Krusty's Super FunHouse review - Sega Megadrive

Those dirty rats! They've invaded Krusty's Fun House and are going about their rodenty business of chewing it to bits. Unless the furry maniacs are quickly caught and summarily put to death, Krusty faces life in a cardboard box! While some might argue it serves him right her being so obnoxious, Bart, Homer, Sideshow Mel and Corporal Punishment are ready to lend a hand by manning the rat traps. Seems like an easy enough task? Well it would be if the traps weren't in such awkward places.

Fortunately for Krusty, there are a number of useful blocks, pipes, blowers, and super springs littered about the house, which, if picked up and organised properly, should send the pesky rodents to meet their maker. But rats aren't the only creatures making Krusty's life a misery - Venom Vipers, Pink Flying Pigs, Laser Alierns and Giant Goofy Birds harbour in every floor, waiting to jeopardise Krusty's rat-exterminating antics. Things are made more confusing by secret rooms and passages, some of which need locating before Krusty can graduate to the next level. As it stands, Krusty has got a lot of clowning around to do before he puts the fun back into his Fun House.

What the Mean Machines staff thought

This wasn't quite what I was expecting from a Krusty game, but I'm glad Acclaim have taken an original approach rather than go for a bog-standard platforms and ladders type game like many big-name games of recent months. The puzzle action is totally absorbing and the gameplay is beautifully balanced to draw you in slowly and get you prepared for the cleverly designed, but horribly complicated puzzles that lie on later levels. The graphics and sound are both excellent, but they're really secondary to the gameplay. Puzzle games aren't usually very popular, but I urge you to give this a go. It'll have you scratching your head and yelling in frustration, then running around the room screaming with delight when you work out how to solve a puzzle. It'll also keep you entertained for weeks - which is more than your average "big name" platform game will do! Check it out!

I think I'm probably one of the last people on earth who hasn't seen an episode of The Simpsons, but if the quality of this game is anything to go by I'll make a concerted effort from now on. When I first slammed the cart into the machine this looked like a straightforward platform game - but it's not, it's also a puzzle game, and a brilliant one at that. The graphics and the gameplay ensure that the ideas are carried off successfully. Sprites are well drawn and animated, and the controls are responsive, making it a very playable game. As you graduate through the levels, clearing the rooms of rats becomes progressively more difficult. It is this level of challenge that kept me donning my thinking cap and having another go. Watching the rats annihilated in all manner of ways is sweet satisfaction when you finally get it right. I suppose you could call Krusty's Super Sun House a plazzle game, or a puzzform game... well, whatever you call it, it's a damn fine game!