Star Wars Episode I: Obi Wan's Adventures - Game Boy

The story of Star Wars: Episode 1, Obi-Wan's Adventures follows the adventures of a young Obi-Wan from the beginning of Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace to Obi's encounter with Darth Maul. He travels on a ship to Naboo, then Coruscant, then to Queen Amidala's palace, and then faces the sinister Sith warrior himself.

In this game you even have the choice of using two high-profile pieces of Star Wars weaponry: the lightsaber and the blaster. You also have the telekinetic power better known as the Force. Using the lightsaber, Obi-Wan can deflect laser blasts back at enemies; using the Force, he can move boxes and rocks; and using his blaster, he can inflict serious damage on any enemies he faces.

The action in this game is very straightforward. You advance through levels by defeating enemies, flipping some switches, and heading to the next level. On numerous occasions you will be forced to jump over electrical fields, make your way past poisonous gas bursts, and use the Force to fill chasms with boulders. Most of the time, though, this game is just a hack-and-slash adventure.

If you do feel the need to do some exploration, you may find a power-up or two, but the levels in this game are so easy that you often won't need them. More likely, you will be able to get through most levels in one try, and you'll find that the levels get progressively easier as the game wears on.

The graphics in this game should have been better scaled, and the characters should have been larger. Obi-Wan's Adventures tries to fill the small Game Boy screen with too much of the surrounding environment, hence the characters, around whom the action revolves, are too small. Larger sprites would have improved the game and made it a lot easier on the eyes. --Todd Mowatt

Pros: Star Wars buffs will enjoy having a little bit of portable Force Cons: Slow, unchallenging gameplay Graphics aren't on par with other Game Boy Color adventures