MoneySeize

MoneySeize is an 8-bit style platform game in which the player controls a man in a waistcoat and top hat, the aim is to collect coins and complete the levels to advance to higher, more difficult levels. It is similar to Donkey Kong as they both have a similar look about them and you control a small male character and there is an end goal in each, either a door or the top of the screen. Both games also contain enemies, whether that be barrels or flying insects and one hit will reset the level, although moneySquire has no set amount of lives. The progression through levels is similar and they both get progressively harder, but Donkey Kong contains just 4 maps that begin to loop and MoneySquire has 50 re-playable levels. However the games are also very different in many ways, in Donkey kong there is no specific collectable that is added up as you go and there is no home screen in which to choose and repeat levels. Also their is only really one direction in Donkey Kong, up, whereas in MoneySeize the goal is in a different place each time. Both protagonists can do the basics, run left, right and jump, but Sir Reginald MoneySeize, can double jump, wall jump and do an 'S jump' (where a sudden change of direction gave a more powerful jump). JumpMan on the other hand can climb up and down ladders and as you move through the levels there are a variety of power-ups he can acquire such as a hammer.