The Pagemaster was a great movie that spawned a brief “library renaissance” for kids in the ~2 year period it was relevant. If I saw someone else who previously worked in a library and they told me they got into it because of The Pagemaster, I would 100% understand. If I met a game developer who told me the same about the SNES game, I would feel a great swell of pity for that poor soul, and endeavor never to play their games. The point-and-click was just okay though. Not anywhere near Myst.
Seriously I love this movie the first time I saw it was I was in elementary school ever since I fell in love with this movie I had a VHS copy of it then I move on to DVD I'm thinking about getting a Blu-ray
An hilarious thing when I've beaten it at my aunt's place was the game's ending is like: "Congratulations! Bad luck!", something like that. That's because you also need to find hidden library cards or something to get the "true" ending, but the wording made it feel like we've been unlucky to play the game up to its end.
There's another kind of value to your channel as a whole, and by extension, each individual video it contains. You are, in essence, creating a video repository of the library of games available for one of the greatest game consoles. A lot of people (myself included) are extremely fond of this console, even people who didn't grow up with one. And to have a wide array of quality reviews for just about every title worth mentioning, even the crappy ones, there's value in that. Your reviews are generally very objective, you often mention the kind of person who might enjoy a game, even if it's not you. I've discovered a number of games now on my "play someday" list, that I might not have found otherwise. And always keep in mind that people play games for all sort of reasons. Some people genuinely enjoy being amused by crappy games. Some people like to pick a bad game and blind race it with their friends for laughs. Some people run events where you don't know what game you'll be faced with, and you just have to go in and give it your best shot. All of those are very valid audiences for a game like this.
OK, I get what you're trying to get at, but a game like this isn't even bad enough to be amusing. That takes a special kind of bad game. If you tell me you sincerely believe a group of friends would actually get together to play the frickin PAGEMASTER snes game in current year, and not put it down within 5 minutes for an actual good game, I have some magic beans to sell you.
@@stoozdee a great bargain! The best! For you, my friend, it will only cost signing over your soul, the life of your firstborn child, and an unspecified ...favor.... to be collected upon at an unspecified point in time. It's a great deal, right?!
We had pagemaster on VHS and it had an ad for this game before the feature. Lemme tell you I think they spent more on making that ad then on the entire videogame
After an entire childhood of watching that ad on that damn VHS I can't even put into words how disappointing it was to finally get my hands on it 20 years later just to never make it off the first stage
First time I've disagreed with you, I really like this game and give it play through once in awhile. Rose tinted glasses or not, once you get used to how the camera works and take your time a little it's really not a bad time at all. Still giving the video a thumbs up, everyone has an opinion and I respect yours 👍.
I owned this game. I was the target audience when it was released. I saw the movie. I even owned figures of Horror, Fantasy and Adventure, and this game was soul-crushingly hard and awful. Never beat it. Spent hours of my life fighting it. The first genre of “Horror” had to be a tongue-in-cheek joke by the developers… truly a painful experience. Killed my enthusiasm for reading for life.
Well, the movie had you go through horror then adventure then fantasy.. And yeah I had this game as well, and yet again, we have a box art where the protagonist has a sword and shield but has neither (save for the pirate sword and even then that's adventure world only)
I would honestly recommend checking out the movie. The story is a little mediocre and nonsensical, even for a kids movie, but it's well worth it for the visuals alone. The animation is rather spectacular
I got to see this bad boy when it came out in theaters. I haven’t seen it since, but I remember loving it when I was a kid. A little surprised SnesDrunk had never heard of it.
Fun Fact: originally during the Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde sequence Frankenstein's monster was going to make an appearance in the scene also but it was cut now part of that deleted sequence can be seen in some of the trailers
I used to go across the street to my neighbor's house and play this all the time when I was a kid. I remember liking it, but this was also 25 years or so ago. Never beat it but got really close numerous times. I'd be curious to play it again and see if it still holds my interest. Movie was decent for a 90s kid movie.
Did your friend have the Genesis version? I played the snes version at a friend's house as kid and thought the game was almost unplayable, but I got the Genesis version later on and really liked it.
@@drgribb he had the SNES version. That's why I'm curious to play it these days, see wtf I was thinking. Could be that was the only thing to play so I just played it regardless if it sucked or not.
