I grew up playing the shareware version of this game (the first episode) to death, over and over in DOS. Now 25, I see the game available for sale and just have to get it for the sake of nostalgia. I was not disappointed in my playthrough. Apogee was the coolest, let's get that out of the way right away. Monster Base, Commander Keen, everything. Hocus Pocus seems to get overlooked, but is in no way an exception. Simple? Oh yes. Repetitive? Maybe a little, but you don't play this sort of game for extreme depth or complex controls. It's very much a kids/young adult sort of game, in terms of challenge, but I still found myself playing late into a couple of nights to complete the game, and rarely did the levels seem very redundant to me. Fun music, cool visuals, reasonable assortment of challenges for what it is, I can't really think of any reason to knock this game off. I'd recommend it every time!
