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Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!

Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his way through from the bedroom to the outside world in…

65 16 November 1999

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! is an adventure developed by Traveller's Tales, released 16 November 1999 on Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 7.7 hrs to finish.

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What Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! is

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! is an adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 1999. It was published by Activision. It is available on Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game's plot follows that of the film pretty closely and like the film begins with the kidnapping of Woody by evil collector Al McWhiggin outside of Andy's house. The game then follows Buzz Lightyear and his companions as they set out to rescue the captured cowboy as the traverse the nearby neighborhood, Al's Toy Barn, Al's penthouse and finally the airport terminal and tarmac at the film's end.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pixar series

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! is the fifth of 60 entries we hold in the Pixar series. It arrived 10 months after A Bug's Life. The next entry was Monsters, Inc. in 2001. Its critic score of 65 is 2 points above the series average of 63. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts III at 90.

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How it was received

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 7 points below the year average. Players rate it 71, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 7.7 hrs.

What it launched against

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! launched on 16 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and Quake III Arena. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, Quake III Arena.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! — frequently asked questions

When did Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! come out?
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! was released on 16 November 1999 for Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!?
The main story of Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! takes around 7.7 hrs, or 9.5 hrs for 100% completion.

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