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Felix The Cat (NES)
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09-24-18 07:11 AM
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Hello, ladies and gentleman, this is Kenneth$2 and today I will do a review of Felix The Cat for the NES. Let's get on with the review. Graphics - 8 For a 1992 game, the graphics are actually pretty good. Felix, the enemies and the bosses are pretty well detailed. The background graphics are pretty good and detailed as well.Sound - 9 The sound in Felix The Cat for the NES is among the best in the NES library. Stage 4-2 & 6-2 & 9 (the underwater levels and the final level in this game), in particular can actually sound a bit scary/spooky and this lets you know that the bad guy in this game isn't messing around. Story - 7 It's your damsel-in-distress kind of story here. In this case, The Professor (seriously, that's what he's called in the 1958 TV series) wants Felix's magic bag of tricks. He kidnapped Kitty Kat (Felix's girlfriend, which as far as am I concerned, wasn't in the 1958 TV series) in order for Felix to hand over his magic bag. While this story may be decent for a NES game, let it be known that I generally don't care about story that much since it doesn't directly affect the game in any way. Depth - 7 The depth is actually pretty decent here. In the land stages, you get to be a a regular cat (Normal Felix), a cat with a magic wand (Magic Felix), a rocket car (Rocket Car Felix) and a tank (Tank Felix). In the air stages, you get to be a umbrella cat (Umbrella Felix), a balloon (Hot-Air Balloon Felix) and a airplane (Airplane Felix). In the above water stages, you get to be a cat in a boat (Boat Felix) and a cat riding a dolphin (Dolphin-Riding Felix). In the underwater stages, you get to be a cat diver (Diver Felix), a cat riding a turtle (Turtle-Riding Felix) and a cat in a submarine (Submarine Felix). In the space stage, you get to be a cat in a space ship (Space Felix). Also, the stages have enemies like trees spitting fire at you, enemies that move on the ground, et cetera. One more thing: land stages have Normal Felix, Magic Felix, Rocket Felix and Tank Felix, in that order. Air stages have Umbrella Felix, Hot-Air Balloon Felix and Airplane Felix, in that order. Above water stages have Boat Felix and Dolphin-Riding Felix, in that order. Underwater stages have Diver Felix, Turtle-Riding Felix and Submarine Felix, in that order. The space stage has Space Felix (that's it). The stages themselves are quite different from one another, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 1 is your typical stage that's like Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) and Super Mario Bros 3 (Grassland, World 1) in that it's a happy world. Stage 2-1 is the first air stage of the game. There are cannons in this part of the stage. Stages 2-2 & 2-3 are pyramid stages where Rockbottom's face appears and spits out dog faces. (Stages 2-2 & 2-3 have the same forms as Stage 1 does). Stage 3 is a mountain stage (it isn't slippery, however) and Stage 3-3 is an air stage. Stage 3 also has the cannons return from Stage 2-1. Stage 4 is a tropical stage with 1 land stage (4-1), 1 above water stage (4-2) and 1 underwater stage (4-3) with enemies like jellyfish and crabs and other fish. Stage 5 is like Super Mario World's Yoshi's Island 1, except in the evening and with dinosaurs spitting out projectiles similar to the trees in Stage 1. Stage 5-3 is also an air stage (with green things throwing stuff at you) and stuff like that. Stage 6-1 is the first snow/ice stage (believe it or not there are 2 snow/ice worlds back to back in this game) with the fish throwing snowballs and stuff. Stage 6-2 is the second (and final) underwater stage in the game. Stage 7 is the second snow/ice world with both stages being land stages. Stage 8 is a space stage with Metal Slimes in UFOs attacking you and meteors that you can shoot down. This is probably the hardest stage in the game, since there is NOTHING below Space Felix (meaning it's a one-hit kill in this stage) and the fact that the milk bottles float higher due to the lower gravity in this stage. Stage 9 (the final stage) is on Mars (or, at least, I believe it's Mars). This is where you'll meet the fireballs (which take 4 hits to go down as Tank Felix, by the way). (Every other enemy takes 1 hit to go down as Tank Felix). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bosses are from the 1958 TV series (which are pretty easy, actually). Stage 1's boss is Poindexter (he throws balls which are easy to cancel out with your projectiles). Stage 2's boss is Rockbottom, The Professor's second-in-command (he bounces on a thing that's like between stilts and a trampoline and shoots at you periodically). Stage 3's boss is Master Cylinder (he shoots lasers at you periodically). Stage 4's boss is Gulpo, the amoeba-like green thing (he throws bubbles at you and shouts "GULP" at you). Stage 5's boss is a "Fake Felix" which has a gun, which he shoots at you periodically and charges at you after he shoots at you. Stage 6's boss is Master Cylinder 2 (he shoots bubbles at you this time). Stage 7's boss is Poindexter 2 (he throws snowballs at you, which is very similar to Poindexter 1's pattern of throwing balls at you). Stage 9's boss is "The Professor" and he's probably the hardest boss in Felix The Cat for the NES (although, he's not much harder than the bosses in this game). He throws diamonds at you and homes on in (tryingto hit you with his machine, that is) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The power-ups are a heart (which gives you more hit UNLESS you're at the final form in any stage, in which that case, it'll give you an extra life), milk bottles (these replenish 2 hearts in your magic meter), Felix heads (which act like the coins AND like the coin blocks in the Super Mario Bros series), and extra lives (hidden inside a cloud that looks like The Professor) and 500 points (hidden inside what looks like a cloud which resembles Kitty Kat). