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Planet of the Apes |  | From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $0.25
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Seller: tardisshop
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7292
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: Action Video Games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 1.8
MPN: 61057
Model: 610571
UPC: 008888610571
EAN: 0008888610571
ASIN: B00005OOOX
Release Date: September 18, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review
The good news is that this Planet of the Apes retelling isn't quite as bad as the Tim Burton film. Though not directly tied to any of the movies, this ape adventure is based in the world of the original 1960s movie and book. As stranded astronaut Ulysses, you find yourself in a decidedly inhospitable world run by apes that have a penchant for keeping captive humans running around in loincloths. There are some friendly primates and humans to be found, but it's the mean monkeys that are bent on stopping you from learning their many secrets. Sadly, the game's many blemishes include boring combat and a horrific save system that only works between levels. The overly familiar Tomb Raider-ish gameplay features plenty of button pushing, important object locating, and ledge grabbing. But the outdated visuals, droning voice acting, and occasionally awkward controls will keep seasoned gamers from coming back for more. With a little more care this title could've been a top banana, but sadly the gameplay is overstylized and underripe. --Mark Brooks Pros: - Outdated but functional graphics that should run on older PCs
- Should be very familiar to anyone that has played any of the Tomb Raider games
- Better than most Planet of the Apes films
Cons: - Almost completely unoriginal gameplay
- Boring combat
- Pitiful save system that only allows you to store your progress between levels
Amazon.com Product Description
Fight for humanity as Ulysses, a deep-space astronaut shipwrecked on Earth nearly 2,000 years into the future. To his horror, a deadly breed of intelligent apes has evolved from mankind and now dominates the Earth. Hunted to near extinction, the ragtag human survivors huddle in fear of the Ape Empire.Against impossible odds, Ulysses must infiltrate the simian society and halt the genocidal plan of the ape general Ursus. Familiar faces like Cornelius and Dr. Zaius and new terrors like Mandrill assassins and renegade baboons await in this pulse-pounding tribute to the sci-fi cinema classic.
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 Planet of the Ape the plurals don't have it(much) March 13, 2008
Kid Prometheus (The "I ain't welcome on this here private land" area.)
It is a good game for a casual action/adventure(graphic adventure) fan if only it worked in Windows XP. In fact, aside from its native OS it doesn't work at all! Very rigid flaky program. The content and gameplay is really quite fun, not anything breathtaking or revolutionary but a nice ride. I am willing to write about it not working in XP but it will never work because unless some win 98 emulator comes along(via a selfless 3rd party like DOS Box's Sourceforge), this game will be long forgotten by all. Such is the world of "The Planet of the Apes". If you have an operating PC that is compatible with 98 don't ever run it off the CD-ROM it is the worst experience ever, always do a full install of both disks and you'll never be kicked out of the awesome climax of movies(what little thier are). Like the animated series, the apes and "primitive' humans sound very civilised. "Nova's" voice is more pleasant than a phone operator's(since it is also "Zira's" not to mention every other female character in the game) and she is not the primate that that character concept was written for. Your main character, Ulysses is taken from the book, and is the most savage of the bunch(despite his lisp). Just because you can just walz in and take out a bunch of chimps doesn't mean you should. Play it with the better half of valour for a real experience. The gunsite navigation is cool(you dodge based on the point of view of the ape sniping you), remensecnt of the animated series with the Pink Panther style inky black-to-vivid contrast colors and garish post-appocoliptic atmosphere, especially the artwork in the city. The end game is cheesy.
 Official Planet of the Apes game April 30, 2007
Dusty White (Currently working on a new book somewhere)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not a knock-off. As such, the movie feels as dated at the movies. The game itself is fun, but in a retro-kind of way. The game play is clunky at times and counter-intuitive, but the interface is relatively simple and easy to use. It is almost like playing "Thief 2" but not quite as cool. Not early as much shooting as a game like Quake or Doom, as you are often a captive and must escape almost naked, overpowering the next guard you see with a knife, club, or even your fists (good luck with that!). The puzzles are mostly character intuitive, being that you can figure them out by looking around a little, and making note of what your character has been told or discovered along the plot line.
