Felix The Cat Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · April 3, 2024

Felix The Cat Review, Join Felix on his worldwide search as flies a monoplane across mountains, delves into the ocean depths in a submarine, and races across bizarre landscapes in a wild and whacky one-wheeled car! All are provided by the Magic Bag of Tricks!

Felix The Cat Review Pros:

Original 8 Bit graphics.
368MB Download size.
You get both the Playstation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Three versions of the game – NES, Gameboy, and Japanese home console.
Overlay settings – screen size (full/native), filter (CRT/off), deflicker (on/off), border art (on/off).
Save and load when you want.
Rewind any game at any point, handy rewind bar to show how far you can go.
2D platformer gameplay.
Uses the hearts-based life bar system.
Collect Felix coins to drop power-ups and health.
Hearts picked up will put Felix into a new suit or vehicle like a plane or tank.
Everything you do gives a score and any heart left at the end turns into the score.
End of world boss fights.
Find and enter Felix’s bag to go into a bonus area.
All levels are timed.
You keep your power up/suit/vehicle between levels.
Earn extra lives by collecting 100 Felix coins.
In-game cutscenes.
A nice wedge of nostalgia.
You can quit and return to the game selection screen.
Levels get a bit more varied later on with Shmup-style levels and swimming sequences.

Felix The Cat Review Cons:

Basic new additions.
Doesn’t have any archival information like all about the game, box art scans, or soundtracks.
The power-ups and bonus milk drops disappear really fast.
Can be hard to see what is in front or above you a lot of the time.
No actual game options.
The game isn’t really that difficult.
Tired and repetitive level design.
Little replay value.

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