James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (1993)

Developer: Millennium Interactive, Vectordean
Publisher: U.S. Gold, Millennium Interactive, Tec Toy
Platforms: Amiga CD32, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Rating: 3.0 of 5, 6 player ratings

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How it feels

A comedic sci-fi platformer with lightning-fast running and tongue-in-cheek humor starring a fish-spy secret agent.

comedyfast-pacedplatformerquirkyarcade-styleactionsci-fi

About

Unlike the first game of the series, that was a mission-based game, and the second one, where your character had unique abilities such as observing the whole level and growing to unlimited height, James Pond 3 is a standard jump and run platform game. Pond can run very quickly (by holding down the A button) through large levels, which often contain steep mountain sides and other tricky areas. Once again, he has to oppose the evil scientist Maybe and his minions.

Screenshots

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish screenshot 1

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish screenshot 2

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish screenshot 3

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish screenshot 4

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