A rather polished Disney Toy Story adaptation, varied in its phases. Gorgeous for the console's twilight, lovely for Pixar fans.
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Platformer1 player3+
Description
Woody and toy friends explore bedroom and street levels in this Disney Mega Drive platformer. Published by Disney/Sega, released in the United States in 1996. Platformer with Woody, Buzz and their friends in Pixar's Toy Story film-inspired levels, varied enemies.
Toy Story review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
The characters are modelled in volume then converted into sprites, giving them highlights and shading otherwise impossible on the machine. The child's-bedroom scenery, seen at toy height, turns everyday objects into architecture, and the first-person levels push the technical demonstration further.
The accompaniment takes up the film's themes and works them by level, with timbres close to acoustic guitar and light brass. The arrangements stay airy to let sound effects through, and the tensest passages darken the harmony without ever breaking from the overall colour.
A platformer drawn from the Pixar film, Toy Story moves Woody through varied levels inspired by the movie, with a few pseudo-3D sequences impressive for the machine. The faithful art direction, the careful animation and the variety of mechanics make it a quality licensed platformer, a technical showcase of the late-life Mega Drive. The difficulty is steep and some phases frustrating. A nice pick for fans of polished retro platforming and nostalgics of the first Toy Story.
