Sunday, 6 July 2025

Ariel the Little Mermaid (Sega Master System review)

Developer: BlueSky Software, Disney Software
Publisher: Tec Toy
Released: 1996

Ariel the Little Mermaid is an action title that was previously released on the Sega Game Gear (1992) and Sega Genesis (1992).

+ Ability to call upon your fish friends is a charming mechanic that can net you treasure and open new pathways.

- However, using button combinations to summon them is clunky and they sometimes wander off-screen without helping!

- Frame-rate is dreadful, the game randomly speeds up and down, and the scrolling is so jerky it'll hurt your eyeballs.

- Controls are wildly unreliable and it's clear this was a dirty port of the handheld version due to smaller resolution windows.

- Checking the map to locate polyps is tedious and it also takes a painful amount of time for the graphic to draw-in.

- Ariel frequently gets stuck on the scenery, and the adventure is all too brief as there's only four short levels.

- Bosses are extremely disappointing, as you can stand in one spot and blast away at the static foe in front of you.


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