The game's plot follows that of the film pretty closely and like the film begins with the kidnapping of Woody by evil collector Al McWhiggin outside of Andy's house.
Story It's not flying, its falling with style. Obtaining these power-ups are essential to collecting all of the tokens within the game as several of the tokens are only obtainable using specific power-ups.įinally Buzz's dinosaur pal Rex provides advice and hints about the current level and tells players where in the level they can find the mini-boss to defeat in order to obtain the token awarded for doing so. Defeating a mini-boss within the stage.Īre we gonna do this all night? My parts are killing me.Īs previously alluded to on the first level of each zone Mr Potato Head appears requesting Buzz recover a missing body part of his, rewarding the player with one of the five aforementioned possible power-ups for doing so.Solving a puzzle or reaching a typically hard to reach location.
Hover Boots - these allow Buzz to hover for a brief moment in order to reach specific platforms.įinally scattered throughout the stages often on harder to reach platforms are limited use upgrades such as a more powerful laser upgrade which increases the damage of the laser attack but comes with a limited amount of potential shots.Grappling Hook - this allows Buzz to reach high places.Rocket Boots - these give Buzz a speed boost for a short period of time.Disk Launcher - the disk launcher helps to defeat enemies in the harder to reach places.Cosmic Shield - a shield which protects Buzz from damage and hazards in the environment.The game also features 5 different power-ups which are needed to help players complete certain tasks and these are permanently unlocked to be used in other levels once players recover one of Mr Potato Head's missing body pieces during the first level of each zone. Both of these attacks may also be charged resulting in a more powerful form of the attack although charging the spin move will leave players vulnerable for a short period of time after its execution. The second of Lightyears' attacks is a spin attack to damage enemies with his pop out wings. This can be done from either the third or first person perspective as the game allows players to make precision shots from a first person viewpoint. The first form of attack utilises Buzz's wrist layer and fires a single projectile to damage enemies. Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is a traditional style 3D platformer in which players take upon control of protagonist Buzz Lightyear as he attempts to rescue his best friend Woody after he is kidnapped by the evil Al McWhiggin.Īs is typical with the genre players have access to both a single and double jump and have to variations of attack to defeat the various enemies and bosses scattered throughout the game.
A Game Boy Color port of the game was also developed by Tiertex Design Studios and the publishing of the port was handled by THQ.
and published by Activision for the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PC and Sega Dreamcast.
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is a game based on the movie of the same name and was developed by Traveller's Tales Ltd.