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A character can be guided through a selection of literature genre-themed levels, ranging from horror to adventure and fantasy worlds.

Magic can be used, and stomping enemies to death by jumping on their heads is permitted.

Enemies include bats, flying books, giant hands, ghosts, pirates, and more.

They criticized the poor controls and repetitiveness, commenting that Almost all of Pagemaster is redundant platform jumping against the same enemies who appear over and over again.

However, they praised the graphics for their colorful and effective recreations of the settings for famous novels and concluded the game isnt bad, it just isnt as fun as it couldve been.

The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly also considered it a just above average game.

They praised the movie-like graphics and audio, but criticized the controls, saying the character tends to slide around, and felt the game to be generally uninteresting.

They held the Genesis version in lower regard, commenting that This game would be enjoyable, but the control just isnt there.

GamePro similarly commented that the Genesis version is good in most respects, but that the poor controls make it an overall mediocre game.

They particularly cited jumps requiring excessive precision and slippery control, remarking that Richard slides from platforms so often youll think his soles are oiled.

The SNES version was ranked 35 in all except graphics, which was rated 3.45.

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