What is Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue?

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is an action 3D game loosely based on the Toy Story 2 movie.

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Sure, Toy Story 2 is technically a game for kids. Technically, so is Mario. But people of all ages can enjoy the latest action game from Disney and Activision. Based on the movie of the same name, Toy Story 2 is a 15-level, 3D-platform game in which you play Buzz Lightyear on a mission to rescue the kidnapped Woody from an insidious toy collector. And believe it or not, it’s quite addictive.

Toy Story 2 is typical platform fare where Buzz advances through different levels, collecting coins and tokens, figuring out puzzles, racing other objects, and battling evil bosses. In the first level, Buzz must explore and conquer five different rooms in tidy’s house — he battles a robot in the attic, races a car in the garage, and collects coins and finds little Bo Peep’s missing sheep throughout. To do all this, he runs, jumps, climbs, and shoots lasers, in addition to other actions.

Graphically, the game is appealing. It’s no Quake III Arena, but it’s bright and colorful, with the kind of visual appeal that holds your attention for hours on end The game can get fairly complex — puzzles can take seconds or hours to solve. Targeting kids eight and up, this game may occasionally be too difficult for the younger end of the spectrum.

The game is slightly buggy — clipping problems sometimes plague the graphics, and the camera can be jerky, causing vertigo-induced migraines after hours of play. If you don’t have a G3/266, you’re flat out of luck — it’s back to Tetris for you. However, if you are blessed with a powerful system and have a particular affinity for Toy Story and for platform games, this is a worthwhile purchase — you’ll find yourself whiling away hours and hours and days and days.

Lu, Cathy. (May 2000). Toy Story 2. MacAddict. (pg. 61).

Download Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

Compatibility notes

Architecture: PPC (166mhz or faster)

At least 32MB of RAM

Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2.2

A GPU with at least 8MB of VRAM