This game was featured in a cinemassacre episode starring Macaulay Culkin himself along with James and Mike. They didn't like it but I remember that it had good reviews back in the day.
this channel is like comfort food to me, i can't describe the...mood? or feeling i get while playing the playlist and hearing the music and stuff. i guess it takes me back to childhood but lots of the games i've never played. it seems to capture something simple and long-gone
I remember 2 years ago, you disappeared for a few months after playing "Mighty Max", and I presumed the game was so bad, it broke you. I always considered "Pagemaster" to be cut from the same cloth, so I guess I'll see you in December or 2023 or whenever.
My brothers and I rented this one a million years ago and something really weird happened - at one point, all of the levels unlocked, allowing us to see the branching paths. It also let us bypass levels, so naturally we skipped directly to the end of the game ... only to be greeted by an image of Christopher Lloyd's character from the movie saying something like "You're a cheater. You're a cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat cheater." So I guess we managed to put a cheat code on without realizing it. But I have no idea how we pulled that off.
I remember the plot being pretty similar to the neverending story in a lot of ways. The cast as you said was star studded. The game looks like it follows the movie decently closely but when I played some I was to young to care about hit detection or camera flow.
I have fond memories of this game as a kid. I revisited it a few years ago a still absolutely love it despite its flaws. It might be the nostalgia taking, it might not be particularly amazing but i really don't think its that bad.
This game is awesome. No, I'm not the guy who gave it a 10/10 but I'd give it 8/10 It's so creative compared to many other platformers and they nailed the horror atmosphere better than most horror retrogames. Maybe it's better on Genesis?
The most video you make I realize that I pretty much have played or have in my Back log every good SNES game. I would really love if you ever cover another games that you maybe haven't check out. You are very entertaining. All the best mr Drunk.
Honestly, the game looks great. I was too old for The Pagemaster movie and video game when it came out, but the pixel art and technical wizardry going on here with the foregrounds/backgrounds is too good to deny. I even kinda like the Atari-looking pillars in the Mode 7 stages, and a camera that snaps left and right so you can see ahead of you is much better than your character being near the edge of the screen before it even scrolls. Despite your warnings, I'm going to have to give this one a try.
@@Alesiopdv oh, you might be right! I haven't seen the movie since the early 2000s. That would be a great nod to lore, except... some of the comments say the Genesis version apparently has detailed towers in the bonus stage.
For me it's one of those cases of rose-tinted nostalgia goggles. I played this to death with my mum back in the day, and while I haven't fired it up in quite some time now, it was a lot of fun back then so I still have a soft spot for it. Having said that, I agree with all of your criticism. If you haven't played it before now, there's not much point in changing that.
I was the person who gave the game a 10/10 on GameFaqs. I know the game has its issues; the camera is a problem and the level design could be better, but if you give yourself time to adjust you'll find that there's a pretty unique and rich world of gameplay to discover. You were spot on about the visual presentation, it is top notch and you have to hand it to the developers that I'm totally lying and didn't write that review on GameFaqs lol have a great rest of your day.
@P J Lies!! The internet mob wants to have a few words, or shall we say, _barbed words_ with you P J... *sharpens pitchfork* /s In all seriousness though, I would love to have a conversation with someone that genuinely likes this game. I feel like somewhere out there that person exists...
I can't help but think of the fact that the "library card" mechanic in this game inspired a very specific gag at the end of Barkley: Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. God I'm still sad about what happened to Barkley 2...
No justification needed. Your channel is great and entertaining and has showcased games I never would have known about without you. Keep doing what you’re doing 👍
A game that clearly needs some TLC from the modding community, fix that camera and get rid of those weird trees on that mode 7 level on what seems like a pretty neat looking game.
I'm glad you reviewed this game. Play the Sega version. It's slightly better but it's not the best game in the world. I still have my Sega Genesis game and I had it since I was a kid. Like I said, not the best game and not the worst.
I had pretty fond memories of the Genesis version. It definitely felt like it stood pretty well among the Aladdin, Lion King, and Jungle Book games with the fluid animation and overall presentation. Kind of surprised you hated it so much but I never did try the SNES version.
Your reviews are the best on YT. Concise, hitting all of the points I want to know about. I love your channel. The only drawback for me is that I cringe so hard every time I hear that intro.
