Underplayed Gems

Monkey Hero (1999)

Monkey Hero cover
Developer
Blam!
Publisher
Take-Two Interactive
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating
3.8 of 5, 6 player ratings
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A cheerful action-RPG romp through a fantasy world where you wield a bamboo staff and follow a fairy-tale quest with a gentle, playful pace.

lightheartedadventurouswhimsicalmoderate difficultyexploration-focusedmythicaccessiblestory-driven

About

You start the game outside a mine with your friend Tiger. She asks you to take a cart into the mine. You oblige and while in the mine there is an explosion which causes you fall to the lower levels. In the mine you find a treasure chest with a bamboo staff in, which becomes your weapon for the rest of the game. After much wandering you find your way out and meet Master Sage, who gives you a headband which he can use to communicate with you. He then sends you to the library to stop the Nightmare King from stealing the Magic Storybook.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.