Underplayed Gems

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! (1999)

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! cover
Developer
Traveller's Tales
Publisher
Activision, Gradiente
Platforms
Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, Dreamcast
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Rating
3.8 of 5, 135 player ratings
Main story
about 7.7 hours
Completionist
about 9.5 hours

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How it feels

A cheerful, breezy platformer where you guide Buzz through familiar movie settings at a relaxed pace, collecting coins and saving the day without much stress.

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About

Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his way through from the bedroom to the outside world in order to save Woody from the toy market and bring him home. All of the character from the 3D animated movie appear through-out the side scroller to help Buzz get to where he is needed. Along with the use of his cannon, Buzz can jump to hard to reach places, also useful in collecting the hidden coins that open bonus levels.

What players say

A competent, colorful collectathon platformer through the Toy Story world, considered the best version of the tie-in and warmly nostalgic for many who grew up with it. Solid and charming but a bit generic, with an occasionally unwieldy camera.

Screenshots

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