I had the movie in VHS when I was a kid. (Pretty solid kids movie from what I recall.) More to the point, before the movie was an ad for this game. And I remember thinking it looked awesome at the time. Guess its good to know I dodged a bullet by not picking it up. Oh yeah, the reason the game starts in this dark, gloomy setting? Its following the structure of the movie. The protagonist travels through areas in the library patterned first on Horror, then Adventure, and finally Fantasy. The Horror area is where he first ends up going.
I grew up with this game and remember looking for your take on it a few years back, so I'm glad you finally did! Doesn't seem to have aged well though!xD
A game doesn't have to be anything special. I find your delivery and the simple fact of sharing your opinion on things you're knowledgeable about as useful as it gets. Even if it's but hoarding of gaming knowledge on my end.
I had this game as a kid, and played it pretty religiously because of how much I loved the movie. I recently went back to it as an adult, and it definitely hasn't aged as well as I would have liked, but it was definitely worth the $5 I spent on it. Can't say how much nostalgia played into it, but I had a fun time revisiting this. That said, I still remember the paths so it was more down to execution than exploration so your mileage would vary. Also, it starts in Horror because that's where the movie starts. So the devs didn't have much choice in that.
I should have guessed it was a weird situation when the trailer ad for the movie borrowed the theme song for _The Last Starfighter..._ Which is my favorite movie, by the way, but aren't these things usually trademarked or copyrighted?
I had this game for the Sega Genesis. What I thought of it? Let's just say I traded it in at the same Blockbuster for a copy of Bubsy II, also on the Sega Genesis.
I don’t know why this one (as a movie) was swept under the rug. I used to rewind this tape over and over as a child. It related my imagination so perfectly, lol. I also had the storybook.
I live in Albuquerque, just down the street from Gamers Anonymous. Curious, how did you pick that store as opposed to the hundreds of other mom and pop stores across the country?
I have a vague idea of seeing a preview of this game on a magazine many moons ago. It did intrigued me by the screen captures alone, shame the game play is so off
One of my childhood memories is renting this game while me and my sister were at our grandpa's place, we played it a ton but definitely didn't finish it. We might've rented the movie as well can't recall if it was that that made the game better or if just being a new [to us] game was enough.
I vaguely remember a friend from my childhood playing this game. I also recall that he had a turbografx 16 and Bonk, so I always thought this was a TG16 game. I vaguely remember the movie but never remember the name of it.
It's funny how similar to Sega Aladdin this game looks. the sword, rope climbing animations, or even some sprites. I don't have the time to research that, but maybe someone knows, was it done by the same developers? How are these two games related? :D
Wow, it's rare that I feel like you haven't given a game an honest, fair shake! -- you're often kind to 'okay' games that others are too quick to ridicule. So I feel the need to respectfully share an opposing viewpoint. I played the snes version at a friend's house as a kid and thought this game was awful, borderline unplayable. I *later* played it on the genesis as an adult, and while it's not going to win any awards for best platformer, I was really surprised by how fun and enjoyable the genesis version was. It's actually become one of a small handful of games I tend to bust out every year around Fall/Halloween. I haven't done a side-by-side comparison of the different versions, but I think the improved resolution/viewing window and better controls help. Also, The Pagemaster movie itself is really good and worth a watch imho! By coincidence I had actually been planning to show it to some friends this coming weekend since it's got kind of a seasonal/Fall vibe (thunderstorms, the "horror" world, "kids on bikes" stuff, etc).
This is literally the only Super Nintendo game that I still have the cartridge for after twenty five years. Never got past “Horror” as a kid. Figured out the password for fantasy though…so that was a godsend for my brother and I
Dang. Some of the backgrounds and the spire work look so good. I’d be interested to see if the graphic designers for this game went on to do some other good looking games
How would you compare the gameplay with Harley's Humongous Adventure? That seems like the closest game I actually owned as child. (It came with the SNES, along with some other games and a cool case.)
I was the target demographic when this game came out. Got it on Genesis back then. I played it occasionally because the animations look good but could never get over the floaty feel of the controls. Also never got too far into it.
I just watched this with my kids last weekend after not having seen it since whenever it was in theaters... 1994 maybe? Anyway... it's not great. It's not terrible by any means, but it's an old 90s kids movie, through and through. I almost certainly rented this game at some point, but I hadn't thought about it until just now. Great video 10/10
The movie is one of my all-time favorites. Yeah it's corny and goofy at times, but the animation is top-notch. Not to mention really good voice acting.
