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Home Improvement (video game)
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Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! is an action/platforming video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
very loosely based on the hit sitcom Home Improvement. A version for the Sega Genesis was made but was never released. Sega rejected the game, as it would be the same as the SNES version.
The game plays similarly to other action/platform games of the time that were based on popular television shows or movies (like Virgin's The Lion King
, which was also released in 1994
.) The player's weapons include modified tools such as a nail gun, a blowtorch
(used as a flamethrower
), and a chainsaw
which inexplicably hurls energy waves. These weapons are used to fight dinosaurs, acid-spewing mummies, robot sentries, and other enemies. The game is broken down into four worlds of four levels, each world containing a boss level. The game had no instruction manual
explaining each of the buttons. In its place, the splash screen
explained: “Real men don't need instructions.”
pointed out in a 1995 issue that the game lacks the humor that makes the TV series so great.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
very loosely based on the hit sitcom Home Improvement. A version for the Sega Genesis was made but was never released. Sega rejected the game, as it would be the same as the SNES version.
Plot
On a special broadcast of the show Tool Time, Tim prepares to unveil the new Binford ultra power tool line name after him, the Binford-Taylor Turbo Power Tool Line. He goes to retrieve them, only to discover that they are missing and a note left in their place demanding Tim to come and get them.Gameplay
The Lion King (video game)
The Lion King is a video game based on Disney's popular animated film. The title was published by Virgin Interactive in 1994, and was released on SNES, NES, Game Boy, PC, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Master System and Game Gear. The NES and Master System versions of the game were never released...
, which was also released in 1994
1994 in video gaming
-Events:*Nintendo calls this year "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".*Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd is established and opened by Hiroshi Yamauchi and effectively ends Mattel Australia's distribution of Nintendo's products throughout Australia.*"Project...
.) The player's weapons include modified tools such as a nail gun, a blowtorch
Blow torch
A blowtorch , blow torch , or blowlamp is a tool for applying lower-intensity and more diffuse flame and heat for various applications, than the oxyacetylene torch. Before aerosol cans and pressurized gas cylinders, fuel was pressurized by a syringe or pump...
(used as a flamethrower
Flamethrower
A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire.Some flamethrowers project a stream of ignited flammable liquid; some project a long gas flame. Most military flamethrowers use liquids, but commercial flamethrowers tend to use high-pressure propane and...
), and a chainsaw
Chainsaw
A chainsaw is a portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, or most commonly a two-stroke engine...
which inexplicably hurls energy waves. These weapons are used to fight dinosaurs, acid-spewing mummies, robot sentries, and other enemies. The game is broken down into four worlds of four levels, each world containing a boss level. The game had no instruction manual
Video game packaging
Video game packaging refers to the physical storage of the contents of a computer or video game, both for safekeeping and shop display. In the past, a number of materials and packaging designs were used, mostly paperboard or plastic...
explaining each of the buttons. In its place, the splash screen
Splash screen
A splash screen is an image that appears while a game or program is loading. It may also be used to describe an introduction page on a website. Splash screens sometimes do not cover the entire screen, but only a rectangle near the center...
explained: “Real men don't need instructions.”
Reception
Ultimately, the game has received very negative reviews despite the show's popularity. Many people disliked the game because the levels have virtually nothing to do with anything from the actual show. The game failed to sell in large numbers and it is hard to find today. Nintendo PowerNintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
pointed out in a 1995 issue that the game lacks the humor that makes the TV series so great.