- Release Date: December 14, 1998
- Genre: Shooter
- Style: Platform Shooter
- Similar Games: Duke Nukem (Game Boy Color), Bionic Commando: Elite Forces (Game Boy Color), RoboCop (Game Boy Color)
Game Description
Men in Black: The Series is a side-scrolling platform game based on the cartoon series that is itself based on the 1997 movie. Players take on the role of Agent J as he hunts down the rogue elements of the galaxy, taking out alien criminals and protecting the Earth from their wicked plans.The game takes place over the course of six side-scrolling levels, which include areas such as underground sewers, high-rise rooftops, an airport, and even the secret Men in Black HQ (from the movie). Over the course of these levels, players will have to take on twelve different alien races from the far-flung corners of the universe. Some of these baddies will pop out of the ground or swoop in from the air, but others are cunning, hiding in every day shapes like bicycles or road signs, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Agent J will have to use his small arsenal to take out these villains and rid the city of the serious alien threat. Players will have to do battle with boss creatures and eventually defeat the nefarious alien behind the whole attack, who is hidden deep within Men In Black headquarters.
~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Roots & Influences
This is based on a television cartoon, which was inspired by a movie of the same title.~ Beau Shaw, All Game Guide
Review: Overall
Men In Black: The Series is the type of game for theThe chief problem with Men In Black: The Series is its utterly simplistic design. This type of bland platform experience was pretty much par for the course when the
Men In Black: The Series is an incredibly bland action game, if you dare call what goes on in this game "action." It is linear, straightforward, and requires players to do about four things total over the course of its six levels: run, stop, jump and shoot. There are supposedly 12 different alien races that you must fight during the course of the game, but they're different in visual form only. Although some will hide in the background before they attack you, once they spring upon you, it's only a matter of time before you blast them into oblivion.
The six different levels contained in the game do manage to look different, thanks to some impressively designed backgrounds. But the levels possess no gameplay elements that separate them from the other levels, and end up being simply window dressing for the same repetitive gameplay that grows old after level number one. Nothing changes over the course of the game. Even your weapons remain the same. From start to finish, the title is stale.
There are some nice backgrounds and menus contained in Men In Black: The Series, but these few positives can't outweigh the overwhelming negatives. If it had come out in 1990, it might have been more acceptable. As it stands, there are probably very few players who would enjoy this title in any way.
~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Review: Enjoyment
There's barely anything to enjoy in this game, unless you like the most repetitive, boring gameplay imaginable.~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Review: Graphics
The game's visuals are decent, but it's all just window dressing.~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Review: Sound
Below average music and sound effects round out the sound category for MIB: The Series.~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Review: Replay Value
There's absolutely no reason to play through it once, so it goes without saying that there's certainly no reason to play it twice.~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Review: Documentation
Reading the instruction manual is more fun than playing the game.~ Jon Thompson, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Senior Producer: Mike Arkin; Associate Producer: Matthew Paul; Testers: Kevin Hoekman, Chris Scaglione, Brody Phillips; Special Thanks: Mark Burke, Jane Gilbertson, Nima Tahavi, Candice Uyloan, Jay Boor; Monkey Pushing Buttons: Ryan Villiers-Furze
~ Ron Ellerson, All Game Guide
