Blog:The Wacky World of Tex Avery (videogame)

The Wacky World of Tex Avery is an action game based on the infamous show of the same name that was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Game.com, Game Boy, Microsoft Windows, PS1, and Sega Saturn in 1997. It was developed by Perfect Entertainment and published by Mindscape.

Story
SNES, Sega Genesis, Game.com, Game Boy and Microsoft Windows

Tex Avery and his friends realizes that the budget of their show is wasting since the animatiors are very tired, so they need to get money to increase the budget. Later on it reveals that an evil schedule is wasting the budget of the show.

PS1 and Sega Saturn Tex Avery saw that the aliens are invading, the aliens are making an ultimate weapon to take over the cartoon universe but they need a certain ingredient (Ex. Hats, Cows, Pencils, TNT, etc.) and Tex Avery needs to find and hide the ingredients so the aliens cannot find it.

Overall

 * 1) The idea of a videogame based on The Wacky World Of Tex Avery is bad because the show was already panned by audiences.

SNES and Sega Genesis Versions

 * 1) These versions came out very late because in that time both consoles are already dead in the US and in Europe and the SNES (Known as Super Famicom) was starting to die in Japan since the PS1, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo 64 were already released during that time.
 * 2) It steals various elements from other games from SNES and Sega Genesis such as Donkey Kong Country and Toy Story
 * 3) Mediocre graphics and At the time, the SNES and Sega Genesis' graphics were improved.
 * 4) Horrible rendition of the soundtrack from the show, most notably the theme song in the title screen.
 * 5) Abysmal controls, with the controls feeling very tough.
 * 6) Much like Super Mario World 64, it has some issues and gliches such as sometimes if you get to the checkpoint and die, you will start the level all over again even though you made it to the checkpoint.
 * 7) *Speaking of starting all over again, if you lose all your lives and continues, you will start all over again to the beginning, however, you have to use a cheat code at the game over screen to continue (hold ◉A+◉B+Start).
 * 8) *Much like with the time limit of Dennis The Menace (or the budget as known in this game) when you lose a life it doesn't reset. Also, if the time runs out, you lose all your lives.
 * 9) The Game is very short, it only has 7 worlds and only 3 levels per world.
 * 10) The final boss, the evil schedule is extremely hard since he makes unfair moves.
 * 11) Terrible Ending: After defeating the final boss, it shows a cutscene where the evil schedule's spaceship explodes and then Tex Avery goes back home without realizing that aliens are coming (though the story that these versions ended would continue in the PS1 and Sega Saturn versions).
 * 12) *Even worse: This was the last ever licensed SNES and Sega Genesis game. This essentially means that Nintendo and Sega went through 9 years of video games... only to end with this mess that Mindscape decided to make. Now the ending has just been made much worse than it already was.

Game.com and Game Boy versions

 * 1) This version is a lot worse than the SNES and the Sega Genesis versions.
 * 2) Extremely low frame rate, even more lower than the Game Boy version of Mortal Kombat.
 * 3) The graphics are abysmal is this version such as Freddy looking like an flying rotten tomato.
 * 4) Terrible Screen crunch. Most of the time you’ll never know who's behind you.
 * 5) The Soundtrack is awful and a lot worse than in the 16 bit version.
 * 6) The Controls are a lot worse and they feel even more tougher than the SNES and Sega Genesis versions.
 * 7) (Game.com version only) The length is a lot shorter than the SNES and the Sega Genesis versions, having only 5 levels which they are Tex Avery, Pompeii Pete, Genghis and Khannie, Freddy the Fly, and Einstone.

PS1 and Sega Saturn

 * 1) Terrible graphics, which is unacceptable for 1997 since other games like mh:awesomegames: Final Fantasy VII came out the same year and also on the PS1 and looks way better than this.
 * 2) For some reason you can only play as Tex Avery, and there is not a dedicated world of a segment from the show. Though this is because the plot is focused mainly on Tex Avery.
 * 3) The game is a ripoff of The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants since both games are about aliens building an ultimate weapon to take over the world by using a certain ingredient and the protagonist (In this case Tex Avery) has to hide the ingredients so the aliens cannot find it. To only difference is that this game is a 3D platformer while Bart vs. the Space Mutants is a 2D platformer. Not to mention, the gameplay is similar to another PS1 game that came out 2 years later but it's much better than this.
 * 4) Only two boss fights. The first boss you fight with a werewolf, and the second and final boss you fight with the aliens.

SNES and Sega Genesis

 * 1) Much like The Simpsons: Virtual Bart, it has fmv animated cutscenes which is impressive for both consoles. Even the intro of the show is reanimated for this game.

PS1 and Sega Saturn

 * 1) Unlike the SNES and the Sega Genesis versions, it has a saving system, meaning that if you get a game over, you can restart the level where you left off.
 * 2) *Besides the saving system. these versions add other new things such as the story mode co op (despite it’s flaws), the Vs battle mode, a store, and some of the mini games.
 * 3) At least these versions continue the story where the SNES and Sega Genesis versions left out.
 * 4) These versions is longer in length than the other versions there are 35 levels and if you count the 2 boss levels, there are in total 37 levels and you can finish the game in less than 13 hours.

Reception
The game was panned by both critics and gamers for it's mediocre graphics, dreadful controls, terrible soundtrack, no savings, and the fact it was based on one of the worst cartoons ever made. As of 2022, it has a 13 out of 100 on metacritic, making it the fifth lowest rated game on metacritic and the lowest rated game of SNES, Sega Genesis, PS1 and Sega Saturn on Metacritic. The Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed this game and criticized its terrible controls, atrocious graphics, nonsense story, and terrible SFX and music. He ranked the game on his Shit Scale under "The Severe Zone" category.

Trivia

 * There was planned a mh:awesomegames:Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast versions (based on the PS1 and Sega Saturn versions) of the game, but it was canceled due to the financial and critical failure of the game.

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