Super Troll Islands

Super Troll Islands
North American cover art
Developer(s)Millennium Interactive[1]
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Mike Ball[2]
Tim Closs[2]
Composer(s)Richard Joseph[3]
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
Genre(s)Platform[1]
Mode(s)Single-player

Super Troll Islands (スーパートロールアイランド, Sūpā Torōru Airando) is a platform game based on the license of bright-haired toys known as Troll dolls. A Sega Genesis version was planned but never released.[4][5][6]

Gameplay

Each scrolling level is initially shrouded in an animated "mist" until they are cleared by running around platforms and ladders in any order, bringing color to an initially greyscale game tile. A brightly coloured background is revealed after the player makes the mist vanish into thin air.[2]

Mr Blobby

The game was reskinned for Amiga and MS-DOS as Mr Blobby, based on the character from the British TV series Noel's House Party. The gameplay remained the same, but the Troll characters were replaced with Mr Blobby and his family.[7]

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Super Troll Islands a 6 out of 10 rating in their December 1993 review.[2] Allgame gave the game a rating of 2.5 stars out of a possible 5 in their overview.[9] In 1995, Total! ranked Super Troll Islands a 95th on their Top 100 SNES Games writing: "A big platformer that’s a bit weird."[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Basic overview of game". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  3. ^ "Composer information". SNES Music. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  4. ^ "GameSpy - PreViews: World of Trolls". Mega Zone. No. 40. Elwood, Vic.: Megazone Publications. June 1994. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Welcome To The Next Level: 1994 And Beyond... - Sega Genesis". Sega Force. No. 5. Sendai Publishing. July 1994. pp. 8–26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  6. ^ "CES News - CES Directory: Your Guide To The Show". Mean Machines Sega. No. 23. EMAP. September 1994. pp. 12–14.
  7. ^ Amiga Power, Issue 45 (January 1995)
  8. ^ Ahmet, Deniz (June 1994). "Super Troll Island" (PDF). Computer and Video Games. No. 151. p. 45. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Super Troll Islands - Review - allgame". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Top 100 SNES Games". Total! (43): 48. July 1995. Retrieved February 21, 2022.


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