Videogame Review, Jack’s Pea for the “At Games” Sega Genesis (w/ Original Wireless Controller)

Videogame Review, Jack’s Pea for the “At Games” Sega Genesis (w/ Original Wireless Controller)

It’s easy to like any game.  However, it’s not easy to understand a game and withhold bad judgement because humans are so desperate in just wanting to make a position right away and I’m starting to believe that a human’s mere position on a video game isn’t so intellectual.  Jack’s Pea suggests a fairy tale, a pastime, climbing the bean stalk where the precious jewels hang from the ropes and appeal to a jumper named… uh, that guy.  He wears green underwear, green headband, and an odd smile.  This jumping hero must take a leap of faith from ledge to ledge as the ropes hold onto him, he must jump, and jump, and jump.  General design marks this piece.  What’s best for Jack’s Pea is a small TV, a wireless controller, and about 15 minutes of your time per session.  Everything in the jewels and ropes is remarkable and that ancient-sounding music rings pleasure to my ears.  A guy like him doesn’t exactly walk.  Instead, he only tip-toes very slightly depending on where you want to place him for future jumping.  When time comes to a crawl and the action picks up pace I find myself more than obliged to mark territories in the sky beyond the original, beginning place of action-taking jumps.  The game is short but take your time!  It’s not exactly a piece of cake to go from limb to limb over the hills and back where Jack must be looking for his own underpants.  This “Genesis” game is one of the dozens of built-in games available on the Sega Genesis console by “At Games”; so many games in this collection are original to the system/machine only and you’ll find irritating music, looks, and gameplay in some things other than Jack’s Pea, which might as well be a nice change of pace considering the onslaught of information geared towards jumping on a limb and hanging within the means of luxury for acrobatics.  Gameplay controls are simple- move, jump- in a technical sense although not in a practical sense.  Finding the right spot to jump from on the ever-increasing speed of ledges gets challenging in of itself.  In other words, turbo action buttons aren’t going to help you on this beautiful jumping game.  Jewels and ropes suggest decoration under the stars of heaven where the acrobatic man might find his just desserts in the name of “At Games”.  Has anyone thought of how strong a man must be to jump like Jack?  Distances in the game are as suggestive as coverage between the shades.