Jack Bros

[Tears of Ash]

Is this game actually any fun? I'm wondering if it's worth the price tag. It would be cool to own the first game in the Megatenverse that was released in America though. But if it's no fun, then it's a no buy.

If you have the game, what do you think of it?

[ArcSwordsmaster]

Wasn't this Atlus's only Virtual Boy Title? (Haven't played it personally...)

[JB2448]

All I really know about this game comes from the Wikipedia article. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bros.)

[JackLantern]

I own the game and it actually is really fun. I highly recommend it. It's worth the money if you like games similar to it. The story goes that the Jack Brothers (Frost, Lantern, and Skelton) go to earth for Halloween. They have so much fun that they lose track of the time and it's 11 o'clock. If you don't get home by midnight you'll disappear. You have to take the dangerous shortcut to get home. Your health is actually a timer that decreases every second and whenever you get hit by an enemy, so it may be a better idea to rush through a level instead of taking your time. There are 6 areas, 6 bosses, 4 characters (can you guess who the secret one is?) and 60 floors. If you go super fast and don't make any mistakes, you can beat the game in 45 minuets. But, it will most likely take you 2 hours the first time. Then you have to unlock a few secrets before you can really say you've beat it, so it takes more like 8 hours. You pick up your progress by using passwords (one for each area). The game it pretty hard the first time you play it, especially if you pick a character not suited to your tastes. The music is very good, considering it's from 1995. Anyways, if you can stand Virtual Boy games, you'll love this. I'd give it 9/10.