The Grinch (2000)
Published by Konami
The Grinch was published by Konami, released for Playstation, Dreamcast, and Microsoft Windows, and was first released on November 10th, 2000. Josh Gerhardt did the main voice for the Grinch. Peter Cugno who also voiced the Grinch, Dean Andre who did the police, George Lowe who narrated, and Matt Holm who did additional voices all went uncredited. Though, arguably the best thing about this game is the soundtrack, done by Pierre Roger. All the themes are completely original to the game, with the exception of "Welcome Christmas" at the end, so nothing here is an adaptation of James Horner's work for the film. The themes are really well done, and fit How The Grinch Stole Christmas really well: Christmas-y, yet vaguely creepy.
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Plot:
"One of America's favorite bad-boys comes to life in The Grinch interactive game. As the Grinch, your mission is to undo Whoville's Holidy preperations with the use of your most mischievous inventions. With Max the Dog at your side, you'll smash snowmen, solve puzzles, assemble gadgets, and explore magical Whoville and its many surrounding environments."
Gameplay:
While playing as the Grinch or Max the Dog, you complete missions in a few different areas while collecting rotten eggs and blueprints for the Grinch's contraptions. You play in Mt. Crumpit, Downtown Whoville, the Who Forest, the Who Dump, and the Who Lake. Throwing bee hives into houses, launching rotten eggs at NPC's, crushing presents, or infesting the Mayor's house with rats are some of the missions you'll encounter while playing this game. You can create 7 of the Grinch's machines: Rotten Egg Launcher, Binoculars, Rocket Spring, Slime Shooter, Octopus Climbing, Marine Mobile, and The Grinch Copter.
References To Original Script
Like the majority of the products made for the 2000 film, this game was based on the script penned by Peter S. Seaman and Jeffery Price before it was revised. This is evident by the abnoxious overuse of the phrase "Ya Grinched!", cringey dialog, and some admittedly pretty neat contraptions, all of which were in the original script. The flocking gun used by the police is in the original script. Cindy Lou Who also plays a much smaller role than she does in the final film. Even a mini game where the Grinch rides a motorcycle is from a portion of the script where the Grinch is classified as a "whovenile delinquent" in his teenage years.