Play E.t. The Extra Terrestrial - Escape From Planet Earth Online

I picked up E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Escape From Planet Earth on the Game Boy Color back when it came out. It was published by NewKidCo, and it felt like one of those many licensed games trying to capture a movie's story on the small screen. The graphics were typical for the platform, using a limited color palette to show the strange world you find yourself in.

You control E.T. himself, navigating through a series of single-screen areas. Your main goal is to find the pieces of his communicator so he can phone home. The gameplay involves a lot of exploration and item collection; you push blocks to create paths and avoid scientists and government agents who are trying to capture you. The pacing can be slow as you figure out the correct route, and the difficulty comes from the constant threat of being caught, which sends you back to the start. Playing it feels like a quiet, methodical puzzle where you are always one wrong move from being discovered.