Hi, Gamers! Last weekend I decided to play Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, a curious action game from the PS1 era that I couldn’t play when I was a child, so, here is my retro review.

The objective of this adventure consists in rescuing our grandfather from the grip of an evil mafia gang. To accomplish our mission we have to complete 5 levels, each one of them consists of three stages and a final boss.

As you can see in the screenshots, we will encounter a big amount of enemies as we make our way. This game also has some platform sections that are quite well made and add variety to the adventure.

However, the most entertaining aspect of the game is the combat, since the enemies we meet are more than just a decoration to stop you from getting bored in each one of the stages.

The repertory of techniques that our hero can use to defend himself go from a basic punch and kick, to melee holds, juggling with the enemies in the air in the same style as Tekken, and some special moves and other type of combos.

The funniest part is that just like in the majority of Jackie Chan’s movies, we can use several objects dispersed in the levels to hit our opponents, some of this items are umbrellas, pool sticks or fryer pans.

Is worth mentioning that as we progress in the game, we can collect some curious dragons’ heads that are scattered in the scenarios, these can help us discover a secret, and we can also find healing items in the form of food.

The animations surprised me a lot because this game is somewhat old; the movements of our hero and his enemies are really smooth. In fact, I managed to unlock an interesting video interview that showed how the developers created them with motion capture.

Unfortunately, the majority of the backgrounds in the stages don’t have the same level of care and their appearances are boring and repetitive. The few ones that I liked are found in a factory, a sewer and a roof.

When it comes to the music, the songs used in the game have a lot of variety in compositions that go from techno to funk, and the majority work really well with the ambience of the game, but I don’t think they are good enough to have them in our favorite video-games’ soundtrack playlist. What I did think was very creative and cool was the amount of Jackie Chan’s phrases that were recorded for the game; for example when we pause the game we can hear him say: where are you going?

In conclusion, even though this game needed more visual variety, I think it combines funny combats and good platform sections really well; another positive thing is that it’s not as short as other games that were released in a similar time. If you like old school beat' em up and specially, this actor’s movies, I recommend this game to you.