The Lawnmower Man
The Lawnmower Man is the game based on the 1992 movie of the same name (itself loosely based on a Stephen King short story) starring pre-Bond fame Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist working for…
The Lawnmower Man is an arcade developed by The Sales Curve, released 1 November 1993 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What The Lawnmower Man is
The Lawnmower Man is an arcade game developed by The Sales Curve and released in 1993. It was published by Coconuts Japan. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dr. Lawrence Angelo is a scientist working for Virtual Space Industries (VSI) in "Project 5", a secret research facility that attempts to increase the intelligence of primates using psychotropic drugs and virtual reality (VR) training. Dr. Angelo is reluctant to use the research for military purposes, and after one of the chimps escapes and shoots a guard, Dr. Angelo is given a forced vacation. While taking notes on the need for experiment with a human subject, he discovers Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey), a man with an intellectual disability who makes his living by doing odd jobs such as mowing the grass (hence the title of the movie). Angelo takes in Jobe, subjecting him to VR treatment. The…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Lawnmower Man series
The Lawnmower Man is the first of 3 entries we hold in the The Lawnmower Man series. The next entry was The Lawnmower Man in 1993.
What it launched against
The Lawnmower Man launched on 1 November 1993, within three weeks of Sam & Max Hit the Road and Disney's Aladdin.
Released around the same time: Sam & Max Hit the Road, Disney's Aladdin.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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