Buffy the Vampire Slayer (GB)

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is a side-scrolling action game based on the television series of the same name. In it, the player controls the main character Buffy and guides her through various levels while combating the forces of vampires in keeping with the television series. The game begins with the player reading through comic-book like images of Buffy bantering with friends. It seems that one of her friends has been embraced by supernatural evil and is under its control. Buffy then proceeds to begin her adventure on "graveyard patrol". Gameplay is that of a standard side-scrolling beat-em-up title and controls are further ...  Read the complete review

Being a big fan of the show, I'd noticed that the Gameboy Color game had been doing quite well in the charts recently and wondered what it was like. Not being one to leap into these things, I rented the cart from our local video shop to try it out first - and am I glad I did! Buffy the Vampire Slayer is quite possibly the WORST Gameboy Color title I have ever played. Everything about it just screams mediocrity from the second you switch on. You know things aren't getting off to a great start as soon as the cart powers up. The title-screen music is terrible, and they haven't even bothered to use the TV show's theme tune! Things get even ...  Read the complete review