I haven't played this game since the first time I played it, when it was fairly new and a friend of my cousin brought it over to my grandma's place. They left it behind while they went out running around, so I played it for probably 15 or 20 minutes, and I think I got most of the way through the second stage (the one with the motorcycles). I didn't dream at the time that I had made such progress toward the end. Talk about a short game! Your review did a great job of running through three of the four stages and reminding me how tedious this one could be to play, though I still may return to it at some point. I do own it now, I believe.
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality
"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world
"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world