Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers Review
Review by The Gerat Escape
Ah
yes, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. If you grew up in the early
90's theres a good chance youve seen the show at least once, and
like all popular shows: Power Rangers have a game to go with the
popularity of the show. Actually they have several games, but for
the sake of my sanity I will only be reviewing the Game Gear version
of the show today.
The
game starts of with an intro of Rita (the crazed evil chick) being
released from her space capsule prison and vowing to conquer the
Earth. Thats where the Power Rangers come to the rescue, etc, etc
For each mission you get to choose which Power Ranger you will use
out of: Blue, Pink, Red, Black (who really is black) and Yellow.
Later in the game you after you defeat and free him from Rita's
spell you can be the Green Ranger. Each Power Ranger has their own
unique weapon and special moves, which arent very hard to do (button
1+2= a special move for example).
The
game itself plays out like streets of rage, except there's only
ever 1 enemy on the screen. Beat one of the putty patrol, move on,
beat another, move on, and so on till you get to the end boss. Beat
him and Rita will go all crazed chick like and make the boss super
huge. If you've seen the show then you know what happens now; thats
right its GIANT ROBOT FIGHTING TIME!
Until you defeat the Green Ranger you can only use MegaZord, but
after he's on your side you can be either: MegaZord, DragonZord
or "MegaDragonZord thing". Giant robot fighting is like
normal Power Rangers fighting except a little clumsier.
Theres
about 9 levels, each set in different areas of the City and against
different bosses from the show. The first time you play it you will
immediatley notice how quick you can move from one side of the screen
to the other, and it all moves along at a quick pace and without
dropping a single frame. The Backgrounds look nice, and character
sprites are colourful. On the whole its not as attractive as the
GG Streets of Rage, but still quite good.
Music and sonics are good: all the little Power Rangers tunes are
recognisable if youve ever seen the show, though even if you havent
seen the show they are reasonably "humm worthy".
Power
Rangers makes a nice addition to any Game Gear collection, and is
definatley worth a look if your into the beat 'em up genre. In fact
I would rather play Power Rangers than the GG Streets of Rage simply
because its more fun to play, and wont frustrate the hell out of
you like SoR does.
Easy, fun and nostalgic gaming that will bring out the silly costume,
fly kicking super hero in you.
Summary:
Graphics |
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Sonics |
Pretty
good. Nothing really out of place and it all looks like the show (kinda). |
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Gotta
love that Green Ranger flute tune. Everything else is ok, considering
the hardware. |
Playability |
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Overall |
Easy to learn, easy to control and fairly easy to finish too. May
take a few minutes to adjust to the fast jumping. Unlimited continues
can make things a bit too easy though. |
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Dont let the name fool you, it really is a decent game. Just dont
let your friends see you playing it.. |
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