Mr. Eight-Three-One | Toy Story Action Game/Power Play (Windows, 1996) Gameplay @MrEightThreeOne | Uploaded 7 years ago | Updated 5 hours ago
Note: I now have a full walkthrough of this game up for your viewing pleasure. If you want to see beyond the first few levels, go here: youtube.com/watch?v=5Um1JCzdvgo
EDIT: Wow, I'm actually quite impressed how few are aware that this version of the game sucks. Seems like a lot of people know this version exists but very few have actually played it. That's just as well, considering it works on virtually no modern emulator (aside from PCem which is a pain in the rear to get working right).
Because I needed to upload something, right?
This is some old footage I had recorded forever ago, a bit of an abandoned project. So, for those of you who don't know, this is based on the SNES and Sega Genesis Toy Story game. You can find videos all over the place of those two, but this Windows 95 version? It's close to impossible. I think I've found two videos of this version, neither of which are very high quality. Though the reason for that isn't exactly hard to figure out -- this game is almost impossible to play on any modern computer. It doesn't run on modern Windows at all, which means you need to pull out a Windows 9x emulator, and most of the ones that play it...don't play it all that well. Which is exactly why I recorded this on a real computer running Windows 95.
My original intent was to do a full playthrough of this, but that ended up not happening due to...stupid things that aren't important. I lost track of this project as a result and never finished it. I was originally going to keep going forward after I botched the gas station level, but eh, it is what it is. And since I don't know what else to upload at this point, here you go.
So...on the topic of this version, how does it fare compared to the SNES and Genesis versions? Umm...it fares horribly. Where do I even start? The control on this version is awful, Woody's jumping is really "floaty" for starters. In the console versions it's fairly realistic, but here, his upward and downward speed are always constant, meaning he jumps in a triangle shape, not in a parabola. His pullstring also has a really strict hitbox, which makes bosses a nightmare and fighting enemies really annoying. And the RC levels are COMPLETELY AWFUL on this version. The turning is so sensitive that it's impossible to navigate anywhere; I promise my poor performance on that stage wasn't all my fault. I used to complain about the console versions of those levels, but now they hardly seem bad by comparison.
Will I ever do a walkthrough of this game? I dunno, I wish I could, but me being at college doesn't exactly make that an easy task.
Enjoy the video. This video mostly demonstrates up to the gas station level...if I ever get enough motivation I'll try to take another go at this. I don't remember if I played good or bad during this so I'll let you watch and judge for yourself.
Note: I now have a full walkthrough of this game up for your viewing pleasure. If you want to see beyond the first few levels, go here: youtube.com/watch?v=5Um1JCzdvgo
EDIT: Wow, I'm actually quite impressed how few are aware that this version of the game sucks. Seems like a lot of people know this version exists but very few have actually played it. That's just as well, considering it works on virtually no modern emulator (aside from PCem which is a pain in the rear to get working right).
Because I needed to upload something, right?
This is some old footage I had recorded forever ago, a bit of an abandoned project. So, for those of you who don't know, this is based on the SNES and Sega Genesis Toy Story game. You can find videos all over the place of those two, but this Windows 95 version? It's close to impossible. I think I've found two videos of this version, neither of which are very high quality. Though the reason for that isn't exactly hard to figure out -- this game is almost impossible to play on any modern computer. It doesn't run on modern Windows at all, which means you need to pull out a Windows 9x emulator, and most of the ones that play it...don't play it all that well. Which is exactly why I recorded this on a real computer running Windows 95.
My original intent was to do a full playthrough of this, but that ended up not happening due to...stupid things that aren't important. I lost track of this project as a result and never finished it. I was originally going to keep going forward after I botched the gas station level, but eh, it is what it is. And since I don't know what else to upload at this point, here you go.
So...on the topic of this version, how does it fare compared to the SNES and Genesis versions? Umm...it fares horribly. Where do I even start? The control on this version is awful, Woody's jumping is really "floaty" for starters. In the console versions it's fairly realistic, but here, his upward and downward speed are always constant, meaning he jumps in a triangle shape, not in a parabola. His pullstring also has a really strict hitbox, which makes bosses a nightmare and fighting enemies really annoying. And the RC levels are COMPLETELY AWFUL on this version. The turning is so sensitive that it's impossible to navigate anywhere; I promise my poor performance on that stage wasn't all my fault. I used to complain about the console versions of those levels, but now they hardly seem bad by comparison.
Will I ever do a walkthrough of this game? I dunno, I wish I could, but me being at college doesn't exactly make that an easy task.
Enjoy the video. This video mostly demonstrates up to the gas station level...if I ever get enough motivation I'll try to take another go at this. I don't remember if I played good or bad during this so I'll let you watch and judge for yourself.
