Planet of the Apes

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Three modes of play
• classic characters
• awesome graphics
• single-player action

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005Q8KC
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 6, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,942 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Considered a classic today, the Planet of the Apes novel was first published in 1963, followed by the first of the original five Planet of the Apes movies in 1968. This game is based on original stories intertwining the first film, Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston, and the second film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and draws upon the richness of the novel and the classic films.

Product Description

Fight for humanity as Ulysses, a deep-space astronaut shipwrecked on Earth nearly 2000 years into the future. To his horror, a deadly breed of intelligent apes has evolved from mankind and now dominate the Earth. Hunted to near-extinction, the rag-tag human survivors huddle in fear of the Ape Empire. Against impossible odds, Ulysses must infiltrate the simian society and halt the genocidal plan of Ape General Ursus.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as interesting as it looks, November 27, 2002

By 

Kris "a random reviewer" (Hampton, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet of the Apes (Video Game)

Just looking at the box, it seemed like this could have been a pretty interesting game. I thought that it would be reminiscent of the Rolling Thunder game from back in the day. For some of the younger gamers, Rolling Thunder was basically a multi-tiered 2-D side scroller where you just blasted your way through the mutant-aliens or whatever they were. Although a simple premise, Rolling Thunder was a fun game. The screen shots on the back and the descriptions made me think of this. That really wasn't the reality. You start off the game with little short knife that you use to sort of creep up on snakes, kneel next to, and then kill. (Do What?) You eventually find other weapons, although they only add a little to the gameplay. You can't even fire one of the guns unless you're standing perfectly still. The character doesn't move about very easily. He has to run up to ledge, stop, grab ledge, slowly pull himself up. He kind of labors to move about. But I mean, in EVERY level the goal is to collect 10 scattered flags, which is a rather uninteresting objective. It's not as though they're hidden. And you can complete the levels without collecting all of them. So the game doesn't really do well as an action game or need any particular strategy to play. To me it was OK as a diversion, but I can't really recommend it. If someone would get started on a Rolling Thunder version for GBA though, they might have something.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boooring, February 26, 2002

By 

M. Martinez "maywin26" (West Jordan, UT) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Planet of the Apes (Video Game)

I am a 37 year old female gamer. My husband bought this game for me for Chistmas. This was an extremely boring game. The levels were pretty much all the same thing. I finished the game within 2 days, and I wasn't playing it every minute. Overall a big waste of money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a Mad House, February 5, 2009

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Mr. Batt-Man (Somewhere You're Not) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Planet of the Apes (Video Game)

The first thing I'd like to say is "Planet of the Apes" isn't the game you'd expect it do be.

Story wise, this isn't based on the Mark Wahlberg movie that came out before this game was released. No, its story will confuse most people who aren't a fan of the movies. The story is loosely based of the 1970 movie, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" which was the 2nd of the original 5 movies. You take the role of Astronaut, Ben... his last name is never revealed, looking for fellow astronaut, Taylor, who disappeared a few years ago. Just a quick note here, Fans of the original series will know that Taylor was the name of Charlton Hestons character in the original movie. You then land on a strange alien planet with the knowledge that it's now 2000 years into the future. You then embark on a quest to find Taylor and discover the mystery of this strange alien world.

The game play is a direct copy of the 1989 game, "Prince of Persia." A rotoscoped 2d platform action game, however, the characters are all 3d on a 2d background. Throughout the game, you'll be required to maneuver Ben from start point `A' to end point `B' which mainly means travelling from left to right across the game map. The enemies consist of snakes, bears, Apes, and mutants, which generally walk around in circles until you put them out of their misery. Throughout the game, you have to collect flags which are supposed to lead you to Taylor, and collecting all the flags are relevant for getting the games good ending.

However, the game is not without its bad points. The Music has a nice tribal and alien feel to it however it's just a few repetitive bars played over and over again, which means six or seven minutes into the game you'll be without a doubt turning down the volume. The game mechanics of Ben are annoying. To turn around has the game character move a step, which is a pain in the bum if you're on a very small platform. This leads to an 80% chance of Ben falling to his death or much worse.

The other bad thing about this game is the way to achieve a good ending. If you've completed the level requirements, you get a medal at the end during your score review. In order to get a medal, you must kill all the enemies and collect all the flags planted by Taylor all within a time space of UNDER 5 minutes. During the early stages of the game this is quite reasonable, and easy to achieve. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, the levels get longer, and there are more enemies, which makes it next to near impossible to kill everyone and get all the flags in less than 5 minutes. I bought this game when it first came out and I still haven't gotten the good ending yet.

Sadly the bad aspects of this game far outweigh the good. The fun of the game is lost amidst bad game play mechanics repetitive music, and poorly thought out mission requirements. Some people have loved this game despite these glaringly blatant flaws, because they can look past the problems to focus on the fun. This game can be fun, but punishing if you're trying to completely finish it. If you're like me, you'll play through this game with a slight sense of enjoyment only to complete it and never to pick it up again.