Much
like the Ghostbusters craze, Beetlejuice (directed
by Tim Burton, a man of all things bleak) stirred plenty of
its own craze when fresh in movie-goer's minds. The phenomenon
began as a blockbuster movie starring Michael Keaton, followed
by shelves of merchandise, airing cartoons on Nickelodeon television,
and finally travelled all the way to the NES. Just as a quick
info session about BJ: Beetlejuice is a comical
"dead guy" that can be summoned from the after life
by saying his name three times. He goes back and forth to the
Netherworld and real life portals. Did I mention he's also dead?
BJ
for the NES is nothing like the movie. It would actually be
more accurate to say the the title's more based on the cartoon
series due to the very intended "cartoon-ish look"
and game physics. However, BJ is not your usual adapted
cartoon side scrolling/adventure-type game. Quite the opposite
as the interesting quests, like going to and fro areas first
collecting a 'book of the recently deceased' required in order
to buy stuff from a shrinked head man would suggest. Is that
enough craziness for one video game title to handle? Of course
not, this is Beetlejuice we're talking about it! The
enemies in the game are equally scarily weird. Still with all
of the "uniqueness" floating around, the game drags
once you see the continue screen A LOT more times than
you'd like to admit (even to a significant other...or momma).
Much
like the Ghostbusters craze, Beetlejuice (directed
by Tim Burton, a man of all things bleak) stirred plenty of
its own craze when fresh in movie-goer's minds. The phenomenon
began as a blockbuster movie starring Michael Keaton, followed
by shelves of merchandise, airing cartoons on Nickelodeon television,
and finally travelled all the way to the NES. Just as a quick
info session about BJ: Beetlejuice is a comical
"dead guy" that can be summoned from the after life
by saying his name three times. He goes back and forth to the
Netherworld and real life portals. Did I mention he's also dead?
BJ
for the NES is nothing like the movie. It would actually be
more accurate to say the the title's more based on the cartoon
series due to the very intended "cartoon-ish look"
and game physics. However, BJ is not your usual adapted
cartoon side scrolling/adventure-type game. Quite the opposite
as the interesting quests, like going to and fro areas first
collecting a 'book of the recently deceased' required in order
to buy stuff from a shrinked head man would suggest. Is that
enough craziness for one video game title to handle? Of course
not, this is Beetlejuice we're talking about it! The
enemies in the game are equally scarily weird. Still with all
of the "uniqueness" floating around, the game drags
once you see the continue screen A LOT more times than
you'd like to admit (even to a significant other...or momma).
Beetlejuice..Beetlejuice.....BEETLEJUI-
ACHOOOOOOOOOO!
