Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos
| Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos | |
|---|---|
 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) |
Majesco[1][2] Warner Bros. Consumer Products |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment[1] |
| Programmer(s) | Anthony Lloyd[1] |
| Composer(s) | Mark Cooksey[3] |
| Platform(s) | Super NES |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | 2D action platformer[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that was released in 1995 to an exclusively North American audience.
Summary
In a small Mexican village, all the mice are enjoying a fiesta until Los Gatos Bandidos, a group of cats, come and kidnap them. Only Slowpoke escapes and sends for his cousin, Speedy Gonzales.[4] Speedy enters each level and tries to rescue as many mice as possible while chasing after cheese and avoiding natural hazards. The gameplay in Speedy Gonzales resembles the Sonic the Hedgehog series.[4]
Players can access a short-range kick for attacking and can occasionally pick up items for usage at a later time in the game.[4] The game is full of bottomless pits and spikes, which kill players instantly.[5] Getting locked up in a cage also causes players to lose a life.[5] Arch-enemies from the cartoon show such as Sylvester and Robocat appear in the game.[6]
The game was reskinned into the unauthorized 1996 Super NES video game Sonic the Hedgehog (a.k.a. Sonic the Hedgehog 4). In the hack version, the player has to rescue a number of Marios in order to complete each level. The character models, boss fights, music, and graphics, has been changed according to the hack.[7]
Reception
Captain Squideo of GamePro gave the game a mostly negative review, particularly focusing on the easy and rudimentary gameplay: "The game's colorful cartoon style is reminiscent of last year's Yogi Bear game, and the simplistic run-n-jump gameplay will appeal only to young gamers. ... The puzzles are remedial, enemies drop with one quick kick, and abundant time bonuses help you beat the clock." However, he did praise the quality and charm of the music, voices, and sound effects.[8] A reviewer for Next Generation criticized that the gameplay mechanics and level designs are mostly shamelessly ripped off from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and handles them poorly with choppy animation and "a momentum that makes you feel as though you're controlling a large walrus, rather than a mouse." He gave it one out of five stars.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ↑ http://www.giantbomb.com/speedy-gonzales-los-gatos-bandidos/3030-10961/
- ↑ Soundtrack information at SNES Music
- 1 2 3 "Basic game summary". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- 1 2 "Additional game overview". Super Adventures in Gaming. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ↑ "Arch-enemies information". allgame. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ↑ "(unofficial) Sonic the Hedgehog for Nintendo". Twin Eagles Group. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "ProReview: Speedy Gonzales in Los Gatos Banditos". GamePro. IDG (86): 90. November 1995.
- ↑ "Speedy Gonzales in Las [sic] Gatos Banditos". Next Generation. Imagine Media (11): 189. November 1995.