I picked this up at a Goodwill about 15 yrs ago complete in box for $5 **Have never played it ..... might have to give it a shot! Haven't been to Gamefaqs in years ..... even though I was quite active on the web site at one time... Thx for review 👍😁
Absolutely loved the movie as a kid. I had no idea that there was a video game though. I might emulate it just out of curiosity (and to see if they tried to represent the cool paint scene in the beginning of the movie).
This movie rocks. Loved it as a kid. (Wonder how it holds up?) I rented the game as a kid and had no idea what to do or where to go. Spent the weekend in the first area of the first level.
I beat Pagemaster during a sleep over around the age of 10. One of those stay up all night with 5 friends taking turns to beat a game (that probably hasn't happened since the 90s). Everyone else got disinterested or fell asleep around the end of Horror. Granted that was over 20 years ago now, but I remember it being fun all be it difficult. Still think the movie is a good time; that's probably rose goggles too though. Those are eyes btw, not marbles. I'll have to play it again to confirm, but I think "don't touch it" is a bit harsh. This is probable a case of "you had to be there." and you weren't. By that I mean you had to be there in time, when it was new, to appreciate what made it fun.
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The Pagemaster was a great movie that spawned a brief “library renaissance” for kids in the ~2 year period it was relevant. If I saw someone else who previously worked in a library and they told me they got into it because of The Pagemaster, I would 100% understand. If I met a game developer who told me the same about the SNES game, I would feel a great swell of pity for that poor soul, and endeavor never to play their games. The point-and-click was just okay though. Not anywhere near Myst.
Seriously I love this movie the first time I saw it was I was in elementary school ever since I fell in love with this movie I had a VHS copy of it then I move on to DVD I'm thinking about getting a Blu-ray
Really that's good but is the game good?
thankfully children have stopped reading
Wat, the movie was terrible. Take off your nostalgia glasses
What's bad about it?@@sm4sh3d
An hilarious thing when I've beaten it at my aunt's place was the game's ending is like: "Congratulations! Bad luck!", something like that. That's because you also need to find hidden library cards or something to get the "true" ending, but the wording made it feel like we've been unlucky to play the game up to its end.
Liked, specifically for the proper "an hilarious"
There's another kind of value to your channel as a whole, and by extension, each individual video it contains. You are, in essence, creating a video repository of the library of games available for one of the greatest game consoles. A lot of people (myself included) are extremely fond of this console, even people who didn't grow up with one. And to have a wide array of quality reviews for just about every title worth mentioning, even the crappy ones, there's value in that. Your reviews are generally very objective, you often mention the kind of person who might enjoy a game, even if it's not you. I've discovered a number of games now on my "play someday" list, that I might not have found otherwise.
And always keep in mind that people play games for all sort of reasons. Some people genuinely enjoy being amused by crappy games. Some people like to pick a bad game and blind race it with their friends for laughs. Some people run events where you don't know what game you'll be faced with, and you just have to go in and give it your best shot. All of those are very valid audiences for a game like this.
OK, I get what you're trying to get at, but a game like this isn't even bad enough to be amusing. That takes a special kind of bad game. If you tell me you sincerely believe a group of friends would actually get together to play the frickin PAGEMASTER snes game in current year, and not put it down within 5 minutes for an actual good game, I have some magic beans to sell you.
@@crispyjuice2110 how much for the beans?
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@@stoozdee a great bargain! The best!
For you, my friend, it will only cost signing over your soul, the life of your firstborn child, and an unspecified ...favor.... to be collected upon at an unspecified point in time. It's a great deal, right?!
@@crispyjuice2110 I’ll take two, please and thank you
We had pagemaster on VHS and it had an ad for this game before the feature. Lemme tell you I think they spent more on making that ad then on the entire videogame
After an entire childhood of watching that ad on that damn VHS I can't even put into words how disappointing it was to finally get my hands on it 20 years later just to never make it off the first stage
I know exactly what you’re talking about. And I’ve seen it all the time as I watched the movie a bunch.
First time I've disagreed with you, I really like this game and give it play through once in awhile. Rose tinted glasses or not, once you get used to how the camera works and take your time a little it's really not a bad time at all. Still giving the video a thumbs up, everyone has an opinion and I respect yours 👍.
