For example, one section has players racing upwards through a tower while flooding water threatens to overcome you. Leaping from platform to platform while avoiding enemies, collecting items, and staying ahead of the rapidly-rising water is a real challenge. It's a great bit of old-school platform gameplay that requires memorization, skill, and a healthy dose of luck to complete. For the most part it's standard platform adventuring, but blended together and polished off with real class. The visuals of Inspector Gadget are spot-on, choosing to follow the character models of the cartoon adventures.
Colors are bright and clean, with a nice mixture of styles from level to level.
Each level begins with a brief introduction by the Chief, who drops a few choice strategy hints. The still cartoons are a treat, and look like they're straight out of the cartoon series. Character animations convey the humor of the original series and all the wacky gadgets add variety that keeps the action from growing stale. When Gadget falls in the water his coat inflates to keep him afloat, and even the animations for henchmen and other baddies always has a touch of humor. The sound effects and music do the Inspector Gadget cartoons justice, especially for a GBC game.