Hook — stories left

Nintendo Power considered the NES and Game Boy versions to be nearly identical, and criticized them for being "an average running and jumping game with a pretty weak character and sluggish play control.

N-Force criticized the music of the NES version and wrote that the film "doesn't translate very well to console.

Steve Jarratt of Total! praised the graphics of the NES version but wrote that the in-game music "is a bit annoying after a while".

Andy Dyer of Total! praised the Game Boy version for its music and graphics, and wrote that it was "much faster to play" than the NES version and "therefore more fun", while noting that it was also harder than the NES version.

GamePro praised the music of the NES version, but wrote that Peter Pan's "limited range of sword swinging motion and lethargic forward movement make gameplay a bit of a drag.

Marc Camron of Electronic Games praised the graphics of the Super NES version and wrote, "What makes this game different from most games based on movie licenses is that this game is good!

N-Force praised the graphics and music of the Super NES version, but criticized the standard gameplay.

Nintendo Power praised the Super NES version for its graphics and considered it better than the NES and Game Boy versions, but noted the occasionally slow response times for the controls.

Jason Brookes of Super Play praised the colorful graphics of the Super NES version, but criticized its short length and slow-moving gameplay.

Mean Machines Sega praised the graphics, music and "well planned" levels of the Sega CD version, and awarded it a 72% rating, but criticized the slow controls.

Camron, who gave the Sega CD version an 89% rating, praised the music, graphics, and gameplay, but criticized the quality of featured footage from the film and the limited amount of voice acting.

Mean Machines Sega praised the graphics and music of the Genesis version, but criticized its difficulty, while calling it, "Sort of reasonably playable, in a way.

He praised the graphics despite occasional glitches, but wished that the game contained hidden items or areas.

Leach praised the sound effects and music, the large levels, and the various gameplay styles, but criticized its main character for looking "a bit pasty.

Leach also believed that the game was too easy, and criticized it for "Tons of boring loading" times.

Commodore Format reviewed the game again in 1993, criticizing the game's repetitive gameplay and concluding, "It's got probably the most irritating multiload system in the history of gaming, making you wait while it loads a subscreen, then wait again while it loads the main level.

Commodore Force praised the graphics but wrote, "Hook's multiload is possibly one of the worst I've come across", further stating, "It's a shame (and also ironic) that Hooks incredible amount of detail is also its downfall: all those admirable extras extend loading time.

Amiga Action praised the graphics and music, but criticized the graphics.

Maff Evans of Amiga Format called the game a "tedious graphic adventure" and criticized its story and characters, writing that they "don't seem to evolve at all, leaving everything seeming rather flat.

Evans also criticized the control system for being "far too limited and unwieldy," and wrote, "Occasionally nice graphics, but a bit too cartoon-like for this style of game.

Andy Hutchinson of ST Format criticized the Atari ST version, calling it "terribly reminiscent of Monkey Island.

Amiga User International praised the music and graphics, but wrote, "The only disappointments are that it is too short by far, and the puzzles are not really very tough.

Mark Ramshaw of Amiga Power praised the music and sound effects, but criticized the game's puzzle aspect, calling it "occasionally a little predictable, sometimes a bit on the obtuse side, and just a tad too linear.

The One praised the music and graphics, but criticized the short length.

Cam Winstanley of Amiga Power praised the graphics but criticized the difficulty of the puzzles.

CU Amiga praised the music and graphics, but criticized it for occasionally illogical puzzles, as well as confusing text responses given to the player out of order as the result of poor coding.

Amiga Format criticized the game's repetitive character interactions.

Steve Jarratt of Total! praised the graphics of the NES version but wrote that the in-game music "is a bit annoying after a while".

Andy Dyer of Total! praised the Game Boy version for its music and graphics, and wrote that it was "much faster to play" than the NES version and "therefore more fun", while noting that it was also harder than the NES version.

Mean Machines Sega praised the graphics, music and "well planned" levels of the Sega CD version, and awarded it a 72% rating, but criticized the slow controls.

The magazine concluded that the game was "a real waste" of the Sega CD's "enormous potential," stating, "Visually and aurally Hook is tremendous, but underneath there is a very average game bursting to get out.

Leach also believed that the game was too easy, and criticized it for "Tons of boring loading" times.

Commodore Force praised the graphics but wrote, "Hook's multiload is possibly one of the worst I've come across", further stating, "It's a shame (and also ironic) that Hooks incredible amount of detail is also its downfall: all those admirable extras extend loading time.

The magazine stated, "Some of the finest game graphics can be found in Hook", writing that the game had a "unified visual appearance like no other game on the market."

Maff Evans of Amiga Format called the game a "tedious graphic adventure" and criticized its story and characters, writing that they "don't seem to evolve at all, leaving everything seeming rather flat.

Evans also criticized the control system for being "far too limited and unwieldy," and wrote, "Occasionally nice graphics, but a bit too cartoon-like for this style of game.

The NES and Game Boy versions, developed by Painting by Numbers, were the first versions to be released; they were published by Sony Imagesoft, and were released in April 1992.

Amiga User International praised the music and graphics, but wrote, "The only disappointments are that it is too short by far, and the puzzles are not really very tough.

Mean Machines Sega praised the graphics, music and "well planned" levels of the Sega CD version, and awarded it a 72% rating, but criticized the slow controls.

Camron, who gave the Sega CD version an 89% rating, praised the music, graphics, and gameplay, but criticized the quality of featured footage from the film and the limited amount of voice acting.

Mean Machines Sega praised the graphics and music of the Genesis version, but criticized its difficulty, while calling it, "Sort of reasonably playable, in a way.

Cam Winstanley of Amiga Power praised the graphics but criticized the difficulty of the puzzles.

He praised the graphics despite occasional glitches, but wished that the game contained hidden items or areas.