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Pagemaster on the Game Boy came out in 1994, published by Fox Interactive. It was one of those licensed games from the era, based on the animated film, and it fit right in with the platform's library of side-scrolling adventures. You didn't see a lot of innovation in these titles, but they had a certain charm, especially if you were a fan of the source material.

You control Richard Tyler, a boy who enters a magical library and becomes trapped inside various storybooks. Your goal is to guide him through themed stages—like Adventure, Fantasy, and Horror—defeating enemies and solving simple puzzles to progress. The gameplay involves screen-by-screen exploration, jumping across platforms, and using context-specific items or attacks, such as swinging a sword in the knight section or tossing apples to stun foes in the pirate world. The difficulty is moderate, with some tricky jumps and enemy patterns to learn, but it never feels unfair. Playing it gives you that straightforward, earnest satisfaction of a mid-90s portable action game.