Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (SMS, 1992 or 1993)
Graphics-9.5 Sound-8.5 Control-8.5 Challenge-7.5 Story-5
Level Design-8.5 Frustration-7.5 Fun-9 Originality-6.5
Overall Score-9
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Some branching paths between levels and within a few levels
Finding the stars adds some replay value
Some innovative gameplay (shrink in size, switches that affect level layouts), front and back plane action (shinobi/wonder boy 3), beating one level sometimes affects the layout of another - the lake)
Hidden items
Good length
Pretty fast paced
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Mostly simple bosses
Picking up blocks and initiating climbing is a bit slower than it should be
Some slowdown
Some stages are very short (flower field)
Some delay in the movement controls after getting hit
Some boring/tedious parts (lake level, you can fall down and have to repeat a long segment in the toy factory)
No difficulty options
Level Design-8.5 Frustration-7.5 Fun-9 Originality-6.5
Overall Score-9
+
Some branching paths between levels and within a few levels
Finding the stars adds some replay value
Some innovative gameplay (shrink in size, switches that affect level layouts), front and back plane action (shinobi/wonder boy 3), beating one level sometimes affects the layout of another - the lake)
Hidden items
Good length
Pretty fast paced
-
Mostly simple bosses
Picking up blocks and initiating climbing is a bit slower than it should be
Some slowdown
Some stages are very short (flower field)
Some delay in the movement controls after getting hit
Some boring/tedious parts (lake level, you can fall down and have to repeat a long segment in the toy factory)
No difficulty options