I owned this game. I was the target audience when it was released. I saw the movie. I even owned figures of Horror, Fantasy and Adventure, and this game was soul-crushingly hard and awful. Never beat it. Spent hours of my life fighting it. The first genre of “Horror” had to be a tongue-in-cheek joke by the developers… truly a painful experience. Killed my enthusiasm for reading for life.
Well, the movie had you go through horror then adventure then fantasy..
And yeah I had this game as well, and yet again, we have a box art where the protagonist has a sword and shield but has neither (save for the pirate sword and even then that's adventure world only)
*plays bad snes game
"Fuck books."
Game was pretty easy. I owned it and beat it.
I would honestly recommend checking out the movie. The story is a little mediocre and nonsensical, even for a kids movie, but it's well worth it for the visuals alone. The animation is rather spectacular
i used to watch this movie dailyyyy
@@wompwomp9946 me too
I got to see this bad boy when it came out in theaters. I haven’t seen it since, but I remember loving it when I was a kid. A little surprised SnesDrunk had never heard of it.
The Pagemaster movie was a huge part of my childhood. I remember having a birthday cake themed with the VHS cover.
Not gonna lie, that sounds absolutely rad.
Fun Fact: originally during the Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde sequence Frankenstein's monster was going to make an appearance in the scene also but it was cut now part of that deleted sequence can be seen in some of the trailers
All that for such a lame film? Wow.
That's really cool. Do you have pictures of the cake?
Ever seen The Never-Ending Story? You probably will love it.
I used to go across the street to my neighbor's house and play this all the time when I was a kid. I remember liking it, but this was also 25 years or so ago. Never beat it but got really close numerous times. I'd be curious to play it again and see if it still holds my interest. Movie was decent for a 90s kid movie.
Did your friend have the Genesis version?
I played the snes version at a friend's house as kid and thought the game was almost unplayable, but I got the Genesis version later on and really liked it.
@@drgribb he had the SNES version. That's why I'm curious to play it these days, see wtf I was thinking. Could be that was the only thing to play so I just played it regardless if it sucked or not.
The backgrounds are really well done. There's always something worthwhile to glean from these reviews.
This game was featured in a cinemassacre episode starring Macaulay Culkin himself along with James and Mike. They didn't like it but I remember that it had good reviews back in the day.
James and Mike Mondays was one of my favorite non-avgn series
Great episode
F**k there goes the onion !
I have no time to play The Pagemaster.
The graphics were great
That was an awesome episode! Culkin has never played it before and didn't really like the game, it was hilarious
SNES Drunk uploads always pair nicely with my morning coffee, thanks for the video!
this channel is like comfort food to me, i can't describe the...mood? or feeling i get while playing the playlist and hearing the music and stuff. i guess it takes me back to childhood but lots of the games i've never played. it seems to capture something simple and long-gone
I remember 2 years ago, you disappeared for a few months after playing "Mighty Max", and I presumed the game was so bad, it broke you. I always considered "Pagemaster" to be cut from the same cloth, so I guess I'll see you in December or 2023 or whenever.
Underrated comment.
My brothers and I rented this one a million years ago and something really weird happened - at one point, all of the levels unlocked, allowing us to see the branching paths. It also let us bypass levels, so naturally we skipped directly to the end of the game ... only to be greeted by an image of Christopher Lloyd's character from the movie saying something like "You're a cheater. You're a cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat cheater." So I guess we managed to put a cheat code on without realizing it. But I have no idea how we pulled that off.
The visual effects that appear when the character hits something with the sword seems the same one used in Aladdin.
I thought the same thing watching this. That and the rope climbing animation.
I remember the plot being pretty similar to the neverending story in a lot of ways. The cast as you said was star studded. The game looks like it follows the movie decently closely but when I played some I was to young to care about hit detection or camera flow.
This does look graphically impressive, to be sure.
I have fond memories of this game as a kid. I revisited it a few years ago a still absolutely love it despite its flaws. It might be the nostalgia taking, it might not be particularly amazing but i really don't think its that bad.
I rented this game as a kid and loved it so much that 20 years later when I started collecting I made sure it was the first one I picked up.
This game is awesome. No, I'm not the guy who gave it a 10/10 but I'd give it 8/10
It's so creative compared to many other platformers and they nailed the horror atmosphere better than most horror retrogames. Maybe it's better on Genesis?
