Casper (game boy video game)
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Casper, is a Game Boy
video game, created by Bonzai Entertainment and released by Natsume
, that loosely follows the plot line of the 1995 film
.
The player controls Casper
through multiple levels of four mini games while collecting ooze to run the Lazarus machine. It starts with the menu allowing the player to choose their difficulty setting. Then, a cut scene shows Kat and Casper going into Whipstaff Manor and then parting. After each level, a short cut scene shows Casper going to a different area of the mansion.
Protect the Ooze: In this game, which resembles a Shooter
, Casper's three uncles
Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie will fall from the sky aiming for containers of Ooze. If they collide with the containers, the containers take damage. The player's weapon is a vacuum (represented on-screen by a cross hair moved by the directional pad and activated by the a button). The game is lost if the containers take too much damage
Ooze Runner: In this game, Casper must climb and descend ladders while avoid his three uncles to collect small buckets of ooze. Once Casper collects enough Ooze, he must return to the top platform and touch an exit sign. The game is lost if one of Casper's uncle's touch him, or the time runs out.
Return the Books: In this game, the player must safely return library books to the book return. Fatso drops books while vials of ooze occasionally appear at the bottom of the screen. For this game only, Casper will be able to transform into a floating trampoline. Casper can move across the screen faster and collect vials of ooze, however books pass right through him. As a floating trampoline, you move slower and can't collect ooze, but the player can bounce the books safely to the return area. The game is lost if three books fall to the ground.
Varying Puzzles: This is the only one of the four main mini game that varies from level to level. These games function much like a Rube Goldberg machine
that the player must assemble. The player is given a menu of many items. Some of the items are useful to the player during the level, some are not. It is up to the player to figure out which items belong in which place in order to achieve their goal. The game will indicate how many items the player has chosen are the correct items for the current level. The goals for each level are as follows:
Level 1: Make breakfast for Kat
Level 2: Wake up Casper
Level 3: Create a functioning machine that collects ooze and pours it into a bottle.
The Up and At 'em Machine: This mini-game only appears at the end of the game. As Casper, the player must push the chair and safely guide Kat to the laboratory where they will attempt to resurrect Dr. Harvey with the lazarus machine. The player must dodge swinging chains and the ghostly trio. After a certain point, the player will be able to push the chair towards the right of the screen to complete the level. Getting hit by a chain will cost the player a life, while getting hit by one of the trio will cost the player ooze. The game is over when the player runs out of lives or ooze.
Casper Says: This mini-game only appears at the end of the game. This game resembles Simon. The player must push up, left, down and right in the pattern shown to them by Casper and his uncles. The length of the pattern the player must repeat depends on the difficulty level they chose at the start of the game. Upon completion, the Lazarus machine is activated and Dr. Harvey will be resurrected.
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
video game, created by Bonzai Entertainment and released by Natsume
Natsume Co., Ltd
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan founded on October 20, 1987. Its American branch, Natsume Inc., is located in Burlingame, California...
, that loosely follows the plot line of the 1995 film
Casper (film)
Casper is a 1995 American comedy fantasy film starring Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci, based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost animated cartoons and comic books. The ghosts featured in the film were created through computer-generated imagery...
.
The player controls Casper
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...
through multiple levels of four mini games while collecting ooze to run the Lazarus machine. It starts with the menu allowing the player to choose their difficulty setting. Then, a cut scene shows Kat and Casper going into Whipstaff Manor and then parting. After each level, a short cut scene shows Casper going to a different area of the mansion.
Games
Each of the levels consist of four main mini games, which the player can do in any order, and two final mini games that only appear at the end of the game. However, three of the main mini games are the same every level, with their only difference being a slightly increased difficulty level. The main goal of these games are to make it to the end with as much Ooze as possible (Ooze being much like points). The games are as followsProtect the Ooze: In this game, which resembles a Shooter
Shooter game
Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common...
, Casper's three uncles
The Ghostly Trio
The Ghostly Trio are fictional characters in the Casper the Friendly Ghost series. Their first animated appearance was in Fright from Wrong, a cartoon of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios theatrical series from the 1950s...
Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie will fall from the sky aiming for containers of Ooze. If they collide with the containers, the containers take damage. The player's weapon is a vacuum (represented on-screen by a cross hair moved by the directional pad and activated by the a button). The game is lost if the containers take too much damage
Ooze Runner: In this game, Casper must climb and descend ladders while avoid his three uncles to collect small buckets of ooze. Once Casper collects enough Ooze, he must return to the top platform and touch an exit sign. The game is lost if one of Casper's uncle's touch him, or the time runs out.
Return the Books: In this game, the player must safely return library books to the book return. Fatso drops books while vials of ooze occasionally appear at the bottom of the screen. For this game only, Casper will be able to transform into a floating trampoline. Casper can move across the screen faster and collect vials of ooze, however books pass right through him. As a floating trampoline, you move slower and can't collect ooze, but the player can bounce the books safely to the return area. The game is lost if three books fall to the ground.
Varying Puzzles: This is the only one of the four main mini game that varies from level to level. These games function much like a Rube Goldberg machine
Rube Goldberg machine
A Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction...
that the player must assemble. The player is given a menu of many items. Some of the items are useful to the player during the level, some are not. It is up to the player to figure out which items belong in which place in order to achieve their goal. The game will indicate how many items the player has chosen are the correct items for the current level. The goals for each level are as follows:
Level 1: Make breakfast for Kat
Level 2: Wake up Casper
Level 3: Create a functioning machine that collects ooze and pours it into a bottle.
The Up and At 'em Machine: This mini-game only appears at the end of the game. As Casper, the player must push the chair and safely guide Kat to the laboratory where they will attempt to resurrect Dr. Harvey with the lazarus machine. The player must dodge swinging chains and the ghostly trio. After a certain point, the player will be able to push the chair towards the right of the screen to complete the level. Getting hit by a chain will cost the player a life, while getting hit by one of the trio will cost the player ooze. The game is over when the player runs out of lives or ooze.
Casper Says: This mini-game only appears at the end of the game. This game resembles Simon. The player must push up, left, down and right in the pattern shown to them by Casper and his uncles. The length of the pattern the player must repeat depends on the difficulty level they chose at the start of the game. Upon completion, the Lazarus machine is activated and Dr. Harvey will be resurrected.