Richard Tyler can be guided through a selection of literature genre-themed levels, ranging from horror to adventure and fantasy worlds.

They criticized the poor controls and repetitiveness, but they praised the graphics for their colorful and effective recreations of the settings for famous novels.

They praised the movie-like graphics and audio, but criticized the controls, saying the character tends to slide around, and felt the game to be generally uninteresting.

[7] GamePro similarly commented that the Genesis version is good in most respects, but the poor controls make it an overall mediocre game.

[10] Reviewing the Game Boy version, GamePro praised the diverse gameplay, detailed graphics, and atmospheric music, but remarked that the poor control ruins the entire experience, noting the game requires excessive precision and slippery control for the jumps.