This was my favourite film on VHS when I was a kid the movie has never been released in the UK on DVD and most people unfortunately haven't seen it.
😢I know right? I don't understand why !
Nothing shook me more than hearing that Burque shoutout. What a king.
The Pagemaster movie was a favorite of mine for a long time as a kid, really loved the idea of going into books.
You never heard or saw the Pagemaker with Macaulay Culkin? Man that makes me feel old...lol
The most video you make I realize that I pretty much have played or have in my Back log every good SNES game.
I would really love if you ever cover another games that you maybe haven't check out. You are very entertaining. All the best mr Drunk.
Honestly, the game looks great. I was too old for The Pagemaster movie and video game when it came out, but the pixel art and technical wizardry going on here with the foregrounds/backgrounds is too good to deny. I even kinda like the Atari-looking pillars in the Mode 7 stages, and a camera that snaps left and right so you can see ahead of you is much better than your character being near the edge of the screen before it even scrolls. Despite your warnings, I'm going to have to give this one a try.
aren´t they towers made of paper? I seem to remember a pop up book in the movie (maybe I´m confused haven´t seen it in like a decade)
@@Alesiopdv oh, you might be right! I haven't seen the movie since the early 2000s. That would be a great nod to lore, except... some of the comments say the Genesis version apparently has detailed towers in the bonus stage.
One of my favorite films as a child, had the game on the genesis. Its worth watching today, I highly recommend it
To give the game credit, the pixel art is beautiful. The background and foreground assets look aesthetically pleasing.
There’s just something about snes graphics. Even the lesser games look amazing
Well... aside from those trees that looked like placeholder graphics
For me it's one of those cases of rose-tinted nostalgia goggles. I played this to death with my mum back in the day, and while I haven't fired it up in quite some time now, it was a lot of fun back then so I still have a soft spot for it.
Having said that, I agree with all of your criticism. If you haven't played it before now, there's not much point in changing that.
Always preferred the Genesis version over the Snes,i think if you get over the slippery controls, it's actually a decent game.
I was the person who gave the game a 10/10 on GameFaqs. I know the game has its issues; the camera is a problem and the level design could be better, but if you give yourself time to adjust you'll find that there's a pretty unique and rich world of gameplay to discover. You were spot on about the visual presentation, it is top notch and you have to hand it to the developers that I'm totally lying and didn't write that review on GameFaqs lol have a great rest of your day.
@P J Lies!! The internet mob wants to have a few words, or shall we say, _barbed words_ with you P J...
*sharpens pitchfork*
/s
In all seriousness though, I would love to have a conversation with someone that genuinely likes this game. I feel like somewhere out there that person exists...
I played this on Genesis. The SNES version looks a lot more choppy. Not a great game, but I'd consider it serviceable
I can't help but think of the fact that the "library card" mechanic in this game inspired a very specific gag at the end of Barkley: Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. God I'm still sad about what happened to Barkley 2...
When the world needed him most, he returned!
Thanks for another great review!!
Your work is awesome thanks 👍
No justification needed. Your channel is great and entertaining and has showcased games I never would have known about without you. Keep doing what you’re doing 👍
A game that clearly needs some TLC from the modding community, fix that camera and get rid of those weird trees on that mode 7 level on what seems like a pretty neat looking game.
I'm glad you reviewed this game. Play the Sega version. It's slightly better but it's not the best game in the world. I still have my Sega Genesis game and I had it since I was a kid. Like I said, not the best game and not the worst.
I had pretty fond memories of the Genesis version. It definitely felt like it stood pretty well among the Aladdin, Lion King, and Jungle Book games with the fluid animation and overall presentation.
Kind of surprised you hated it so much but I never did try the SNES version.
Yeah, he's not usually this critical even with universally loathed games. Game looks like a decent platformer. Guess it must just not play well.
@@Christian-rn1ur judging on video alone it's faster paced on the Genesis.
Your reviews are the best on YT. Concise, hitting all of the points I want to know about. I love your channel. The only drawback for me is that I cringe so hard every time I hear that intro.
Love your videos expecally when you review a snes game, ALWAYS SO SO ENTERTAINING. Keep up the great work. SNES has always been my fav system.
According to Wikipedia, this game was also made by a trio of interactive companies: Fox, Turner, and Virgin. I can see Virgin's involvement, kind of.
