The Three Stooges is a video game originally released by Cinemaware in
1987 for the Commodore Amiga personal computer, based on the comedy
act of the same name. In the game, players control Stooges Moe, Larry
and Curly in minigames based on classic Stooges films with the aim of
raising enough money to save an orphanage. The game was later ported
for different systems including the Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, NES and
Game Boy Advance. A remake of the game was also released for Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh. While the game has been praised as a faithful
adaptation of the Stooges films, it has been criticized for repetitive
gameplay and limited replay value.Game designer John Cutter designed
the game as a kind of board game. The Three Stooges must rescue an old
woman's orphanage by earning money in minigames based on various Three
Stooges films. These include cracker-eating contests (based on the
Stooges short Dutiful But Dumb) and boxing matches (based on the short
Punch Drunks). Players select minigames by timing a button press as a
hand randomly points to various symbols representing in-game events,
including non-interactive events that can raise or lower the Stooges'
cash total. Each event takes up one in-game day; players have 30
in-game days to earn as much money as possible.The hand gradually
speeds up from one day to the next, but can be slowed down by landing
on a space that allows Moe to pummel Larry and Curly. The player must
avoid mousetrap spaces, which injure the fingers on the hand; landing
on four such spaces immediately ends the game, regardless of the
number of days completed.Several different game endings are possible,
depending on the amount of money the player has earned. These range
from the banker foreclosing on the orphanage due to the Stooges'
inability to collect enough money to pay the rent, to the orphanage
being saved and renovated and the Stooges marrying the owner's three
daughters.
1987 for the Commodore Amiga personal computer, based on the comedy
act of the same name. In the game, players control Stooges Moe, Larry
and Curly in minigames based on classic Stooges films with the aim of
raising enough money to save an orphanage. The game was later ported
for different systems including the Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, NES and
Game Boy Advance. A remake of the game was also released for Microsoft
Windows and Macintosh. While the game has been praised as a faithful
adaptation of the Stooges films, it has been criticized for repetitive
gameplay and limited replay value.Game designer John Cutter designed
the game as a kind of board game. The Three Stooges must rescue an old
woman's orphanage by earning money in minigames based on various Three
Stooges films. These include cracker-eating contests (based on the
Stooges short Dutiful But Dumb) and boxing matches (based on the short
Punch Drunks). Players select minigames by timing a button press as a
hand randomly points to various symbols representing in-game events,
including non-interactive events that can raise or lower the Stooges'
cash total. Each event takes up one in-game day; players have 30
in-game days to earn as much money as possible.The hand gradually
speeds up from one day to the next, but can be slowed down by landing
on a space that allows Moe to pummel Larry and Curly. The player must
avoid mousetrap spaces, which injure the fingers on the hand; landing
on four such spaces immediately ends the game, regardless of the
number of days completed.Several different game endings are possible,
depending on the amount of money the player has earned. These range
from the banker foreclosing on the orphanage due to the Stooges'
inability to collect enough money to pay the rent, to the orphanage
being saved and renovated and the Stooges marrying the owner's three
daughters.
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