Y'know how some games just stink of Britishness? I'm not talking about them having Union Jacks or the Queen in them or anything like that - there's just something about the way the characters are drawn and the way the levels named and all the crass attempts at humour in some games - 90s ones in particular - where you can just feel that they were made by some awful little British dude pecking away on a tobacco-stained Amstrad CPC. Jelly Boy is a prime example of this phenomena.

Reviewed on Aug 10, 2021


6 Comments


2 years ago

you've perfectly articulated the bri'ish dizzy-isms that are so stuffy they're nauseating to play and read aloud.

2 years ago

The boxart, why is it like that

Even with the people doing Nintendo apologia saying "oh hey they're digging up hidden gems instead of just the hits on NSO" ok go dig up The Mysterious Murasame Castle. Go grab Sutte Hakkun. Jelly boy can stay buried thanks

2 years ago

Every Rare game

1 year ago

Yo can I kind crib this idea for a list? This is such a specific vibe and I wanna make a list of "Britcore" or w.e games. Open to better names for the genre lol

1 year ago

Oh damn! awesome