Download Baby Jo in Going Home

What does every side scrolling platform game need? Well there’s the hero (the character you control). Next there are different villains (they should be vicious and mean). You also need some weapons to pick up on the way, some power-ups to make you stronger or restore your health, some goodies that raise your score and a secret room or two. 

Well according to the description above, this game has it all. Yet somehow it still feels different. I guess milk bottles and rattles aren’t the kind of power-ups a though action character needs. Such a character also wouldn’t cry if stung by a wasp (even if it is a really mean one). OK, the mean storm clouds are a worthy adversary for any hero. There’s no hero out there that wouldn’t mind getting hit by lightning, but in every other aspect the main character of this game is acting like a baby! I mean who else but a baby would be bothered by some spitting plants and worms crawling on the floor. And that’s exactly who the main hero (or should I say heroine) is. It’s Baby Jo and she wants to get back home (don’t ask me how she got away - I'm serious, don’t ask me because I can’t tell you; I don’t know). 

The sound in this game is not too bad, but unfortunately there aren’t any sound effects (I’d love to hear the one of a crying burning baby flying strait up in the sky - sadistic, aren’t I). The graphics are nice and somewhat humorous (and those storm clouds really do look mean). The controls are standard (the arrow keys with space as fire). The game runs smoothly and you won’t have to restart over and over again (you get passwords that make sure you can start at a beginning of a level rather then from the top). 

One of the few downsides of this game is the fact that this game lacks a two player option. These platform games are so much more fun, if you can play against a friend (either in a split screen mode or at least taking turns). Oh well, you can’t have everything. All in all the game deserves solid 4 points. I suggest you try it (but be advised, this game is not as easy as you might think by looking at the cute little rug-rat).