A really fun time from start to finish! Ape Escape is a new favorite of mine from the PS1, thanks to it's fun gameplay. This game tasks the player with catching monkeys using various gadgets, all of which are pretty fun to use. The monkeys themselves are also very charming, due to their cute designs and the monkey radar giving them names and personality quirks. The levels are mostly pretty solid, offering good platforming challenges and varied setpieces, some of my favorites being the hot spring level in the snowy mountains, the level where you explore the inside of a turtle, and the game's final level, a giant amusement park! Another highlight of Ape Escape is it's soundtrack, which has a lot of catchy tracks, my favorite being the theme thst plays in the final portion of Monkey Madness. My only criticisms towards this game are its few bosses being pretty easy, and the invulnerability frames given to the player being limited, as thus allows for some enemies and environmental hazards to rack up a lot of damage on the player. Regardless, I find that Ape Escape has held up quite well over the years, and it's a platformer I can easily recommend!