Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... A game that is not very popular and for good reason. The game is well known for it's Internet review by none other than James Rolfe, a.k.a. The Angry Video Game Nerd. From the way he reviewed it with acting it out and putting on a show, it made some gamers interested in playing the game. That's what happened to me.

Story: The story is you're Jekyll, who is on his way to his wedding, and that's pretty much it. Not really anything huge, it's just Jekyll going to his wedding. There are towns people, a kid with a slingshot, bugs, birds drooping poop, dogs, cats, guys with bombs, and a peeing fountain.

Game-play: It's a side-scrolling game where you have to go from point A to point B. You have a Life Meter, if it runs out, you turn into Hyde. But first, let me talk about game-play as Jekyll. When you're Jekyll, the only weapon you have is his cane. The cane doesn't do anything and is a pretty useless accessory unless you want to kill bees with it. The enemies you face in the game as Jekyll are the enemies listed above in the story section. Of course, this is part of what makes the game so tough. Since you have no means of defense, you're almost constantly taking hits. The kid with the slingshot is actually in love with Jekyll's fiancée and is trying to stop the wedding by stopping Jekyll from getting there. Once you die as Jekyll, you turn into Hyde, and this is where it actually starts feeling like a game. When you're Hyde, you have a weapon that the game calls the Psycho Wave that moves in a random pattern that kind of destroys your enemies, which are skeletons, demons, and floating heads. Hyde is moving to left this time as Jekyll was moving to the right. When you're Hyde you have to relieve your Rage Meter in order to advance in the game and transform back into Jekyll. If you die as Hyde, the game is over. If you get struck by lightning, the game is over. The reason for the lightning strike is that you reached the same point in the game where you died as Jekyll. Pretty much the stage you're playing on as Hyde is reversed and you're going back. Best to relieve your Rage Meter and continue as Jekyll. It's not the worst game-play, but it doesn't really keep you interested long enough to reach the end of the game. It's very bland and the only time you have fun with it, is when you're Hyde, but the game doesn't want you to be Hyde. (Or is it called the Stress Meter?)

Graphics: There's nothing really special about the graphics in this game. It's your typical standard NES graphics, yet it seems... more blurry. But other than that, I do not have anything bad to say about the graphics.

Sound: If you listen to the sound, it's not a very good example of 8-bit music. The title music is an exact copy of the Guru's theme from Rygar. But it is somewhat nice to hear. When you get to the sound effects, they are really bad. Especially the sounds when you get hit or when there is something falling from the sky.

Difficulty: One thing that stands out about this game is it's really high difficulty. There is no option to adjust your difficulty level and you go in there wondering why you're not advancing. This is somewhat good for those that like a challenge, but for me personally, I like to have some options when playing a game. Also, the game may be challenging, but it's not addictive. It's not the type of game that makes you want to play more.

So in final conclusion, I give would give this game a 2/10. There are some good things, but they're barely noticeable and they're not enough to make this a good game.

JOKER3852 :  Wow!  is this you're first review? Dang.... Dude.  This is some really impressive work for a newbie, you broke everything down nicely, in a pretty decent length.   Good job, I must say.  keep it up! I'll want to read more of you're reviews in the future.

Thanks for not giving review for this game that just spews out what Angry Video Game Nerd says.

I honestly think that the concept of this game was really cool. I liked the idea of traveling as the main character to a destination, and becoming his evil personality when you 'die'. And I think the concept of dying when you reach the same point as Jekyll died is a cool idea. On paper, this sounds like a pretty unique and creative game. They just failed on the execution. If they gave Jekyll an actual way of defending himself, made the stuff that reduces the Rage Meter as Hyde less random (that sometimes made it impossible when nothing is dropping your rage meter even though you destroy EVERYTHING on screen), this game would have been pretty freaking awesome. But I guess hindsight is 20/20.

Er wow. I actually just finished reading the novel a few days ago, and I can honestly say that the story is not the same as the game. And yes, you're correct about the game not wanting you to be Hyde. In the novel, Dr. Jekyll stated that he conducted an experiment that allowed him to split his good and evil side; his evil side being Hyde, a younger man that shares the same body as Dr. Jekyll.

Your description about the game is pretty funny (compared to the novel).

i hate this game, so bad so many enemies you cant ill or avoid as jerkyll and just unspeakable gameplay, i despise it

SuperCrash64 : Actually, I have reviewed another game before, but this is actually my first serious review of a game that has been reviewed multiple times in the AVGN fashion. I thank you for reading my review and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

UFC : Spelling the word wrong doesn't mean you aren't swearing on the forum. Keep it kid friendly (I edited your post)