![]() On Game Gear, sadly, it doesn't fare too well, but that's due to some sadly careless use of the Game Gear screen space rather than its level design, controls etc - the actual meat of the thing is a lot of fun, seeing Mowgli zip around various bits of his beloved jungle collecting precious red diamonds, just like he did in the movie. You wouldn't think a Jungle Book game would work particularly well, but the Mega Drive cart based on the film of the book of the book is a shockingly enjoyable collect-'em-up platformer. One of the weakest carts I've encountered so far. It's a Game Gear cartridge, friends - I don't want to spend ten minutes plus on a single boring level. Bonus rounds see you rolling across obstacle courses on a runaway office chair, but they're so sluggish that they fail to inject any excitement into the proceedings whatsoever. ![]() Worst of all, the levels are enormous, maze-like runarounds full of platforms and ladders like a shit Chuckie Egg, seeing you avoid boring enemy sprites while collecting indistinct objects in an effort to finally move onto the next borderline-identical area. It looks okay, though things move so slowly, so judderingly, that it doesn't really matter. There are barely any sound effects, either. The music sets the tone - or doesn't, because it's borderline unlistenable. The SNES Bonkers game is surprisingly decent so I had hoped this would be okay, but it's a total stinker, folks. Look, the cartoon was beautifully animated, let's just leave it at that. There's plenty of story here, too - far more than any other version - but cut this stuff out and it's a remarkably brief journey. Opening with a couple of exciting chase levels, proceedings soon give way to a somewhat more thoughtful Prince of Persia-style platformer that makes time for the expected magic carpet ride and sword fight against a giant snake. ![]() It lacks the consistency of the Mickey and Donald games, but there's a decent amount of enjoyment to be wrung out of its movie-led structure. What was very impressive on said home console - parallax! Semi-3D buildings! - is less so on the handheld, knowing what it would go on to do, but Aladdin remains an enjoyable little game. Though, to be fair, this is more or less a Master System port. See more of my work at Īlmost every format gets a different Aladdin game, and the Game Gear is no exception.
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