Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!

Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! was published by Absolute Entertainment, which Disney hired to produce the game after it completed another game based on a Disney property, Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993).{{cite magazine|last=Ceccola|first=Russ|date=March 1994|title=Home Improvement: A look at Absolute's take on the hit sitcom|magazine=Electronic Games|volume=2|number=6|page=56}} It was presented at the 1994 winter Consumer Electronics Show.{{cite magazine|title=Las Vegas CES: The Winter Consumer Electronics Show, 6–9 Jan 1994|date=March 1994|issue=17|magazine=Super Play|page=25}}

{{VG Reviews

| EGM = 33/50

| EPD = 7/10{{cite web|last=Lucas |first=Victor|date=June 30, 1995|url=http://www.elecplay.com/arch95/homeimp.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970126015744/http://www.elecplay.com/arch95/homeimp.html|archive-date=January 26, 1997|title= Home Improvement|work=Electric Playground|access-date=September 2, 2020}}

| GamePro = 14/20

| NP = 12.2/20{{cite magazine|title=Home Improvement|magazine=Nintendo Power|date=April 1995|page=102, score on 105|issue=71}}

| VGCE = 25/40{{efn|Gabe Soria, who wrote the main review of Home Improvement for Video Games, gave it a 7/10, while three other editors who provided brief comments all gave the game a 6/10.{{cite magazine|last=Soria|first=Gabe|title=Home Improvement|magazine=Video Games: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine|issue=74|date=March 1995}}}}

| rev1 = Electronic Games

| rev1Score = B{{cite magazine|last=Ceccola|first=Russ|date=February 1995|url=https://archive.org/details/electronic-games-1995-02/page/84/mode/2up?q=%22Home+Improvement%22|title=Manly Gaming|magazine=Electronic Games|page=84|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = C−

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Reviews at the time were generally mixed-to-positive. GamePro gave Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! a mixed review, calling it "like Pitfall with power tools". They commented that the game plays well and is easy to pick up on, has solid graphics, but features mediocre music, and concluded that it would be fun for side-scrolling fans and enthusiasts of the TV show, but is not challenging enough for hardcore players.{{cite magazine|last=Larry |first=Scary |title=ProReview: Home Improvement|magazine=GamePro|issue=68|date=March 1995|page=70}} Mike Weigand of Electronic Gaming Monthly called it "an intriguing action title, with some cool weapons and excellent graphics".{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20067%20%28February%201995%29/page/n31/mode/2up|title=Review Crew: Home Improvement |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=67|date=February 1995 |page=32|accessdate=August 19, 2021}} Less favorable towards the game was Entertainment Weekly, which was turned off by the concept of Tim Allen fighting enemies like dinosaurs and "alien beasties";{{cite magazine|last=Strauss|first=Bob|date=December 23, 1994|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/12/23/home-improvement-power-tool-pursuit/|title=Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} and Nintendo Power, claiming that despite its "fun worlds" and many type of attacks, it suffered from "awkward" controls", "poor placement of objects" that artificially increased the difficulty, absence of humor from the TV series, and the fact that the "gameplay never rises above standard jumping, shooting and the collecting of items". The sitcom adaptation's concept of Tim Allen fighting through fantastical enemies such as mummies, dinosaurs and robots led it to appear on several all-time lists of weirdest video games, such as those of PC Magazine and Rolling Stone, in later years.{{cite web|last=Dashevsky|first=Evan|date=February 4, 2017|url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/18-bizarre-video-game-adaptations-that-actually-exist|title=18 Bizarre Video Game Adaptations That Actually Exist|work=PC Magazine|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite news|last=Langley|first=Alex|date=July 15, 2014|url=https://arcadesushi.com/weirdest-video-games-based-on-tv-shows/|title=10 Weirdest Video Games Based on TV Shows|work=Arcade Sushi|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{Cite magazine|last=Stuart|first=Keith|date=August 23, 2016|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/8-of-the-weirdest-super-nintendo-games-ever-made-249444/|title=8 of the Weirdest Super Nintendo Games Ever Made|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 2, 2020}}

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• [http://www.gamespot.com/snes/action/homeimprovement/index.html Home Improvement] (SNES) at GameSpot
• {{moby game|id=/home-improvement-power-tool-pursuit|name=Home Improvement}}

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