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Magic Meter is another fun mechanic to the game. The meter's basically equivalent of the fuel meter inside cars (in which, that if the car's fuel meter is on "E" (that's empty for those of you who don't know about the "F" and "E" fuel meter) the car doesn't move. The magic meter downgrades Felix by one form (for example, if he was Tank Felix and the magic meter runs out, he goes down to Rocket Car Felix). In most cases, you cannot die from running out of magic on your magic meter (though there IS one exception to that rule; Stage 8 (the space stage)). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do game over (which isn't likely considering how easy this game is), you do have 3 continues at your disposal. You probably won't even come close to using them, though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addictiveness - 10 I would play this game again and again and again, simply because it's THAT fun. I mean, the worlds are varied, the different forms are varied and even the enemies and bosses are varied. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulty - 3 This game is pretty easy, because of the fact that you can build up a LOT of lives by the end of the game. I had my life count in the 50-plus range or higher by the time I got to the end of the game. Some of the bosses can be pushed back REPEATEDLY and they have predictable patterns that a 6-year old can see coming from a mile away. The only challenging part is Stage 8 (the space stage). That stage is a one-hit kill stage with the magic meter as an additional thing to worry about (because there's nothing below Space Felix). If that magic meter runs out on Stage 8, you die (it's that simple). However, the power-up hearts do help you in that stage quite a bit, because they not only give you extra lives (like I said, you have only one form, Space Felix), but they fill up you magic meter ENTIRELY. (Also, try to get the milk bottles as much you can (although, you won't be able to get all 3 easily, if at all, because of the lower gravity in the stage). Other than the space stage, this game's pretty easy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall - 9.2 Would I recommend playing this game? Yes, I would because this game is different from the NES Mario games in many ways. This game is fun without a doubt and the lack of challenge probably helps that. This is Kenneth$2. See you later. Let's get on with the review. Graphics - 8 For a 1992 game, the graphics are actually pretty good. Felix, the enemies and the bosses are pretty well detailed. The background graphics are pretty good and detailed as well.Sound - 9 The sound in Felix The Cat for the NES is among the best in the NES library. Stage 4-2 & 6-2 & 9 (the underwater levels and the final level in this game), in particular can actually sound a bit scary/spooky and this lets you know that the bad guy in this game isn't messing around. Story - 7 It's your damsel-in-distress kind of story here. In this case, The Professor (seriously, that's what he's called in the 1958 TV series) wants Felix's magic bag of tricks. He kidnapped Kitty Kat (Felix's girlfriend, which as far as am I concerned, wasn't in the 1958 TV series) in order for Felix to hand over his magic bag. While this story may be decent for a NES game, let it be known that I generally don't care about story that much since it doesn't directly affect the game in any way. Depth - 7 The depth is actually pretty decent here. In the land stages, you get to be a a regular cat (Normal Felix), a cat with a magic wand (Magic Felix), a rocket car (Rocket Car Felix) and a tank (Tank Felix). In the air stages, you get to be a umbrella cat (Umbrella Felix), a balloon (Hot-Air Balloon Felix) and a airplane (Airplane Felix). In the above water stages, you get to be a cat in a boat (Boat Felix) and a cat riding a dolphin (Dolphin-Riding Felix). In the underwater stages, you get to be a cat diver (Diver Felix), a cat riding a turtle (Turtle-Riding Felix) and a cat in a submarine (Submarine Felix). In the space stage, you get to be a cat in a space ship (Space Felix). Also, the stages have enemies like trees spitting fire at you, enemies that move on the ground, et cetera. One more thing: land stages have Normal Felix, Magic Felix, Rocket Felix and Tank Felix, in that order. Air stages have Umbrella Felix, Hot-Air Balloon Felix and Airplane Felix, in that order. Above water stages have Boat Felix and Dolphin-Riding Felix, in that order. Underwater stages have Diver Felix, Turtle-Riding Felix and Submarine Felix, in that order. The space stage has Space Felix (that's it). The stages themselves are quite different from one another, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 1 is your typical stage that's like Green Hill Zone (Sonic The Hedgehog) and Super Mario Bros 3 (Grassland, World 1) in that it's a happy world. Stage 2-1 is the first air stage of the game. There are cannons in this part of the stage. Stages 2-2 & 2-3 are pyramid stages where Rockbottom's face appears and spits out dog faces. (Stages 2-2 & 