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Portal Runner is a spin-off in the Army Men video game series, focusing on a conflict between characters Vikki Grimm and Brigitte Bleu.
Plot summaryedit
In this game, Vikki Grimm embarks on an adventure after receiving a mysterious package. Her quest takes her through various toy worlds, including a prehistoric jungle and a medieval castle. Along the way, she befriends a lion named Leo and rescues a wizard, Merlin. The villain, Brigitte Bleu, manipulates Vikki's boyfriend, Sarge, and plans to marry him using a love gun acquired from Martians in a Space World. Vikki and Leo thwart the wedding, stop an inter-dimensional attack, and return home. Brigitte ends up imprisoned, sharing a cell with General Plastro.
The PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregatorMetacritic.[4] The Game Boy Color version gave an earliest review from Nintendo Power, which gave it a score of two-and-a-half stars out of five, just nearly five months before the game was released.[13]
The PS2 version gained notoriety when it was panned by GamePro, which was the first to review the game, saying that it "looks like a late-generation PlayStation title rather than a second-generation PS2 effort."[16][b]Trip Hawkins, then-president of 3DO and publisher of Portal Runner, sent an angry email to John Rousseau, who was president of GamePro. The email was published on the internet in its entirety. In the email, Hawkins told Rousseau that his customers were the advertisers, not the readers, and implied that the reviews should be written to keep the advertisers happy. Hawkins wrote: "...there is something wrong with (the reviewer), not with Portal Runner. If you disagree with me, you do so at your own peril.... I should mention in passing that 3DO has been one of your largest advertisers. Effective immediately, we are going to have to cut that back."[17]
Notesedit
^Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 3/10, 5/10, and 3.5/10.
^GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version three 2.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, and control, and 2/5 for fun factor.
Referencesedit
^ ab. The 3DO Company. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on October 14, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^. GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^. GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ ab"Portal Runner (PS2)". Metacritic. Fandom. from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^Thompson, Jon. . AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^Boyer, Crispin; Kim, Jeanne; Kujawa, Kraig (November 2001). "Portal Runner (PS2)" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 148. Ziff Davis. p. 210. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^Helgeson, Matt (October 2001). . Game Informer. No. 102. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on February 11, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^Dodson, Joe (October 2001). "Portal Runner Review (PS2)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^Lopez, Miguel (September 12, 2001). "Portal Runner Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Fandom. from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^Alupului, Andrei (October 19, 2001). . GameSpy. GameSpy Industries. Archived from the original on December 15, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
^Parrotta, Dylan (October 19, 2001). . GameZone. Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
^Zdyrko, David (September 24, 2001). "Portal Runner (PS2)". IGN. Ziff Davis. from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^D'Aprile, Jason (October 19, 2001). . Extended Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on November 5, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
^Iron Monkey (November 2001). "Portal Runner (PS2)" (PDF). GamePro. No. 158. IDG. p. 124. from the original on February 3, 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^Harris, Bill (January 13, 2005). "The Shame of Trip Hawkins". Dubious Quality. Blogspot. from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Portal Runner news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Portal Runner is a platform video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Color 1 Portal RunnerDeveloper s The 3DO CompanyPublisher s The 3DO CompanySeriesArmy MenPlatform s PlayStation 2 Game Boy ColorReleaseNA September 11 2001 1 EU October 19 2001 PS2 Genre s PlatformMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Overview 2 Plot summary 3 Reception and controversy 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksOverview editPortal Runner is a spin off in the Army Men video game series focusing on a conflict between characters Vikki Grimm and Brigitte Bleu Plot summary