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to press the space bar to
wield his mallet.
The graphics are superb
In oil versions of Mickey -
full of detail and extremely
well animated. One of the
best bits IS when Mickey
swings his mallet at an
Ogre - causing it to
mutate into two tiny Ogres
who scurry around the
tower and are difficult to
finish off.
When Mickey gets to the
top of the fourth tower the
Ogre King knows that he is
going to hove to fight it Out
with the super rodent in
in person.
To destroy the ugly, webwinged,
huge-jawed nasty
- Mickey must score
fifteen direct hits with his
water pistol. Only three
attempts ore allowed per
go and should he fail its
right back to the foot of the
first tower.
Things are more difficult
than this for ST and Amiga
owners as they have to
A Mickey heads for the water in this 64 screen.
defeat a wicked witch at
the top of each individual
tower before going on to
meet the Ogre King.
Whichever version you
play one piece of the
stolen wand is to be found
at the top of each tower -
and Mickey must have the
wand complete before he
faces the Ogre King.
At first glance Mickey looks
like a game for children.
This impression is created
by the pretty graphics and
the character of Mickey
himself - who is seen as a
kids hero. When you get
down to trying to solve the
game though, you soon
realise that there is nothing
sprog-like about the game
design. Believe me, it is no
pushover. It requires good
arcade skills, persistance,
and patience.
The sub games provide
welcome light relief from
the main business of saving
the Magic Kingdom from
the Ogre. Mickey reaches
these through the back
doors of the tower. In the
first two towers he comes
up against the Puddle
Maze which he has to
explore - picking up the
magical items as he travels
and lobbing his trusty
mallet at the monsters_
The Bubble Machine is
my favourite sub game. It
places Mickey on a
moving platform which he
must bash holes in so that
he can puncture the giant
bubbles emanating from a
leaky pipe. Ghouls fly
across screen attempting
to deplete our hero's
energy as he struggles
against the giant bubbles.
In towers three and four
he comes up against the
Dripping Taps that have to
be switched off in the right
order to proceed. In the
Pump Room several little
monsters are causing
havoc by pulling the corks
out of the leaking pipe.
Mickey must get post the
force field and take his
mallet to the giant monster
who is orchestrating the
mischievous work of his
little monster minions.
Disney are known for
being real sticklers
when it comes to the
representation of their
characters in other media_
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be any complaints from
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