PrinceWatercress plays Felix The Cat (Game Boy) - Part 1 of 6

Felix the Cat had a Game Boy game based on the NES one. It's fine, but you're better off playing the NES game.

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Round 1-1

The controls are pretty simple. The Control Pad lets you move, pressing A lets you jump, and pressing B lets you use a punch glove, but you'll be able to get stronger attacks. This version of the game plays much like the NES version, but platforming feels a tad more stiff.

The Felix Heads give you an extra life every time you collect 100, but in the meantime you'll get other power-ups from them as well. 

When you reach a total that ends in 0, you'll get a magic heart. This gives you a magical power that lasts for a limited time, as signified by the ten hearts on the lower-left corner of the screen. If you keep collecting magic hearts while you have magic, you'll be able to power your attack ability up. It goes from Normal Felix to Magician Felix to a motorbike to a tank. Sadly, if you're at the last possible attack form you can reach, you won't be able to get hearts again until you power down. This means that you won't be able to farm hearts for hearts. That's a bummer, as this makes lives hard to come by and makes this version of the game a lot more difficult.

You also get extra lives for getting 100,000 and reaching every subsequent 200,000 points on the scoreboard.

When you reach a total that ends in a five, a milk bottles will appear. You'll get 500 points, but if you have a magic attack on hand, you'll refill the hearts on the timer, making the Felix heads you'll find throughout the game essential. 

If you find a giant magic bag, jump into it. You'll find yourself in a room that usually contains Felix Heads and other power-ups. You won't be able to leave the room until you collect all the heads...which is a good thing.

Anyway, this is a pretty simple level. Feel free to get a grasp on the basics here.

Unlike the NES version, you won't be able to shoot at Professor heads in the sky multiple times to get 1-Ups...as if lives weren't hard enough to obtain in this game to begin with.

Round 1-2

The fish leap up and down out of bottomless pits

More stuff to mention here.

If you get hit while you have magic, you'll go down one magic level. If you have no magic, you'll die.

Just like in the NES version, there are slopes with blocks that break when you stand on them.

At the end of the level, you'll take on Poindexter. He's really not that hard, especially if you have the tank. Stay close to him and his balls shouldn't hit you at all. The more powerful your magic, the less hits it takes to destroy him. Unlike the NES version, there are no pre-world or post-world cutscenes.