editIn this game Vikki Grimm embarks on an adventure after receiving a mysterious package Her quest takes her through various toy worlds including a prehistoric jungle and a medieval castle Along the way she befriends a lion named Leo and rescues a wizard Merlin The villain Brigitte Bleu manipulates Vikki s boyfriend Sarge and plans to marry him using a love gun acquired from Martians in a Space World Vikki and Leo thwart the wedding stop an inter dimensional attack and return home Brigitte ends up imprisoned sharing a cell with General Plastro Reception and controversy editReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings PS2 57 2 GBC 50 3 Metacritic PS2 53 100 4 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Electronic Gaming Monthly3 83 10 6 a Game Informer4 10 7 GameRevolutionD 8 GameSpot6 7 10 9 GameSpy66 10 GameZone7 5 10 11 IGN5 4 10 12 Nintendo Power nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 X Play nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 The PlayStation 2 version received mixed reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic 4 The Game Boy Color version gave an earliest review from Nintendo Power which gave it a score of two and a half stars out of five just nearly five months before the game was released 13 The PS2 version gained notoriety when it was panned by GamePro which was the first to review the game saying that it looks like a late generation PlayStation title rather than a second generation PS2 effort 16 b Trip Hawkins then president of 3DO and publisher of Portal Runner sent an angry email to John Rousseau who was president of GamePro The email was published on the internet in its entirety In the email Hawkins told Rousseau that his customers were the advertisers not the readers and implied that the reviews should be written to keep the advertisers happy Hawkins wrote there is something wrong with the reviewer not with Portal Runner If you disagree with me you do so at your own peril I should mention in passing that 3DO has been one of your largest advertisers Effective immediately we are going to have to cut that back 17 Notes edit Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 3 10 5 10 and 3 5 10 GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version three 2 5 5 scores for graphics sound and control and 2 5 for fun factor References edit a b 3DO Ships Portal Runner The 3DO Company September 11 2001 Archived from the original on October 14 2001 Retrieved February 6 2024 Portal Runner for PlayStation 2 GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 26 2019 Retrieved February 6 2024 Portal Runner for Game Boy Color GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 22 2019 Retrieved February 6 2024 a b Portal Runner PS2 Metacritic Fandom Archived from the original on February 6 2024 Retrieved February 6 2024 Thompson Jon Portal Runner PS2 Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on November 16 2014 Retrieved May 12 2015 Boyer Crispin Kim Jeanne Kujawa Kraig November 2001 Portal Runner PS2 PDF Electronic Gaming Monthly No 148 Ziff Davis p 210 Retrieved February 6 2024 Helgeson Matt October 2001 Portal Runner PS2 Game Informer No 102 FuncoLand Archived from the original on February 11 2005 Retrieved May 12 2015 Dodson Joe October 2001 Portal Runner Review PS2 GameRevolution CraveOnline Archived from the original on September 12 2015 Retrieved February 6 2024 Lopez Miguel September 12 2001 Portal Runner Review PS2 GameSpot Fandom Archived from the original on May 26 2019 Retrieved February 6 2024 Alupului Andrei October 19 2001 Portal Runner PS2 GameSpy GameSpy Industries Archived from the original on December 15 2004 Retrieved May 13 2015 Parrotta Dylan October 19 2001 Portal Runner Review PlayStation 2 GameZone Archived from the original on October 4 2008 Retrieved May 13 2015 Zdyrko David September 24 2001 Portal Runner PS2 IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on October 29 2018 Retrieved February 6 2024 a b Portal Runner Nintendo Power Vol 144 Nintendo of America May 2001 Rybicki Joe November 2001 Portal Runner Official U S PlayStation Magazine p 160 Retrieved February 6 2024 D Aprile Jason October 19 2001 Portal Runner PS2 Review Extended Play TechTV Archived from the original on November 5 2001 Retrieved May 13 2015 Iron Monkey November 2001 Portal Runner PS2 PDF GamePro No 158 IDG p 124 Archived from the original on February 3 2005 Retrieved February 6 2024 Harris Bill January 13 2005 The Shame of Trip Hawkins Dubious Quality Blogspot Archived from the original on December 28 2023 Retrieved February 6 2024 External links editPortal Runner PlayStation 2 at MobyGames Portal Runner Game Boy Color at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Portal Runner amp oldid 1216751156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
