It feels as if the game was made just for the Genesis and not as a cross platform release. Each level seems alive and vibrant and the artists made great use of what colors they had. Who said the Sega Genesis had a limited color palette? You could never tell in this game (along with most of the greats). Other than that, I have no complaints.Īs for the rest of the game, it is art. One particular point I can remember is when you fight the cat at the end of “What the Heck.” That annoying lil’ bugger will take a few hits at you before you can get rid of all your plasmas and missiles which are almost useless on him. Weapon changing is not much of a hassle throughout the game if you want to conserve plasma guns or homing missiles, which are the additional weapons given to you in SE, but if you forget to get rid of them before certain parts you are hung out to dry. In the final level, you will ruin your thumbs trying to maneuver about the deep pit avoiding the spiked walls. Where the controls should have been worked on a little are when you helicopter (you spin your head around to slow your fall) and they should have improved the option to change weapons (which they later fixed in the sequel). Jumping from platform to platform is also great. I am not saying they are awful Jim moves around very easily and using the head whip is simple. To get the only downside to the game out of the way, I am going to discuss the controls. Whatever, I had a lot of time to read the manual cover to cover… Twenty-five times. It took me forever but finally I had the money together for the game I saved pennies off the ground, quarters from in the couch, I even took the money out of the change cup they have next to the cash register at the convenience store. I had to have a copy of my own and started saving.

For me it all began when I played the Genesis version at my friend’s house and fell in love. Take the Genesis game, throw in longer levels, an extra gun, a KILLER soundtrack, an EXTRA LEVEL and you will forget all about those awkward loading times.

This game here is everything the Genesis and SNES games were, times a million. When they say “Special Edition,” they aren’t lying. Genre: Platformer Developer: Shiny Publisher: Interplay Players: 1 Released: 1995

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