senselessly killing all of a certain type of animal. One particularly disturbing example occurs in the level "Hoppa Choppa", in which you get the trophy by killing a group of rabbits that you spent the rest of the level trying to ''protect''.

The game was later ported to the Playstation under the title ''Evo's Space Adventures.'' [[DisasterPort You do not want to play this version.]] While not incredibly well known, the game was well received and critically acclaimed, despite several glitches (including [[GameBreakingBug one major one]] that somehow made it past Quality Control). Regardless, the game never ceases to be wacky, original, or fun.

A rather strange PlatformGame that takes place on the titular space station. The station was originally intended to be a technological amusement park of sorts, complete with a zoo. It disappears in 2001 shortly after its launch and was thought to be lost. However in the year 3000, the station reappears on a crash course for Earth and "Heroes for Hire" Dan Danger and his robot sidekick Evo are dispatched to stop it.

On the way, Dan and Evo get in an argument about the radio, which leads to them getting distracted and crashing into the station. They land unharmed, but Evo's attempts to eject don't kick in until after they stop, causing him to launch into the station's ceiling. As a result, Evo's body breaks apart leaving his microchip brain (that can crawl like a spider) helpless. Fortunately for him, the animals on the station have merged with the technology over the years, making them more akin to robots like him. He simply hops into a dog that was killed in the crash and takes control of it.

From there you take over Evo, while Dan sits in the spaceship and does nothing. Evo's loss of his body allows him to jump into any deactivated animal and use its abilities. This helps him meet the objectives of each level, which of course opens up the next. Each animal is weirder than the next, including missile launching dogs with wheels for feet, rams and sheep on springs, helicopter rabbits, and camels with a turreted cannon for a hump.

Originally for the N64, it was later ported to the Playstation under the title ''Evo's Space Adventures.'' While not incredibly well known, the game was well received and critically acclaimed, despite several glitches (including [[GameBreakingBug one major one]] that somehow made it past Quality Control). The game never ceases to be wacky, original, or fun.

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[[caption-width-right:333:They seem friendly. Let's pet them!]]

* [[spoiler:BrainInAJar]]

* [[spoiler:ColonyDrop]]: Subverted. At the end of the game, the entire space station (the largest one ever built) [[spoiler: falls straight down into New York Harbor. Ironically, Dan, Evo and all the animals are unharmed, but the space station is in ruins. The Earth suffers no damage from the collision, either]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJ4OT6-5GU This music video]] shows some shots of the beta. The flying mouse would have been a fun addition.

* TedBaxter: Upon completing the final level, Dan exclaims "I did it, Evo! I saved the world!" Even though he [[strike: really just sat]] was trapped in his ship the whole time.

[[caption-width-right:333:They seem friendly. Lets pet them!]]

A rather strange PlatformGame that takes place on the titular space station. The station was originally intended to be a technological amusement park of sorts, complete with a zoo. It disappears in 2001 shortly after its launch and was thought to be LostForever. However in the year 3000, the station reappears on a crash course for Earth and "Heroes for Hire" Dan Danger and his robot sidekick Evo are dispatched to stop it.

* ShoutOut: One to ''CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' in Pinball Blizzard.

** Also, your animal hosts can't jump while in in water. This makes a lot of sense. Ever tried jumping into the air whilst swimming in RealLife?

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Originally for the N64, it was later ported to the Playstation under the title ''Evo's Space Adventures.'' While not incredibly well known, the game was well received and critically acclaimed, despite several glitches. The game never ceases to be wacky, original, or fun.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Space_Station_Silicon_Valley.jpg
[[caption-width:333:They seem friendly. Lets pet them!]]