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Looney Tunes is a game which is difficult to pigeonhole. Each successive level has a different gameplay format which is only related to the previous one in that it comprises 2D sideways scrolling action. The first level is a platformer for instance, the second an original chase-style affair, the third a shoot-'em-up and so on.

Over each of the seven levels in the game you play the part of a different Looney Tunes character. Initially, you take control of Daffy Duck and then move on through Tweety, Porky Pig, Taz, Speedy Gonzalez, Road Runner and Bugs Bunny, with other well-known characters popping up to hinder your progress - the final boss being that phonetically-challenged wascally wabbit hunter Elmer Fudd.

Sunsoft's decision to make each level a different game in itself, rather than go with one standard format for all of them is very refreshing. Instead of wading through multiple stages of the same thing it's much more fun to finish one gaming style only to move onto something else entirely and each style of play requires you to adapt to the new gameplay. Although there are only seven levels in all, three of them are quite a bit larger than the others - so big in fact, that they are divided into multiple sections - and they are far from easy.

Whilst you're not necessarily going to find yourself taking as long to finish this game as you might say, Legend Of Zelda, the variety of the levels lends it great replay value.

As far as responsiveness is concerned, the controls handle very well which is important because some levels require repeated button tapping which just wouldn't be workable if the response time was slow.

All the characters in the game are graphically very impressive and have been drawn to scale, meaning that Tweety is a tiny but nevertheless very detailed character, whilst Elmer Fudd is... to put it bluntly, huge.

All the different levels in this game are great fun - the chase sections being particularly imaginative and really bringing forth the madcap lunacy of the original Warner Brothers cartoons. Despite their differences, they complement each other well to produce a title which is perfectly suited to the Game Boy Color. It's fast, it's fun, it's Looney Tunes!