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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a platform game inspired by the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Loosely borrowing characters and locations from the original story, players guide Nick Carraway through…

14 February 2011

The Great Gatsby is a platform, released 14 February 2011 on Nintendo Entertainment System and Web browser.

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What The Great Gatsby is

The Great Gatsby was released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System and Web browser. It runs on HTML5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Starting at Gatsby's party in his mansion, Nick then travels over a moving train to New York and finally West Egg Beach. Controls are very basic: the character can jump and throw his hat to take out enemies such as butlers, thugs, crabs, birds and alligators. Meanwhile he can collect coins and items such as drinks for points. After a certain number of points a new life is granted. Nick has three lives and three health points per life. He can also pick up a yellow hat. This changes his costume and allows him to throw his hat farther. There are short conversations with characters, some bosses and animated cut-scenes between levels.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Great Gatsby launched on 14 February 2011, within three weeks of Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, Killzone 3 and Beyond Good & Evil HD.

Released around the same time: Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, Beyond Good & Evil HD.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did The Great Gatsby come out?
The Great Gatsby was released on 14 February 2011 for Nintendo Entertainment System and Web browser.

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