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Jackie Chan Adventures
Jackie Chan Adventures PlayStation 2 Front Cover  Jackie Chan Adventures PlayStation 2 Back Cover

 The insidious Dark Hand clan, lead by Valmont, a man possessed by a Chinese demon called Shendu, are planning to free imprisoned demons using a Pan Ku puzzle box. When this box is solved in a specific area of the world, the demon is unleashed, free to wreak havoc once more. It's up to Jackie Chan to travel the world and stop Valmont before he completes his goal.

Along the way, he will collect twelve mystical Talismans - one for each sign of the Chinese zodiac. These Talismans grant Jackie special powers, including levitation, laser eyes, re-animation, transformation, and invisibility.

Jackie Chan Adventures is a cross between an action-adventure similar to The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and a beat 'em up. Players control Jackie, who can perform a variety of Kung Fu moves to defeat enemies. They can also perform Jackie's trademark 'running up walls' technique to reach certain areas. Other areas allow Jackie to interact with characters and play mini-games such as fishing, jump rope or drum playing. The game also features an in-depth collectible card mini-game similar to Yu-Gi-Oh!.
 
Jackie Chan no Project A
Jackie Chan no Project A PC-6001 Front Cover  Jackie Chan no Project A PC-6001 Back Cover

 Jackie Chan no Project A is a side-scrolling beat-em-up based on the 1983 Jackie Chan kung-fu film of the same name. At the start of each level, the protagonist has just rowed a boat to the entrance of a pirate's lair. The goal is to enter the cave and defeat the pirate leader. The entrance to the cave is infested with bats. Further inside the cavern are some red henchmen before the final confrontation with the blue pirate king. The hero has a number of special moves such as punch, forwards and backwards kicks, flying kick and a downwards punch to enemies that have been floored. Fighting involves repeatedly hitting your opponent until they fall down, and then delivering a special knockout blow. Each move drains the player's energy, as does being hit by your opponents. At other times, energy is constantly replenished. Running out of energy causes the loss of one of your three lives, and loss of all lives ends the game.

Jackie Chan Stuntmaster 
Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster PlayStation Front Cover Manual - Front  Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster PlayStation Back Cover

 Jackie's grandfather has been kidnapped. To rescue his grandfather, Jackie must find and deliver a package to the kidnappers.

The player takes control of Jackie Chan as he fights his way through fifteen levels within five different areas filled with thugs and goons. Luckily, Jackie is a Kung Fu master and has no problem with punches and kicks. He can also perform signature moves like running up walls, cartwheel kicks and even Drunken Master Kung Fu style. All of the moves are authenticated, thanks to the motion-captured sessions with Jackie Chan himself.

In addition to punches and kicks, potent objects such as chairs and brooms can also be used as weapons, just like in Jackie Chan movies. Should Jackie start to run low on health he can grab some milk, rice and even Chinese take-out food scattered throughout the levels for some health recovery.

Jack Keane
Jack Keane Windows Front Cover  Jack Keane Windows Back Cover

 The evil Dr. T has invented tea-eating plants that he uses to destroy the tea-plantations of the British Empire in order to force them to buy their tea from him. Of course the Queen does not want his tea so she sends in a British Secret Agent who has to stop Dr. T. Jack Keane, a rather unsuccessful captain, is chosen to escort the agent to Tooth Island where Dr. T has his base of operations. When he meets the agent in Cape Town it quickly becomes clear that the agent does not really know anything about spying even though he thinks he is the best of the best. So Jack unwillingly takes over the operation and tries to help the agent stop Dr. T.

Players take the role of Jack in 3rd person perspective. Later in the game the player can also control Amanda, an American henchman who is hired by Dr. T to get rid of Jack. Amanda eventually learns she is on the wrong side and begins helping Jack instead.

This adventure game uses a 3D engine with a fixed camera and everything is controlled by the mouse. The left mouse button is used mostly for looking at objects and moving around the gameplay screen, while the the right button performs all important actions.

Upon hovering over items, the appropriate action appears: walking, running, looking, picking up, talking or using. Items are gathered in the inventory at the top of the screen. They can be examined, used in the environment or combined to create a new item. There are also bonus items available when certain non-essential actions are completed. These have nothing to do with the main story but provide bonus riddles. There is another bonus if certain riddles are completed early before they stop the game's progress.

Other options offered in the game include using the "x" keyboard key to highlight all interactive spots in the current view, turning subtitles on or off, inventory show or hide, and various screen resolution settings. The playable character will run if the left-mouse button is double-clicked.

The story-based problems all involve choosing the proper inventory item (or combination of items) in the environment or on another character. There are no puzzles as such otherwise. Climbing up and down and occasional jumping are done with a click of the mouse, but there is no time-limit or risk, since your character cannot die in the game.

The graphics and humour are reminiscent of the LucasArts adventures especially the Monkey Island series.

Jack Keane 2 : the Fire Within 
Jack Keane 2: The Fire Within Windows Manual Front

 Five years after his adventure with Doctor T. during Jack Keane the name giving hero Jack Keane is back. His newest adventure starts in 1899 in the city of Shanghai, together with the Texas-beauty Amanda he is seeking for a mysterious treasure. But Jack would not be Jack if he didn't stumble upon every mess that is available. The first tasks clearly show what the problem is: the guardian of the treasure is an old shaman, who is currently in the prison of Shanghai. Well, getting into the prison is an easy task... but how to get out???

The graphics and controls are similar to its predecessor: this adventure game uses a 3D engine with a fixed camera and everything is controlled by the mouse. The left mouse button is used mostly for looking at objects and moving around the gameplay screen, while the right button performs all important actions.

And again this game is reminiscent to the old Monkey Island series adventure games.

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