Monster in My Pocket (1992)

Beat on slow mode as the monster. I initially tried the vampire then wanted to try the other to see if there was any difference. There was not so might as well stick with him. The vamp was cooler but I preferred the blue of Frankenstein over the red. The game was pretty simple 2D action platformer. I liked the wide arc on the attacks and how it stuck around for a second, making the melee combat quite forgiving. You could occasionally pick up objects to throw for easier kills. Sometimes the enemies seemed infinite, and some enemies were way more difficult than others. Toughest ones were the wolf things that hid behind pillars, had a ranged attack, and sometimes charged for contact damage. Also the flying hydra that shot lightning. The double jump was great and I liked the verticality for some of the stages, plus the giant size of things. I liked some of the bosses but others became tedious. They all had very fixed patterns with the kraken and crane being the most tedious. The banshee and warlock seemed to have a little bit of randomness at least, though the final tv boss went back to being too simple. Some of the normal enemy encounters were also a bit tedious and repetitive. Overall a fairly fun decent game with pretty good controls held back by repetitiveness and lack of depth. Making the 2 playable characters play differently or adding something like Castlevania's sub weapons would have gone a long way to improving the game.

6.8/10

Preliminary: If it weren't for the gimmick of being tiny with large cheeses and household objects, I don't think I would have kept playing this. I kept debating about giving it a 2 star and moving on

For the most part, everything is just average. epitomal 3 star NES game like kingbk said. I like how it gives me a bit of a Castlevania feel with the enemy mechanics, and it seems well-designed where you get a series of Hearts after a particularly tough area etc. However, it never surpasses average (so far. I'm at the third stage rn).

Welllll. actually. With the bosses taking way too many repeated hits and the music and Look quite lackluster for 92, and that I'm already irritated on Stage 3 of 6, it's really a 2 star and move on for me. I was hoping the "tiny in the normal world" gimmick would help boost it but they don't achieve enough with the Look and Feel of that gimmick, even when compared to late 80s and 90/91 C64 games that did the same. Moving on

Fun Fact. The Pts. Had to do with how powerful the monsters were... so yes, it was in fact a crude Monster Battler system, hehehe. I like how that sort of translated into the game: Harder enemies that go down with more hits are worth more 'pts' and every 500 of them you get an extra life.

MimP feels a bit like T.M.N.T. mixed in with the settings and levels of Rescue Rangers. Playing it isn't as satisfying as either, unfortunately.

supports two player Co-Op, so best played with a friend (I guess?)

Based on the popular toys from the 80s-90s, Monster in My Pocket is the quintessential 3 star NES game. What do I mean by that? I mean that while you are playing it, you will have fun, and likely enjoy the experience, but once you are done playing it, you won't remember much about it at all, or have a desire to revisit it again.

Playing as either a vampire or Frankenstein's Monster, you go around a house defeating other evil monsters. The levels play into the fact that you are small monsters, as items like big keys, boom boxes and other objects are both weapons you can use, as well as things you can scale to reach different areas.

The game is not overly challenging and you should be able to complete it in 45 minutes to an hour.

Again, nothing terrific about this and nothing terrible either. A solid game to scratch an itch and then you can move on.