Short answer from the title alone:
Not only no, but HELL NO. Macauley Culkin even hates this dumpster fire, lol.
Edit: Confirmed with video, lol!
Waking up SNESDrunk, always a great way to start the day.
Watching this at 8am on my birthday. I need to reevaluate my life decisions that lead me to this moment
I had the movie in VHS when I was a kid. (Pretty solid kids movie from what I recall.)
More to the point, before the movie was an ad for this game. And I remember thinking it looked awesome at the time. Guess its good to know I dodged a bullet by not picking it up.
Oh yeah, the reason the game starts in this dark, gloomy setting? Its following the structure of the movie. The protagonist travels through areas in the library patterned first on Horror, then Adventure, and finally Fantasy. The Horror area is where he first ends up going.
I grew up with this game and remember looking for your take on it a few years back, so I'm glad you finally did!
Doesn't seem to have aged well though!xD
A game doesn't have to be anything special. I find your delivery and the simple fact of sharing your opinion on things you're knowledgeable about as useful as it gets. Even if it's but hoarding of gaming knowledge on my end.
I remember wanting this to be good lol. As always your spot on
I had this game as a kid, and played it pretty religiously because of how much I loved the movie.
I recently went back to it as an adult, and it definitely hasn't aged as well as I would have liked, but it was definitely worth the $5 I spent on it. Can't say how much nostalgia played into it, but I had a fun time revisiting this. That said, I still remember the paths so it was more down to execution than exploration so your mileage would vary.
Also, it starts in Horror because that's where the movie starts. So the devs didn't have much choice in that.
I rented it once and I think I couldnt figure out where to go in one of the early levels. That was also 25 years ago.
The Genesis version is probably better because the higher resolution would give you more viewing screen
This channel always gets so many real comments once u upload , you have great fans
That background at 3:27 looks really gorgeous!
I like at 1:40 he's like, "You DO have a health meter here," as though it's one of the few plusses about the game.
Despite its issues I still love this game. It's very difficult at times and super inconsistent in quality and difficulty though!
Was gonna write it looks quite nice but started getting dizzy halfway thru due to the camera snapping back and forth 👀🥴
Man, I have been watching this channel since 2015. Does not seem like it's been that long.
I should have guessed it was a weird situation when the trailer ad for the movie borrowed the theme song for _The Last Starfighter..._ Which is my favorite movie, by the way, but aren't these things usually trademarked or copyrighted?
We don't watch your videos for advice on whether to buy or play or not. We watch because your views are entertaining.
FWIW, the value I get out of these kinds of vids is, at the very least, satisfaction of my curiosity.
I remember renting this one as a kid XD
That rope climbing animation is strait up rotoscoped from the genesis Aladdin
I had this game for the Sega Genesis. What I thought of it? Let's just say I traded it in at the same Blockbuster for a copy of Bubsy II, also on the Sega Genesis.
I remember the movie had the ad for this game on the VHS tape before the movie itself played
I watched the movie a couple times as a kid and despite not seeing it in years, I have small bits of it stuck in my head very distinctly.
I remember watching the movie several times as a kid. Not sure if it would hold up, watching it as an adult now, but back then it was great.
I don’t know why this one (as a movie) was swept under the rug. I used to rewind this tape over and over as a child. It related my imagination so perfectly, lol. I also had the storybook.
I extra appreciate videos of games like these that I’ll never even bother downloading a rom of. You suffer so we don’t have to, and I am thankful
I more so remember it thanks to the VHS tape of it (it has a promo of it in case you guys didn’t know) rather than the game itself.
I live in Albuquerque, just down the street from Gamers Anonymous. Curious, how did you pick that store as opposed to the hundreds of other mom and pop stores across the country?
My guess is he lives here like we do
Yo idk why u specifically mentioned the Gamers Anonymous in Albuquerque haha but I’m glad u did because I’ve been there!
I have a vague idea of seeing a preview of this game on a magazine many moons ago. It did intrigued me by the screen captures alone, shame the game play is so off
One of my childhood memories is renting this game while me and my sister were at our grandpa's place, we played it a ton but definitely didn't finish it. We might've rented the movie as well can't recall if it was that that made the game better or if just being a new [to us] game was enough.
I vaguely remember a friend from my childhood playing this game. I also recall that he had a turbografx 16 and Bonk, so I always thought this was a TG16 game. I vaguely remember the movie but never remember the name of it.