2-3 have the same forms as Stage 1 does). Stage 3 is a mountain stage (it isn't slippery, however) and Stage 3-3 is an air stage. Stage 3 also has the cannons return from Stage 2-1. Stage 4 is a tropical stage with 1 land stage (4-1), 1 above water stage (4-2) and 1 underwater stage (4-3) with enemies like jellyfish and crabs and other fish. Stage 5 is like Super Mario World's Yoshi's Island 1, except in the evening and with dinosaurs spitting out projectiles similar to the trees in Stage 1. Stage 5-3 is also an air stage (with green things throwing stuff at you) and stuff like that. Stage 6-1 is the first snow/ice stage (believe it or not there are 2 snow/ice worlds back to back in this game) with the fish throwing snowballs and stuff. Stage 6-2 is the second (and final) underwater stage in the game. Stage 7 is the second snow/ice world with both stages being land stages. Stage 8 is a space stage with Metal Slimes in UFOs attacking you and meteors that you can shoot down. This is probably the hardest stage in the game, since there is NOTHING below Space Felix (meaning it's a one-hit kill in this stage) and the fact that the milk bottles float higher due to the lower gravity in this stage. Stage 9 (the final stage) is on Mars (or, at least, I believe it's Mars). This is where you'll meet the fireballs (which take 4 hits to go down as Tank Felix, by the way). (Every other enemy takes 1 hit to go down as Tank Felix). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bosses are from the 1958 TV series (which are pretty easy, actually). Stage 1's boss is Poindexter (he throws balls which are easy to cancel out with your projectiles). Stage 2's boss is Rockbottom, The Professor's second-in-command (he bounces on a thing that's like between stilts and a trampoline and shoots at you periodically). Stage 3's boss is Master Cylinder (he shoots lasers at you periodically). Stage 4's boss is Gulpo, the amoeba-like green thing (he throws bubbles at you and shouts "GULP" at you). Stage 5's boss is a "Fake Felix" which has a gun, which he shoots at you periodically and charges at you after he shoots at you. Stage 6's boss is Master Cylinder 2 (he shoots bubbles at you this time). Stage 7's boss is Poindexter 2 (he throws snowballs at you, which is very similar to Poindexter 1's pattern of throwing balls at you). Stage 9's boss is "The Professor" and he's probably the hardest boss in Felix The Cat for the NES (although, he's not much harder than the bosses in this game). He throws diamonds at you and homes on in (tryingto hit you with his machine, that is) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The power-ups are a heart (which gives you more hit UNLESS you're at the final form in any stage, in which that case, it'll give you an extra life), milk bottles (these replenish 2 hearts in your magic meter), Felix heads (which act like the coins AND like the coin blocks in the Super Mario Bros series), and extra lives (hidden inside a cloud that looks like The Professor) and 500 points (hidden inside what looks like a cloud which resembles Kitty Kat). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Magic Meter is another fun mechanic to the game. The meter's basically equivalent of the fuel meter inside cars (in which, that if the car's fuel meter is on "E" (that's empty for those of you who don't know about the "F" and "E" fuel meter) the car doesn't move. The magic meter downgrades Felix by one form (for example, if he was Tank Felix and the magic meter runs out, he goes down to Rocket Car Felix). In most cases, you cannot die from running out of magic on your magic meter (though there IS one exception to that rule; Stage 8 (the space stage)). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do game over (which isn't likely considering how easy this game is), you do have 3 continues at your disposal. You probably won't even come close to using them, though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addictiveness - 10 I would play this game again and again and again, simply because it's THAT fun. I mean, the worlds are varied, the different forms are varied and even the enemies and bosses are varied. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulty - 3 This game is pretty easy, because of the fact that you can build up a LOT of lives by the end of the game. I had my life count in the 50-plus range or higher by the time I got to the end of the game. Some of the bosses can be pushed back REPEATEDLY and they have predictable patterns that a 6-year old can see coming from a mile away. The only challenging part is Stage 8 (the space stage). That stage is a one-hit kill stage with the magic meter as an additional thing to worry about (because there's nothing below Space Felix). If that magic meter runs out on Stage 8, you die (it's that simple). However, the power-up hearts do help you in that stage quite a bit, because they not only give you extra lives (like I said, you have only one form, Space Felix), but they fill up you magic meter ENTIRELY. (Also, try to get the milk bottles as much you can (although, you won't be able to get all 3 easily, if at all, because of the lower gravity in the stage). Other than the space stage, this game's pretty easy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overall - 9.2 Would I recommend playing this game? Yes, I would because this game is different from the NES Mario games in many ways. This game is fun without a doubt and the lack of challenge probably helps that. This is Kenneth$2. See you later. |
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