KAGAKUSHA HARLEY NO HARAN BANJYŌ
( Harley's Humongous Adventure )
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化学者ハリーの波乱万丈
©1993 Altron Corporation
©1992 Electronic Arts
©1993 Hi-Tech Expressions
Release: 1994-10-28 (¥8900)
Cartridge SHVC-HV
Action / Platform game
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Released in America as
HARLEY'S HUMONGOUS ADVENTURE
( SNS-HV-USA )
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Released in Europe as
HARLEY'S HUMONGOUS ADVENTURE
( SNSP-HV-XXX )
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Kagakusha Harley no Haran Banjyō (aka Harley's Humongous Adventure
in the rest of the world) is a side-scrolling platform game by Visual Concepts.
The young Harley, a brilliant scientist in a green suit and black shades, is busy
working on a revolutionary shrinking machine when disaster strikes. The device explodes
in a bang and its pieces get scattered all over the place. Getting them back would be an
easy task if only Harley hadn't shrunk to the size of a mouse. He now must retrieve
all the lost pieces and reassemble the precious machine in order to get back to his old
self. Our tiny hero can use a large library of weapons that he collects along the way -
nails, marbles, tacks, rubber bands and so forth. They however all come in limited
quantities and our miniaturized scientist must always make sure that he doesn't run
out of ammo. He also comes with a jet-pack and a limited amount of fuel. The device
can be used in many occasion to reach high platforms or fly over hazards and googly-eyed
ticks. Areas are varied and later stages get Harley to drive a toy tank or swim
at the bottom of a maze-like sink.
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Add your Pov here !
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Harley's Humongous Adventure reminds me of "Honey, I shrunk the kids"
without the fun and excitement of Joe Johnston's flick. Where do I start ?...
The game started out with good intentions and features a couple of nice ideas, but it soon falls into
complete chaos and nonsense. I can hear the marketing people saying "this is just
a game for kids guys, they'll eat it up - btw, can Harley wear shades so he looks
cool ?". The game is flawed like so many western platform games with sluggish
controls and play mechanics, tasteless level design and a relatively unpolished
universe. Harley's Humongous Adventure failed to convince me that I
should do anything to help Harley in his journey. Thinking about it,
the game doesn't even seem to care about the player and nothing really
motivated me to go ahead. I gave it two stars because of some of the "nice"
ideas thrown here and there (such as the tank toy you drive at
some point) - but don't get me wrong, this game is definitely a less than
average title without much on display.
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