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Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse

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Fans of Mickey Mouse will rejoice over Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mickey Mania for short). The game follows the famous mouse all the way through his glorious career, from start to around 1994.

Myself, I've never been a major fan of Mickey Mouse, but I wasn't really a non-fan either. My little brother got this game for Christmas and after finding out that it was a platformer (my favorite kind of video game), I knew I had to play it.

As I mentioned, the game goes in order from the start of Mickey Mouse's career, to around the year of 1994 or 1995, when this game came out. The first level is "Steamboat Willie," and Mickey Mouse fans will recognize many of the other famous stories that are levels later on, such as "The Prince & The Pauper," "Mickey & The Beanstalk," and many others.

The game's graphics and gameplay are very realistic to the famous cartoons. For example, the first level, "Steamboat Willie" is partly in black & white, just like the real cartoon was. Also, in the cartoon in which Mickey encounters the blue ghosts, those ghosts look like and are animated in exactly the same way in Mickey Mania as they are in the cartoon.

Gameplay wise, Mickey Mania is much like your typical 2D side scrolling action/adventure. You must guide Mickey Mouse through the several different levels and make it to the end of each one. In some of the levels, you just have to make it to the end. In others, there might be a famous Mickey Mouse character, such as the Moose Hunter or the Pauper, waiting for you. Finally, at the end of a few levels, Mickey will have to battle a boss such as a mad scientist, or Pete.

In each level, Mickey must collect marbles, which he can throw at enemies. There are also other items that need to be collected, such as yellow stars for energy, and extra lives.

For you history buffs, not only is Mickey Mania true to the cartoons, but it even tells you the real name of the cartoon and what year it was made.

Mickey Mania is great when it comes to graphics. Just about all the characters in the game are well drawn and look just like they do in the real cartoons. The levels themselves, and the backgrounds are also well-designed, and some of them are even 3D. For example, in one level, a moose chases Mickey Mouse. What's so great about this one is that Mickey doesn't run to the right or left, like the typical 2D side scroller. Mickey and the moose both run facing you, giving the level a 3D look and feel.

The sounds and music in Mickey Mania aren't bad either. The sound effects sound cartoony just like they should, and the music is good and catchy. Mickey Mania's controls are also well done. It's easy to make the famous mouse jump any distance, duck, throw marbles, or anything else you need him to do.

If you're a fan of platformers or action/adventure games, Mickey Mania would be a great game to get. Even after years of playing it, it's still a lot of fun to put in and play from start to finish any day of the year. In other words, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse really is a timeless adventure.

this game is very rare i never see it at video game stores!

but it's fun you fight ghosts,moose,pirates all kinds of bad guys from the cartoons!!

Mickey Mania was one of the last games Sony had created before the company went on to make the Playstation. The music and sounds have a higher quality than the Genesis version, but there are loading times in between levels.

The first level takes you to the iconic Steamboat Willie cartoon. However, if you think that the first level is supposed to be simple, think again. There are numerous obstacles that are most likely to hurt you. If you get hit, you are only invincible for half a second. What makes the gameplay become fun is when you start collecting these spheres and then later throw them at enemies. You soon encounter ol' timey Pete, but he actually isn't the boss. Hit him 4 times and use him as a spring to bounce over a pile of crates. The REAL first boss is the machinery. You must destroy 4 gears by hitting them 5 times (3 times for the top ones) The boss, at first, plays incredibly hard, since the crates drop bombs on you. However, you don't find out til later to figure out that you can just jump to avoid getting blown up. After the boss, Mickey appears with Steamboat Willie. Then the text says "Congratulations! Mickey has rescued Steamboat Willie!" What? He was kidnapped?

The second level is, one of my favorites, The Mad Doctor. Right when you encounter a skeleton, things get hard. When the skeletons get destroyed, their bones fly up and fall down, but you actually had to avoid colliding with them. There are several portions of this level. After the first part, the second part contains rope swinging over lava. The third has you ride a runaway mine cart, but you must jump over the incoming spike balls. There's also this part where you must perform chemistry. The downside here is that if you push it to the stool without the 3 layers you have to put in, the only decision is to kill yourself. The Mad Doctor doesn't seem like a very hard boss until you attack. If hit, he throws full flasks all over the place.

The third level is Moose Hunters. If you don't follow Pluto on this one, you're dead. Countless tree branches and boulders would fall on you. Moose would also gallop towards you at certain times. After beating the first part, things get easier, yet awkward. You now have to run away from a moose in a beautifully stupid fake 3D level.

The Lonesome Ghosts is your fourth level. Going up certain staircases would make them turn into a ramp. There are tilting platforms that you must tilt in the right direction to go on. The second part is annoying. You have to balance on a barrel while the house is being flooded. As you make your way towards left, the third barrel would sink, but if you get closer to the left, the water stops. That's the annoying part: The water. If you jump in, you lose your life automatically basically.

Mickey and the Beanstalk is graphically colorful. There's not a lot of hard stuff in here. Although I must admit the dragonflies are annoying. When you get to the first huge enemy, you'd think it'd be a boss since boss music is playing, but no. You must hop on a ladybug. The ladybug speeds away from the "boss" extremely. Once you reach the giant's house, there's a plate with Jello on it. You have to push it towards the wall, but you probably won't know it at first, since it's a big object to push.

Now...the Prince and the Pauper....it's the hardest and final level of the game. You swing, you kill, all that stuff. Unfortunately, I can't explain anymore since you must find about this on your own. Good luck.

Overall, if you are a die-hard fan of platform games, Mickey Mouse, or you just want a major challenge, go ahead and buy this game.

My son wanted this game and reports it is working well. It was delivered more quickly than promised.