Bionic Commando: Elite Forces 2000

Is it still worth playing?

A male or female commando uses a bionic claw to swing across levels and stop an evil army from overrunning the land of Karinia, in this 2000 platformer for the Game Boy Color. There is still no jump. Tapping the button extends the claw to grab overhead objects, and a second tap pulls you up onto a platform. The other button fires and, held down, charges a stronger shot, though shots only go straight ahead and a scattershot weapon is available. Stages sit on a map screen, some side scrolling, some top down and some auto scrolling, and trucks on the map start short top down stages. Some levels cannot be entered until you have an item from an earlier stage. Timed sniper sections appear in a few levels. Communication rooms unlock doors and let you save. A claw that grabs overhead objects in place of a jump still decides how you cross every level.