Publisher:
Disney Interactive
Developer: Disney Interactive, Traveller's
Tales, Psygnosis
Size: 32 megs
No. of players: 1
Got it for: $4.90, complete
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Following
the story of the original movie(and pretty accurately, I might add) you
play as Woody the toy cowboy....and....um....just go watch the movie
to get the rest of the story, leave me alone!
What's it all about?
It's a sidescrolling, driving, flying and even first person shoot...er,
walking, action game. Playing as Woody, you'll make your way through various
scenes from the movie in a variety of playing styles. There's the traditional
2D sidescrolling sections that will have you moving through, trying to
accomplish certain objectives before you can exit, and even racing portions
where you'll ride Rex, Roller Bob and even just haul ass on your own two
feet to make it to the finish. There are also overheard and third person
racing missions where you'll control RC as you tear your way around the
house and city. To add even more to the above mentioned modes, there
is also a flying portion where you and Buzz will attempt to catch up to
the moving truck while dodging trees, street lights and traffic. Finally,
and most shockingly, there's even a first person mode where you are searching,
and trying to free squeeze toy aliens inside the claw machine!
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Graphics
- Fucking amazing. If you didn't know any better, you'd
swear it was a 32X game...it's that impressive. Each and every
level is filled with jaw-dropping special effects and silky-smooth
animation. The characters are huge, and gorgeously rendered with
an amazing amount of color in them. Each new mode you encounter
will
continually blow you away, even more so than the last, with
the level of detail and innovation in the graphics; this, folks,
is the
most
graphically
advanced Genesis game I have ever seen.
Sound
- Not bad, but in comparison to the amazing graphics the
sound really just seems to lack that extra touch. Now, that's not
to say any of it sucks by any means, just that its nothing too
far past standard Genesis fare. The digitized voice bits are a
little scratchy, but the rest of the sound effects are alright.
Music is about as varied as the gameplay...and is of decent quality(I
especially dug the light techno mix that accompanies you when driving
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Control
- Control is damn smooth with the exception
of the overhead RC driving sections...and it's not even that the control
sucks
on that
part so much as the physics are just fucked. You hit a wall and the
car just freaks out spinning in all sorts of directions...it's tough
to get it back under control, especially when you've got the non-stop
energy meter of the batteries going down every second of play.
AI - Brutal. It's bad enough that most of the hits
are cheap, but the fact that they're just hailing down on you *all
the time* really drives it over the edge. Playing this game without
the Unlimited Lives code from the Game Genie, I've *never* made it
past level seven. To add to this, Continues are virtually impossible
to
earn(going through the entire game, collecting stars the entire
way, I earned *one, 1, O-N-E* continue, and it was after my stars were
tallied
up ON THE LAST LEVEL)... |
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value - Moderate. The game is still a lot of fun, even with
its insane difficulty level. Using the Game Genie helps take a lot
of
the frustration
out of it, so you can enjoy the feast of graphics and special effects
that this amazing title delivers, over and over. |
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Tips
for better gaming experiences:
On
the two overhead RC racing sections, just *tap* the Gas button
to make your way around the track, trust me, you'll wipe out a
lot less. Also, be
sure and try to follow the path the stars make around the tracks as this
is generally either the best path to take, or leads you to another battery.
The Claw level, where you have to protect Buzz, is quite possibly the
hardest level on the game. There are a few things to remember here to
successfully
make it though: A) You ONLY need to attack the claw when it actually
grabs Buzz(it generally takes one to two hits to knock him loose) and
B) Try
to stand to the right of the Claw at all times...this makes it
WAY easier to actually hit it with the alien toys.
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Past
that, it is my recommendation that, to have any fun with the
game, you use the Unlimited Lives code via the Game Genie. Trust
me, you *will* need it...
Game Genie:
Unlimited
Lives: BJDA-AA7A |
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| My
rating: 95(out of 100) - One of the most graphically impressive
Genesis games of all time. This is what you get when you mix Pixar/Disney
animators(Disney Interactive) with a truly phenomenal development
house(Traveller's Tales) and spike it with innovative
play mechanics(Psygnosis). Sadly, the difficulty really hurts the
title's playability, but hey, that's what the Game Genie is for right? |
JD's toyish thoughts: Holy cats, this game is incredible...and incredibly fucking
hard! |
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Get
those army men moving! |
Be
SURE to pick up those batteries or your little drive will be just
*this* short! |
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Hauling
ass with RC! |
Inside
the Claw machine... |
Toying
around with the game:
The RC level that has Woody riding from a third person
perspective(bottom, left hand pic) is actually a Genesis-only
level. Apparently there are all sorts of weird, smaller changes
between the Genesis and SNES version of the game. Check out the
Toy Story Walkthrough by William Walker
for more info on that. |
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More of the Toy Story cast: |
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