History VideoGame / HomeImprovementPowerToolPursuit

* HitPoints: Similar to the ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games, Tim doesn't have a typical life meter. Taking a hit causes him to lose whatever nuts and bolts he has, only losing a life when he takes a hit while he has none. He can grab them back if he's quick enough.

* NintendoHard: Levels are large and spacious, enemies take a ton of punishment, and it's easy to get lost.

1994 licensed PlatformGame for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, based on the sitcom ''Series/HomeImprovement''. A UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version was planned, but never released.

Tim Taylor's ''[[ShowWithinAShow Tool Time]]'' is going pretty well, but just as Tim about to unveil the new Binford ultra power tool line named after him, the ''Binford-Taylor Turbo Power Tool Line'', he discovers they are missing, with a mysterious note left by the thief challenging Tim to find the power tools. So the mission is on. With power tools in hand, its up to Tim to explore different film sets around the studio and recover the missing power tools and save his show.

''Power Tool Pursuit!'' is a 2D platformer. You play as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor as he explores different studio sets, fending off enemies and other dangerous foes with his multitude of tool weaponry. Tim's greatest attribute is his tool arsenal: He can use nail guns, blowtorches, jackhammers, hammers, electric rail guns, and more. Each tool/weapon has their own particular function, like busting through walls or striking smaller enemies. The mission of each stage is to find five crates, with contain missing pieces of the power tools. Levels are very large and spacious with lots of nooks and crannies.

* TriumphantReprise: The ''Home Improvement'' theme plays whenever Tim clears a level.

* PracticalJoke: The mysterious power tool thief? [[spoiler:It was all an elaborate prank on Tim done by Al. Tim's sons were also in on the gag.]]

* ExcusePlot: A mysterious thief has stolen Tim's power tools, and he has to travel through several massive, improbably realistic TV show sets filled with deadly, improbably realistic animatronics to find them. Per Arne of ''Encyclopedia Obscura'' noted that the story wouldn't have been that much more fantastical had the creators simply done what they apparently really wanted to and just sent Tim on an actual journey through time and space

* ExcusePlot: A mysterious thief has stolen Tim's power tools.

This game was reviewed by ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' in Part 2 of his "Wish List" video.

1994 licensed PlatformGame for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, based on the sitcom ''Series/HomeImprovement''.

'''Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!''' is a 1994 licensed PlatformGame for the ''UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem'', based on the sitcom ''Series/HomeImprovement''.

Tim Taylor's [[ShowWithinAShow "Tool Time" Show]] is going pretty well, but just as Tim about to unveil the new Binford ultra power tool line named after him, the ''Binford-Taylor Turbo Power Tool Line'', he discovers they are missing, with a mysterious ultimatum note left by the thief challenging Tim to find the power tools. So the mission is on. With power tools on hand, its up to Tim to explore different film sets around the studio and recover the missing Power Tools and save his show.

''Power Tool Pursuit!'' is a 2D platformer. You play as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor as he explores different studio sets, fending off enemies and other dangerous foes with his multitude of tool weaponry. Tim's greatest attribute is his tool arsenal. He can use nail guns, blowtorches, jackhammers, hammers, electric rail guns, and more. Each tool/weapon has their own particular function, like busting through walls, or striking smaller enemies. The mission of each stage is to find five crates, with contain missing pieces of the power tools. Levels are very large and spacious with lots of nooks and crannies.

!!Power Tool Pursuit contains examples of:

* BigBoosHaunt: The Third Set is set in a Haunted Castle/Horror Movie set complete with ghosts and other creepy crawlies.
* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The Second Set is a an egyptian desert setting.
* ChainsawGood: One of Tim's special weapons. It's so good it also functions as a LaserBlade.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: You have infinite continues. [[NintendoHard Be thankful for that]].
* ExcusePlot: Some mysterious thief has stolen Tim's power tools!

* HintsAreForLosers: The game infamously came with an "instruction manual" with a fake sticker plastered over saying "REAL MEN DON'T NEED INSTRUCTIONS".

* NintendoHard: Levels are large and spacious, enemies take a ton of punishment, and its easy to get lost.
* PracticalJoke: The mysterious power tool thief? [[spoiler: It was all an elaborate prank on Tim done by Al. Tim's sons were also in on the gag.]]

* RuleOfCool: Tim the Toolman battling dinosaurs with laser blade chainsaws and blowtorch flamethrowers. Yes.

* SwordBeam: The Chainsaw weapon fires beams of energy.

* TimTaylorTechnology: Falling in line with the show, the power tools Tim uses are standard, but with MORE POWER, making them effective weapons, like a Chainsaw that fire ''sword beams'', a blow torch that is a ''flamethrower'', and electrical wiring that is also a RailGun.
* TomorrowLand: The fourth and final set has Tim exploring is a futuristic setting on the moon.

* VideogameFlamethrowersSuck: Aversion. The blowtorch weapon is very powerful with the added bonus of spreading flames outward that also damage enemies.

* HitPoints: Similar to the ''Sonic'' games, Tim doesn't have a typical life meter. Taking a hit causes him to lose whatever nuts and bolts he has, only losing a life when he takes a hit while he has none. He can grab them back if he's quick enough.

* PracticalJoke: The mysterious power tool thief? [[spoiler: It was all an elaborate prank on Tim done by Al as well as his sons.]]