How have you not seen that movie while growing up during that time?
It's funny how similar to Sega Aladdin this game looks. the sword, rope climbing animations, or even some sprites. I don't have the time to research that, but maybe someone knows, was it done by the same developers? How are these two games related? :D
You made me curious, looked up everyone in the credits on mobygames and there does not seem to be a connection
Wow, it's rare that I feel like you haven't given a game an honest, fair shake! -- you're often kind to 'okay' games that others are too quick to ridicule. So I feel the need to respectfully share an opposing viewpoint.
I played the snes version at a friend's house as a kid and thought this game was awful, borderline unplayable. I *later* played it on the genesis as an adult, and while it's not going to win any awards for best platformer, I was really surprised by how fun and enjoyable the genesis version was. It's actually become one of a small handful of games I tend to bust out every year around Fall/Halloween. I haven't done a side-by-side comparison of the different versions, but I think the improved resolution/viewing window and better controls help.
Also, The Pagemaster movie itself is really good and worth a watch imho! By coincidence I had actually been planning to show it to some friends this coming weekend since it's got kind of a seasonal/Fall vibe (thunderstorms, the "horror" world, "kids on bikes" stuff, etc).
This is literally the only Super Nintendo game that I still have the cartridge for after twenty five years. Never got past “Horror” as a kid. Figured out the password for fantasy though…so that was a godsend for my brother and I
Dang. Some of the backgrounds and the spire work look so good.
I’d be interested to see if the graphic designers for this game went on to do some other good looking games
Childhood memory unlocked. Thanks man!
Total length of video: 265 secs.
Total length of "SNES Drunk": 4.5 secs.
1.7% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".
How would you compare the gameplay with Harley's Humongous Adventure? That seems like the closest game I actually owned as child. (It came with the SNES, along with some other games and a cool case.)
I was the target demographic when this game came out. Got it on Genesis back then. I played it occasionally because the animations look good but could never get over the floaty feel of the controls. Also never got too far into it.
I just watched this with my kids last weekend after not having seen it since whenever it was in theaters... 1994 maybe? Anyway... it's not great. It's not terrible by any means, but it's an old 90s kids movie, through and through. I almost certainly rented this game at some point, but I hadn't thought about it until just now. Great video 10/10
Lol, I had the exact same thoughts about this as a kid, and never made it past the first or second level. Why is the beginning so hard and confusing?
This brings back so many memories
That climbing animation sure looks a lot like the climbing animation from Aladdin on Genesis.
It plays exactly the same later on. Once you get a sword, it's 100% Genesis Aladdin LOL
The movie is one of my all-time favorites. Yeah it's corny and goofy at times, but the animation is top-notch. Not to mention really good voice acting.
I remember renting this game from Blockbuster as a kid, and never being able to make it past the opening area
The pixel art in this is super reminiscent of Earthworm Gym, same person?
How do you know about gamers anonymous in abq nm!? My home town haha. So awesome.
I hope you have a great rest of your day too brother ☺️👌🏻
I picked this up at a Goodwill about 15 yrs ago complete in box for $5 **Have never played it ..... might have to give it a shot! Haven't been to Gamefaqs in years ..... even though I was quite active on the web site at one time... Thx for review 👍😁
Is that Maculi Kulcan?
Absolutely loved the movie as a kid. I had no idea that there was a video game though. I might emulate it just out of curiosity (and to see if they tried to represent the cool paint scene in the beginning of the movie).
This movie rocks. Loved it as a kid. (Wonder how it holds up?)
I rented the game as a kid and had no idea what to do or where to go. Spent the weekend in the first area of the first level.
I beat Pagemaster during a sleep over around the age of 10. One of those stay up all night with 5 friends taking turns to beat a game (that probably hasn't happened since the 90s). Everyone else got disinterested or fell asleep around the end of Horror. Granted that was over 20 years ago now, but I remember it being fun all be it difficult. Still think the movie is a good time; that's probably rose goggles too though. Those are eyes btw, not marbles. I'll have to play it again to confirm, but I think "don't touch it" is a bit harsh. This is probable a case of "you had to be there." and you weren't. By that I mean you had to be there in time, when it was new, to appreciate what made it fun.
Cannot even imagine what the Gameboy version of this is like.