Software:The Grinch (video game)

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Short description: 2000 video game
The Grinch
Grinch video game cover.jpg
North American cover art for PlayStation
Developer(s)Artificial Mind & Movement (PS & DC)
Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya (GBC)
Konami (PC)
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 10, 2000[1]
  • EU: December 8, 2000
Dreamcast
  • NA: November 22, 2000[1]
  • EU: December 15, 2000
Game Boy Color
  • EU: November 24, 2000
  • NA: November 2000
Windows
  • NA: December 4, 2000
  • EU: December 15, 2000
Genre(s)Platformer[2]
Stealth (GBC)
Mode(s)Single-player

The Grinch is a 2000 platform video game loosely based on the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The game was released in the following month of the film—December 2000. George Lowe does uncredited work as the narrator of the game. The Game Boy Color version was released prior, ported to Japan for release on November 22, 2000.[3]

Gameplay

As the Grinch, the player can jump, ground pound, and use his smelly breath to guide his way through various obstacles in the game. As the game progresses different gadgets are unlocked which are used to complete different tasks. Various characters from the book and film appear as well, usually as an obstacle for the Grinch to bypass.

Plot

The Grinch stares down at Whoville through his telescope from Mount Crumpit, planning to take the Whos' presents using his gadgets. He goes in his cave, and looks through his blueprints deciding which gadget to make first. However, the Grinch accidentally falls off his mountain of boxes and his blueprints fly away down to Whoville and various parts of Wholand. The Grinch visits Whoville, the Whoforest, Whoville Municipal Dump, and Wholake, destroying Christmas presents, playing pranks on the Whos and recovering pieces of his blueprints in the process so he can steal Christmas.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastGBCPCPS
AllGameN/AN/A3.5/5 stars[11]N/A
EGMN/AN/AN/A2.67/10[14][lower-alpha 1]
Game InformerN/AN/AN/A5/10[15]
GameFanN/AN/AN/A69%[16]
GameProN/AN/AN/A2.5/5 stars[17]
GameSpot6.3/10[18]N/AN/A4.8/10[2]
GameSpy4/10[19]N/AN/AN/A
GameZoneN/AN/AN/A8/10[20]
IGNN/A9/10[21]5.5/10[22]5/10[23]
Next GenerationN/AN/AN/A2/5 stars[24]
Nintendo PowerN/A6.7/10[25]N/AN/A
OPM (US)N/AN/AN/A1.5/5 stars[26]
PC ZoneN/AN/A65%[27]N/A
The Cincinnati EnquirerN/AN/A2.5/5 stars[28]2.5/5 stars[28]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings50%[4]67%[5]50%[6]56%[7]
Metacritic51/100[8]N/A55/100[9]55/100[10]

The Dreamcast, PC, and PlayStation versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[8][10][9] John Gaudiosi of NextGen for the latter console version had positive comments on controls and graphics, but called the gameplay dull and not challenging and recommended the game only for Grinch fans.[24]

The Game Boy Color version was a runner-up for the "Action Game of 2000" award in Editors' Choice at IGN's Best of 2000 Awards for Game Boy Color.[29]]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of the PlayStation version, two critics gave it each a score of 3/10, and the other gave it 2/10.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GameSpot staff (2000-11-10). "The Grinch Ships for the PlayStation [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-grinch-ships-for-the-playstation/1100-2652640/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Provo, Frank (2000-12-20). "The Grinch Review (PS)". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-grinch-review/1900-2667228/. 
  3. ↑ "グリンチ [ゲームボーイ"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=21421&redirect=no. Retrieved 2022-05-30. 
  4. ↑ "The Grinch for Dreamcast". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/913954-the-grinch/index.html. 
  5. ↑ "The Grinch for Game Boy Color". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/578050-the-grinch/index.html. 
  6. ↑ "The Grinch for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/913927-the-grinch/index.html. 
  7. ↑ "The Grinch for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/913934-the-grinch/index.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Grinch for Dreamcast Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-grinch/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The Grinch for PC Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-grinch/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The Grinch for PlayStation Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-grinch/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation. 
  11. ↑ House, Michael L.. "The Grinch (PC) - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25298&tab=review. 
  12. ↑ Saltzman, Marc (2000-12-26). "The Grinch - PC Review". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-5118%2C00.html. 
  13. ↑ D'Aprile, Jason (2000-12-04). "The Grinch - PlayStation Review". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Psx/Reviews/Tg/. 
  14. ↑ Johnston, Chris; Mielke, James "Milkman"; Lockhart, Ryan (January 2001). "The Grinch (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (138): 203. https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_138_January_2001_U/page/n201/mode/2up. Retrieved 2022-05-30. 
  15. ↑ "The Grinch (PS)". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (94). February 2001. 
  16. ↑ "The Grinch (PS)". GameFan (BPA International). 2000-11-16. 
  17. ↑ Star Dingo (2000-12-13). "The Grinch Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/7625.shtml. Retrieved 2013-11-10. 
  18. ↑ Provo, Frank (2001-02-02). "The Grinch Review". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-grinch-review/1900-2681870/. 
  19. ↑ The Mad Giraffe (2001-02-06). "The Grinch". IGN Entertainment. http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/thegrinch/. 
  20. ↑ Suzi Sez (2001-02-13). "The Grinch Review - PlayStation". http://psx.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15316.htm. 
  21. ↑ Harris, Craig (2000-12-01). "The Grinch (GBC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/02/the-grinch-3. 
  22. ↑ Shif, Gil Alexander (2000-12-08). "The Grinch (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/09/the-grinch. 
  23. ↑ Conrad, Jeremy (2000-12-06). "The Grinch (PS)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/07/the-grinch-2. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Gaudiosi, John (January 2001). "The Grinch (PS)". NextGen (Imagine Media) (73): 106. https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n107/mode/2up. Retrieved 2022-05-30. 
  25. ↑ "The Grinch". Nintendo Power (Nintendo of America) 138: 132. November 2000. 
  26. ↑ Steinman, Gary (December 2000). "The Grinch". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (39). http://www.zdnet.com/opm/stories/main/0,11891,2646698,00.html. Retrieved 2014-01-25. 
  27. ↑ Pratchett, Rhianna (February 2001). "The Grinch". PC Zone (Dennis Publishing) (99): 73. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_099_2001-02_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n71/mode/2up. Retrieved 2022-05-30. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Saltzman, Marc (2001-01-17). "Grinch game no bonus, thanks to outdated look". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/011701_grinch.html. 
  29. ↑ IGN staff (2001-01-29). "IGN.com's Best of 2000 Awards (Pocket: Action Game of 2000)". Snowball.com. http://pocket.ign.com/news/30731.html. 

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