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Reviewing the Genesis version, a "Next Generation" critic opined, ""Cutthroat Island" doesn't suffer from any one blatant shortcoming, instead it suffers from a lack of anything that sets it apart from an action game three years ago. There's the "Final Fight" gameplay, the 8-bit NES quality graphics, and finally the obligatory mine-cart level that all together make "Cutthroat Island" one of the more generic title available." He gave it one out of five stars. Johnny Ballgame of "GamePro" similarly compared the graphics to the 8-bit Master System, and also lambasted the "button pounding" sword fights, the way the mine cart level doesn't give the player enough time to react to obstacles, the tinny sound, and the music. He concluded the game "has no business in the library of any sane Genesis owner."