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1999's best platformer for the Playstation!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 35
Date: January 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While I regard the Crash Bandicoot series the premiere platformers for the Playstation, I was pleasantly surprised with Ape Escape. Hunting down monkeys is such a hilarious concept it makes we wonder why nobody thought of it before. Overall, I found the game to be very well-designed, fun, and addictive. The graphics, while not as pretty as Crash Bandicoot or Spyro, grow on you after a short amount of time. The developers made optimal use of the Dual Shock controller, more so than any other company. Control is perfect. I also found that, compared to many other 3D games, the in-game camera caused me very few problems. To make it easier for younger players, the game levels are littered with helpful hints. While not a huge game--it can be finished in about a week--the three mini-games that are eventually opened up are a ton of fun and add longevity to the title. What I found most amazing is that each of the game's 204 monkeys has a unique name and personality. A tremendous amount of creative energy went into this title. You want to complete 100% of the game just to see every square inch of each level. If I can find any fault with the game at all, it's that you must complete the levels in a linear fashion. Other than that, it's an unusual and highly enjoyable platformer. Highly recommended.

Best game ever for the Playstation.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 29
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't let that 3-star rating stand! This is a great fun game! I don't know what's wrong with the guy below. My whole family got hooked on this and lined up to play it, from my 5 year old to me (Dad)! Great control, great graphics- we've had our Playstation for 4 years and everybody at my house agrees this is the best game (out of about 25) we've ever gotten for the Playstation. What a blast!

Whoo Hoo!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Here's the premise - you're this little guy with a net and a light sabre running around trying to capture these monkeys. The monkeys wear different colored pants, and have little sirens on their heads. The pants tell you how tough they are to catch, and the sirens tell you if they've caught on to the fact that you're trying to capture them.

In addition to the trusty tools I mentioned above, you get a whole slew of other gadgets you can use to capture the monkeys, including an r/c car, slingshot and monkey radar. Unfortunately, the monkeys are also armed with everything from grenades to machine guns to canons.

In addition to being hilarious (the commercials for the game were great, if you got a chance to seem them on TV), the joy of the game is using the analog controllers to move and manipulate gadgets.

The game was the perfect difficulty, not too hard as I had suspected it would be. I still haven't completely finished, and look forward to hours more fun netting those pesky little chimps!

You'll go ape for this wild platformer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: August 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ape Escape is the Mario 64 of the playstation. In this game, you play as Spike, a guy who is trying to catch monkeys and in my opinion, kinda looks like a monkey. This is the first game that takes full advantage of the Dual Shock controller. The controlls are tricky at first, especially for someone who isn't firmilar with a playstation controller, but they're easy to learn, about a 15-20 minute learning curve. Just to warn you, you NEED the dual shock to play this game, hear me? I find it somewhat easy, but I'm so far from beating the game I couldn't tell you. There are huge variety of weapons to use, plenty of mini games, and vass landscapes to explore, yep, I'd recommend it to anyone with a PSX. It's almost worth it to buy a PSX for this alone, but the key word is almost. Have fun :)

More fun than a barrel 'o' monkeys

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: September 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I first saw this game, like most people in it's odd advertisements of apes hi-jacking a bannana truck. I thought how could this game be good? But when I actually got the game I could not believe how wrong I was. I am not a fan of funny, animated games, but this is an exception.

The game smooth easy controls that can be mastered in seconds. Even throught out each level of the game, helpful hints are given to help you through tricky situations. There are even training courses that are easy, like learning how to use a certain gadget, and hard like the colloseum training courses.

As expected the game does have weapons. Though they are very kid friendly. Hoola-hoops and comic- extendable punching gloves, are jut a few of the laughable weapons in the game. Now, some people may also worry about two things that my folks worried about. Those things are blood and cruelty to animals (the apes). 1. There is no actual blood in the game. All enemies will fall to the ground and turn into an item that can be picked up. 2. As fro animal cruelty, none of the apes die! A big aspect of the game is catching the apes. (You start the game with a net as one of your gadets) Also, this is the first game to use both of the joy sticks on a controller called a Duel-Shock Analog Controller. This makes the game allot easier if you think about using the same joystick to move, look around, and use your gadgets! You couldn't do it! All in all, this is a great game, and I highly reccomend this game to all. I do hope you found this useful. Goodbye!

Ape Escape rules the Dual Shock kingdom....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I got to admit, I know the game is aimed more towards kids but I'm 35 and I had a blast with this game. I never even heard of the game til it was shown to me in someones' collection. Being bored one day, I put it in the Playstation to check it out and, lo and behold, I played that game til early the next morning. The object of the game is to catch all the monkeys lose in each level. Trust me, it isn't as easy as you might think. It takes some smarts to get them lil critters. Armed with several different gadgets, you're a one-man monkey catching machine. I know it might seem like a silly game to you but it's one of the most fun games I've played in a long while. You definitely owe it to yourself to see what it's all about.

Best PSX Platformer ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 03, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game may look like the stupidest thing ever, but looks can be decieving. Very decieving in this case. In the game you are a spikey haired kid named, well, Spike. You are trying to stop an evil monkey named Spectr in his plan to re-write history and make apes the dominant species. Armed with your Stun Club and time net, travel to different times and send the apes back to monkey park. After awhile you will get more gadgets like the sling shot and a radio control car. The only problem is the length of the game. I beat it in a week. There is some Slowdown with alot of monkeys and enemies on the screen at once too. Other than those few problems, it is one of the best PSX games I know of.

The monkeys are taking over.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Ape Escape is the first psx game to use both dual shock joy sticks. The mini games are simply great. The mini games consist of boxing and sking. The graphics in this are great. There is clipping once in awile. The story line is a bit odd. In this game you are a boy named jake. you go through stages and capture monkeys with a net, BIG WHOOP your probaly saying. wrong you have to use more weapons then a net. Other items you get after you beat a level are a hola hoop that makes you fly and a monkey detector and much more. happy monkey catching!

This Is A Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I thought Spyro The Dragon was great,but when I was done,I was looking for some other great action/adventure games.Ape Escape took the place of excitment,and it didn't fail.You'll love this game!

Top game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 02, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I agree wholeheratedly with the those reviewers who say it's brilliant! I loved it. It's tricky at first but if you persevere - ...that means reading the on-screen instructions to learn how to use the gadgets you're given and practising in the special practice rooms. Once you've got the hang of it you'll be completely hooked. The only downside (which doesn't affect me as I'm 25!) is that it would be difficult and frustrating for younger children (say under 12).

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