2002 · Action · Platformer

E.T.: Interplanetary Mission

PlayStation exclusive

Help E.T. save the universe by battling alien enemies and completing puzzles in a total of 25 levels.

Released: 30 December 2002
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Action Platformer Puzzle
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

E.T.: Interplanetary Mission (known as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary in Europe) is a 2001 action platformer video game developed by Santa Cruz Games, released by NewKidCo and Ubi Soft, and based on the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The game's story, which follows the end of the movie, centers around the titular character traveling to various planets, including Earth, in order to collect rare plants to save the universe.

E.T.: Interplanetary Mission was met with mixed reviews upon release. Critics deemed the game an improvement over the previous E.T. game, but criticized its simplicity, controls, and graphics. In 2025, an Easter egg insulting Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was found at the end of the credits.

Keywords

aliens
robots
licensed game
alien protagonist
alien languages

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The game's story takes place after E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, in which Elliott helped E.T. get home from Earth, but the alien embarks on a mission to gather more knowledge for his people in the form of exotic plants, which could affect the fate of the universe.

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Development

: Interplanetary Mission was developed by Santa Cruz Games as one of multiple games released in time for the movie's 20th anniversary in 2002. T. in order to create movie-based children's video games, but due to the film's age and the backlash of the 1982 Atari game of the same name, Kaplan's decision was met with a mixed response. T.

games it had released in the early 2000s, which included Interplanetary Mission. : Interplanetary Mission was released in North America on December 4, 2001, for the PlayStation.

Reception

: Interplanetary Mission received "mixed or average" reviews from critics according to Metacritic. net described the game as "a lot better than anyone dared to imagine", making reference to the 1982 Atari game, but said that the game was not as good as the movie it was based on. Michael Lafferty of GameZone called it an easy game with "delightful" and "charming" animations. S.

PlayStation Magazine was more critical, commenting that the game is "dreadfully ugly and unredeemingly unfun". Mac Fank of Official PlayStation Russia, who noticed that the game lacked any background music, criticized the game's limited selection of sound effects, and Marcellus of Neo Plus, a Polish gaming magazine, said that the controls were the game's biggest flaw.