Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos

Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that was released in 1995 in North America.

Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos
Cover art
Publisher(s)Acclaim Entertainment[1]
Programmer(s)Anthony Lloyd[1]
Composer(s)Mark Cooksey[2]
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
Genre(s)2D action platformer[1]
Mode(s)Single-player

Summary

In a small Mexican village, all the mice are enjoying a fiesta until Los Gatos Bandidos, a group of cats, come and kidnap them. Only Slowpoke Rodriguez escapes and sends for his cousin, Speedy Gonzales.[3] Speedy enters each level and tries to rescue as many mice as possible while chasing after cheese and avoiding natural hazards. The gameplay in Speedy Gonzales resembles the Sonic the Hedgehog series.[3]

Players can access a short-range kick for attacking and can occasionally pick up items for usage at a later time in the game.[3] The game is full of bottomless pits and spikes, which kill players instantly.[4] Getting locked up in a cage also causes players to lose a life.[4] Arch-enemies from the cartoon show such as Sylvester and Robocat appear in the game.[5] In Stage 6-1, there is a specific button in one section on the level that used to lock up emulators, due to improper emulation on how the game executed code for the button. byuu, known for his emulator higan, documented on how this occurred and how it was fixed.[6]

Reception

Captain Squideo of GamePro gave the game a mostly negative review, particularly focusing on the easy and rudimentary gameplay: "The game's colorful cartoon style is reminiscent of last year's Yogi Bear game, and the simplistic run-n-jump gameplay will appeal only to young gamers. ... The puzzles are remedial, enemies drop with one quick kick, and abundant time bonuses help you beat the clock." However, he did praise the quality and charm of the music, voices, and sound effects.[7] A reviewer for Next Generation criticized that the gameplay mechanics and level designs are mostly shamelessly ripped off from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and handles them poorly with choppy animation and "a momentum that makes you feel as though you're controlling a large walrus, rather than a mouse." He gave it one out of five stars.[8] Coincidentally, the game is also well-known for being the basis of a pirate hack where Speedy Gonzales is replaced with Sonic, and the caged mice that he saves are replaced with Mario.[9]

References
  1. "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  2. Soundtrack information at SNES Music
  3. "Basic game summary". MobyGames. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  4. "Additional game overview". Super Adventures in Gaming. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  5. "Arch-enemies information". allgame. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  6. "The State of Emulation, part 3".
  7. "ProReview: Speedy Gonzales in Los Gatos Banditos". GamePro. IDG (86): 90. November 1995.
  8. "Speedy Gonzales in Las [sic] Gatos Banditos". Next Generation. Imagine Media (11): 189. November 1995.
  9. "Small Mario Findings". Small Mario Findings. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
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