The Lawnmower Man SNES
Game Information
The Lawnmower Man is the game based on the 1992 movie of the same name (itself loosely based on a Stephen King short story) starring pre-Bond fame Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist working for Virtual Space Industries in "Project 5", a secret research that attempts to increase the intelligence of primates using psychotropic drugs and VR training. With his reluctance to aim the research to military purpose, after one of the chimps escapes and shoots a guard in the process he is given a forced vacation, and while taking notes on the need for experiment with a human subject, he notices Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey), a simpleton who makes his living on odd jobs such as mowing the grass (hence, the title role). The first experiments quickly increase Jobe's intelligence, and while after an accident Angelo stopped the experiments, The Shop, a secret agency overviewing Project 5, reinserted the drugs responsible for violent behaviour into the program and sped up the treatment. As Jobe starts to develop telekinetic powers, he starts to take revenge on those who abused him before he started the treatments, and plots to take over all computers in the world. While the CD version of the game (PC, Mega CD) is an interactive movie, both cartridge versions are platformers, the player taking control of Dr. Angelo or Carla Parkette (mother of Jobe's best friend) in typical side-scrolling shooting action. The player can collect better weapons or data discs, which after collecting a number of them allow to morph into the Virtual Suit, which gives protection against a first hit. The player visits several locations seen in the movie, such as the gas pump and the VSI headquarters. The twists of the game are true-3D level connectors, based on the CG sequences of the movie, usually all involving avoiding obstacles (and the occasional shooting) at high speed in the VR world. There are four different (Virtual World, Cyber War, Cyber Run and Cyber Tube), each taking a slightly different approach (Virtual World is seen in first person, the objective being dodging obstacles such as trees and archs and reach the exit, Cyber War similar to Virtual World but with some shooting stops, Cyber Run is seen in third person and requires occasional shooting of obstacles, while Cyber Tube is a fast travel with plenty of enemies in a VR tunnel).
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| Released | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Developer | THQ |
| Publisher | Sales Curve Interactive |
| Players | 2 |
| Co-Op | No |
Game Rarity
| Average Price (USD) | Rarity | Popularity | $12.68 | 993 | 63 |
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Game Availability
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| eBay | The Lawnmower Man - w/ Manual (SNES) [B22] | $40.63 |  |
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| eBay | The Lawnmower Man - Cartridge Only - SNES - Tested & Working! PAL | $24.25 |  |
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| eBay | The Lawnmower Man - Game Only SNES181 | $21 |  |
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| eBay | The Lawnmower Man (Nintendo SNES 1993) Authentic, Tested & Working, Cart Only | $9.99 |  |
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Additional Information
As Dr. Angelo, it is your job to break into Virtual Space Industries and contain Jobe before he escapes his virtual reality domain and reaches the networks. If you want, you can play the game as Carla, a close friend and confidante of Dr. Angelo.
Much of the eight levels in this game play like a side-scrolling platformer/shooter. You run and jump on buildings and such and shoot guards, cars and other enemies while avoiding gunfire and obstacles, such as psychic furniture and cans fired from a soda machine. You can gather power-ups along the way, such as homing bullets, smart bombs, score multipliers and extra lives. You'll also have the opportunity to hijack a helicopter and drive a missile-firing car (or motorcycle) along a busy street.
The rest of the game is composed of virtual reality worlds. Here you will fly forward and pass through portals while avoiding obstacles such as walls and meteors. Certain virtual worlds are Cyber War sections. In these portions of the game, you will shoot your way through enemies and obstacles (such as hexagons) in addition to avoiding obstacles. In the final virtual world, you must battle it out with the Doomplayer, the being responsible for imprisoning Jobe in virtual reality.
Based on the 1992 sci-fi film of the same name, The Lawnmower Man is for one or two players. The two-player mode is simultaneous.
Controls: Gamepad/Joystick
Box Description
Nothing can prepare
you for the amazing
world of virtual reality
As a movieÄhe Lawnmower Man
exploded the boundaries of graphics tech-
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nology. As a game; it will blow your mind with a dazzling blend of breath-
taking 3D and blockbusting action.
It all begins in the shadowy research agency known as 'The -Shopt Here,
the brilliantbut maverick scientist Dr. Angelo uses Jobe, a simple
Lawnmower Man, as a guinea pig -in his Virtual Reality experiment„.and
-creates a monster, transforming him into the superhuman CyberJobe who
vows to dominate mankind, Now the race is on to destroy The Shop before
CyberJobe can break out of their computer system and reach the global
computer network, from which he will be able to control and manipulate
the world's computers.
In the Heal wolld you will battle against CyberJobe'S minions, -from "The
Shop security agents to giant wasps, killer primates and unnaturally con-
trolled vehicles. -In the Virtual Worlds you will encounter whole news unique
and hostile terrains; fantastic new worlds where the only limit is -the imagi-
nation. It's here that you will be fighting the CyberJobe and swooping and
diving around some unnaturally hostile tunnels and passages, where the
-speed of light is as dangerous as any enemy dreamed up by CyberJobe. -It's
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here where you will finally encounter
CyberJobe, and then the most terrifying
manifestation of Virtual Reality possi-
ble, and it'S here where the battle
between good and evil will finally
be decided.
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