Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue

"A one hit...failure..."

When I first got this game, I was thrilled. Yay! Cute little puppies! An hour or so later, I had beaten the game, and it was so boring that I couldn't summon the will or grim determination to play through it again. Why not? Read on.

Graphics - 3/10
The graphics were terrible. The puppies were just little blocks of black and white, and the backgrounds were basic and boring. The only decent object was Cruella De Vil in the last level - and even then, woah! Scary! She sits there smoking a cigarette and if you jump in a certain way you can avoid getting hurt at all! Terrifying. Seriously, hardly any effort was put into the graphics...hence the low score.

Music - 2/10
Pretty irritating, I just turned it off after five minutes. There are one or two good tunes, but that's about it, and the title screen music is mind-bogglingly annoying. Here is an example of the music from the first level: 'Du-du-du-du-du-du-DU-du du-du-du...' Wonderful, no?

Sound effects - 0/10
Sound effects? WHAT sound effects?

Story - 1/10
Hmm. Cruella De Vil has stolen some puppies and you have to rescue them. That's it.

Gameplay - 1/10
Every level is the same - boring bone-collecting and there are NO enemies apart from some tame little doggies and some kind of hot air balloon that take no strategy whatsoever, and no skill at all, to silence. Plus you find a key and unlock all the dog's cages. Whoop-de-doo. There is nothing else. You NEVER get killed. It's unbelievably easy. And there are about 15 levels or something ridiculous. There are also two mini-games - they are very boring. A basic matching-up game that a two-year-old could master in seconds and making colours match up? Meh, it's torture.

Replay Value - N/A
There is none. At all.

Save System/Passwords? - Yes
There are passwords comprising of little pictures of food bowls, bones and the like. Just pray that your friends don't find a piece of paper in your room with 'Dog bowl, Clown face, Bone, Key' written on it...

Rent or Buy?
If you really really want to play this game, you're insane OR a Disney freak (same difference). I personally recommend leaving well alone, and if you see this game in a shop, steer well clear. Don't risk your sanity by playing this game. It's not worth it.

Overall - 1/10 (not an average)
If you want to play this repetitive, boring, pathetically bad graphics and sound abundant game, then that's your decision. Just don't come crying to me when your IQ/patience/sanity/friend/pet Dalmation runs away.

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 01/01/03, Updated 01/01/03