The plot line itself is simple but relatively fun. However, some of it just doesn't make sense (or at least not to me), so you may have to look online for a sectionalized walkthrough for the occasional hint. The game was relatively bug-free. The forced-character interaction with major characters is relatively seamless. All in all it was a fun game. but then again, it cost me under ten bucks (as compared to an average $50-$60 for a new game), so perhaps that had a lot to do with it.
 AWESOME POTA GAME!!! April 14, 2004
William A. Peter (North Carolina, USA)
I am not a big video game player but I am a big POTA fan. Having said that, I love this game!!! It is so well put together. It is well thought out and a lot of fun. It is not full of mindless violence. In other words, although their is some violence, this game requires the player to have a brain, too. I am at an advanced stage of the game and look forward to finally beating the game but will be sad when its over. I wish UBI Soft would come out with another one. Good job UBI Soft!!! I can't say enough about the game so I'll leave it at this: Buy it. Play it. Live it. Love it.
 we need some help September 12, 2002
speedy (Que, Canada)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
we just bought the game
but we cannot install it
the '' pota.exe '' file is failing all the timesomebody can help us please
thnx
Speedy
 Planet of the Apes redux! January 1, 2002
Alexander Liu (Somewhere in Time)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Like most other reviewers said, the beginning of the game is more or less a rip-off of the original POTA movie with Heston, even going to the Stewart corpse and crashlanding. Even the set is exactly like the original albeit with a modern twist.Anyway, being an avid Planet of the Apes fan, I was pleasantly surprised by meeting all the old characters (Cornelius, Zira, Dr. Zaius, and even General Ursus!). But this is where my biggest gripe about the game comes in. The voice acting! I can stand the keyboard only interface and outdated visuals, but the protagonist sounds like he has a lisp, Cornelius sounds like he is in his eighties, and Ursus is just plain bad. The fact that the other humans talk don't help much. My other gripe is the lack of in-game saving, but since this game is quite easy with low enemy placement, that didn't present a problem. Nova is introduced as a red-haired Lara Croft like gal who kicks ape butt, but she seems to be well versed in the English language, which kinda confuses me, as in BTPOTA, Nova is having a tough time to speak... Taylor even helps her out by going (No...oo..ova... Ta..aa..aaylor... No.oo.ova!). I kinda think it is possible that humans speak, as we do meet mutants in the second movie, but every human in this game can talk, which kinda contrasts with BTPOTA, where Zira says the only human she knows who can talk other than Brent is Taylor, but enough about that. The controls are reminiscent of Tomb Raider, and the camera work is quite lacklustre, to the point of giving me multiple headaches. Actually, come to think of it, this game is really similar to Indiana Jones: The Infernal Machine in both controls and graphics. If you are searching for a shoot-em-up type game, this isn't for you. A vast majority of the time, you have to put up your dukes against damn dirty baboons, and the few weapons in the game that I have found include a club, knives, a gun, a machine gun, and a laser gun. All variations of the gun are essentially the same, with the only differences being effects and small physical alterations. The combat is remniscent of boxing arcade games, where you press back to dodge blows, and then beat the heck out of the other guy... I mean ape. And don't expect realistic effects with the guns either. The only gun with any visible effects is the laser, while all others just cause smoke to billow up and you cant see the bullet or any markings of damage. It also takes roughly the same amount of hits to kill an ape with a gun as it does with your fists, and the hits are not body specific. One weird thing is that all the enemies I encountered have some sort of honor system, whereby they take turns attacking you. While you duke it out with one ape, the other one waits patiently for his turn. Do look forward to tons of fun RPG action, as you get to enjoy revisiting the Planet of the Apes, and my particular favorite was finding out where the humming in BTPOTA was originating from. There are tons of surprises, and even lots of cool scenes. All in all, a cool game which is sort of Indiana Jones on the Planet of the Apes in a loin cloth. Don't be put off by the controls or the visuals, as they kinda grow on ya after a while, and if you do buy this game, don't go reaching for your hintbook or put off by what seems to be impossible puzzles, as running around experimenting helps alot. On a personal note, this is probably the first game I played looking at the walkthrough once only! And lastly, let me quote a previous reviewer:
Must buy.
Get this game.
Its Planet of the Apes
Enough said
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