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Maya the Bee & Her Friends is a 1999 platformer video game developed by British[1] studio Crawfish Interactive for the Game Boy and the Game Boy Color. It is the first game based on Maya the Bee.

The game reuses the engine sourced from a cancelled South Park game which Crawfish Interactive were developing for Acclaim in 1998.[2] The game still contains South Park assets in its game files.[3]

Gameplay

The game features over 120 levels. Each of the levels include a number of tricky puzzles that must be solved before you can rescue one of your insect-friends, trapped behind a spider's web. You can control three insects, each possessing different abilities. For example, Maya is the only character able to pull switches and Flip allows the characters to leap to higher places.[4][5]

Reception

IGN rated the game a 6/10.[6] Total! rated the game 2/6 while praising the music and tricky puzzles thought the graphics were "boring".[7]

References

  1. ^ "Talking with Crawfish". IGN. November 24, 1999. Archived from the original on November 4, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "South Park [GBC – Cancelled]". unseen64.com. April 5, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "South Park (found build of unreleased Game Boy Color game based on animated sitcom; 1998)". lostmediawiki.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Maya the Bee & Her Friends (1999)". mobygames.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "Maya the Bee & Her Friends (1999)". nintendolife.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  6. ^ Jones, Tim (July 25, 2000). "MAYA THE BEE & HER FRIENDS". IGN. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Reher, Holger (July 1999). "Biene Maja und ihre freunde". Total!. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-05.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Sources

  • Bickham, Alex (1999). "MAYA THE BEE AND HER FRIENDS". Planet Game Boy. No. 1. Future plc.
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