A little better than its reputation, but not by much. It wants to move like Sonic, but other than the actual movement speeds, it's just not designed to be played that way. Everything kills you in one hit and other than repeatedly dying and replaying you have no way of preparing for what's coming when the screen scrolls. Not good!

But we rented this frequently when I was a kid and I have fond memories of playing it with my mom after school. Looking back on it I can't believe she had the patience to suffer through it with me, but suffer we did. I'm 35 now and "MKBRLN" and "STGRTN" just appear in my head sometimes. There really were some good elements to this game! Just not enough of them.

Banger soundtrack, too, I'll give it that.