Gargoyles (video game)

Gargoyles (video game)

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title = Gargoyles


developer = Buena Vista Interactive
publisher = Buena Vista Interactive
designer =
engine =
released = vgrelease|United States of America|USA|January 1, 1996
genre = Platformer
modes = Single player
ratings = ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A)
platforms = Sega Genesis
media = 24-megabit cartridge
input = Game controller

"Gargoyles" is a platform game released for the Sega Genesis, based on the cartoon of the same name, developed and published by Buena Vista Interactive. A Super Nintendo version was also planned for release, but was cancelled.

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In the game, players control Goliath, leader of the Manhattan Clan of gargoyles, in the years 994 and 1994, as he seeks to put an end to a magical, corruptive talisman, the Eye of Odin, which can transform whoever comes to possess it.

The game loosely follows the plot of the show. Although only two characters are identified in any substantial fashion -- Goliath, the protagonist, and Demona, who ultimately becomes the main antagonist and the most recent owner of the Eye. No other characters from the show are identified.

Gameplay

Throughout the game, Goliath will contend with the Vikings who ransacked Castle Wyvern in the past, as well as new, robotic foes who attack him in the present across various venues, such as Manhattan rooftops and a subway. His arsenal of attacks to defend himself include various strikes with his fists, grapples, throws, and leaping maneuvers. Furthermore, he can pump his wings once to increase his jumping distance, as well as climb along walls and ceilings with his claws. The game contains eighteen levels bookended by short cinematics which explain the story thus far, each level concluding with a boss encounter.

"Gargoyles" boasts a hand-drawn appearance to Goliath, Demona and the Viking antagonists, not unlike Virgin Interactive's Aladdin also for the Genesis, but also a CGI-modeled look for the robots encountered in the present. Unfortunately, due to the Genesis' low color pallete, the robots have a very dark, washed-out look.


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