Beauty & the Beast

Beauty & the Beast was Imagic's answer to Donkey Kong — no license but plenty of heart. The player climbed a building avoiding objects thrown by a beast at top, jumping between windows and balconies to reach the captive beauty. Each level added obstacles: closing windows, falling stones, and an increasingly aggressive beast. Reaching the top, the beast kidnapped the beauty again and the building grew taller. Sprites were among the console's most detailed — the beast had a menacing visual presence Donkey Kong's gorilla on 2600 couldn't match.