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Force 21 - Out now in the shops
Issue 49 - October 14, 1999
 
Here's a new feature for Future Gamer. They are exactly like our normal reviews, but one-eighth the size. We shall call them... Mini-Reviews...

Mini-Review
Looney Tunes
Game Boy Color From: Infogrames

This is definitely the pick of Infogrames' Warner Bros games. It's a multi-level platform adventure in the traditional Mario style, but it makes up for its lack of originality by providing an impressive variety of gameplay tasks. Each level stars a different Looney Tunes character, including Bugs Bunny, Taz, Road Runner, Daffy and the nasty yellow Tweety. They all have different abilities and different objectives, from running to flying, shooting and escaping, and the controls remain intuitive, no matter what you're required to do. There are mini-games to tackle and bosses to whack, and it's all displayed in bold, colourful cartoon graphics. Good stuff.

FG verdict
82%



Mini-Review
Spawn
Game Boy Color From: Konami

The mildly popular comic book character Spawn hasn't had a great deal of luck with his videogame adaptations. First his PlayStation game turned out to be utterly useless, then the N64 conversion was canned, and now this. It's an incredibly basic platform game, devoid of inspiration. It looks like it has just been put together to appease die-hard Spawn fans, with a few cut scenes and some sampled speech thrown in to make up for the lifeless in-game graphics. It's dull, easy to beat and even the bonus Road Rash-style level can't save it from the curse of mediocrity. Even the most avid Spawn merchandise collector will be disappointed.

FG verdict
37%



Pocket Tennis Color / Turf Masters