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Instruction booklet · March 1992

Smart Ball

PlatformAdventure1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

The game involves going through 8 stages (broken up into two parts each) of side-scrolling action. At the end of each stage is a boss monster that must be disposed of. Jerry moves by sliding across the ground and can latch on to walls and climb them. Jerry can also jump, stretch out to cling to ceilings, and also move at a faster pace.

Specifications

Released
March 1992
Developers
Game Freak, System Sacom
Publisher
Sony Imagesoft
Players
1
Genre
Platform · Adventure
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Smart Ball
Themes
Action · Fantasy · Kids
View
Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

6
7
7
5
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
51/100 (6 ratings)
ACE
890/1000
AllGame
3/5
Computer and Video Games
85/100
GX
4.5/5
Super Play
6/10
Control
64%
Game Boy
3/5, 2/5, 2/5, 3/5
Hippon Super!
7/10
N-Force
91%
SNES Force
(JP) 86%, (NA) 87%
Super Action
89%
Super Gamer
43%
The Super Famicom
B−
Super Pro
43%
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Week of March 6, 1992
Mar. 10

On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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