An Action-Adventure game based on Beauty And The Beast, developed by Software Creations and Sunsoft for the Sega Genesis in 1993. Based on the 1991 Disney animated movie, it's one of the two Beauty And the Beast games released at the same time, with the other being Roar Of the Beast. As the subtitle implies, this game stars Belle in an adventure involving various puzzles and missions.
Belle has to explore around, search and gather clues on the whereabouts of her father, all the while outwitting the stubborn Gaston along the way. Belle's Journey involves riding her trusty steed Philippe, exploring through the dark forest and eventually the Beast's castle. But Belle has to beware of various traps, enemies and challenges in her way. Along the way she'll meet the other characters from the film who will help her in various bonus rounds. The game features faithful renditions of popular and recognizable songs from the movie.
Rise to the challenge and break the beastly spell, for Belle's handsome prince is waiting!
See also Roar Of The Beast, the Spear Counterpart game, which is an action platformer starring the Beast.
Beauty And The Beast: Belle's Quest contains examples of:
- Another Side, Another Story: Belle's Quest is a loose retelling of the movie's story with the focus on Belle, while Roar of the Beast retells the story from the Beast's POV.
- Auto-Scrolling Level: The last stage involves Belle riding on the horse Philippe, as the screen automatically scrolls from left to right.
- Bottomless Pits: The snowed forest section has many ravines the player has to jump over, and the section is an Auto-Scrolling Level.
- Distaff Counterpart: To Roar of the Beast.
- Everything Trying to Kill You: Belle's quest isn't easy. Everything living can hurt you, even the otherwise cute birds. The "Be Our Guest" minigame is about her avoiding being hit by the kitchenware.
- Flower Motifs: In the second stage, white and red roses serve as signs to indicate the right path. Talking with one of the villagers in stage one gives the player the right way to traverse the forest by following the roses.
- Hit Points: Belle's energy meter is measured by blue books, which decreases by one each time she gets hit.
- Locked Door: In stage 3, the player has to fetch keys to open doors at the Beast's Castle in order to advance.
- The Lost Woods: The Forest is Stage 2, which doubles as a maze that Belle has to navigate through.
- The Maze: Stage 2 is the Forest Maze, which Belle has to navigate. She has to follow the colored flowers to take correct pathways.
- Mini-Game: Belle dances with Beast in the castle's ballroom. The player is awarded points if they spin the couple around and collect falling rose petals.
- Mood Whiplash: Stage 1 is set in her idyllic, if boring, home village and the nearby forest, with clear skies and next to no enemies, save some little birds, where the main action is to talk to the villagers and Gaston to advance the story. Come stage 2, the game changes mood harshly: Belle has to traverse a dark forest with many dangers, then goes into Beast's west wing with some platform sections and more enemies, and finally she and Philippe, her horse, have to jump over forest ravines in an autoscrolling section.
- Non-Action Protagonist: Belle can only walk, duck and jump to avoid dangers.
- Super Drowning Skills: Belle doesn't drown, but tumbling into the river costs a life.
