The game offers some fun, but not without frustrating parts.
After mutated vegetables created by the evil Dr Knarf start causing trouble and panic in Jersey City, the legendary Jersey Devil appears to bring Dr Knarf down to his knees and bring back order to the city. The story is told with a cut scene superbly animated in cartoon style. It just a shame that's this is the only cut scene animated like this, since it's is probably one of the most funny and interesting things in the game.
One of the first things you might have noticed is that two booklets are included with the game. Aside from the mandatory manual the game also come packed with a walkthrough of the first level. Even though the levels are as simple as collecting five letters that spell "Knarf" to open a door that lead to a new area you might want to use this walkthrough anyway. It's quite easy to get stuck in this game, even on the first level. Each level is usually divided into 2 sub-levels and every one of them must be completed in order to beat the game. Finding every one of this sub-levels isn't that easy though, as some of them are never reveled where they are located.
The controls for the Jersey Devil are so-so. Jumping and moving works just fine, but it doesn't work as well when it comes to fighting. For some reason you can't punch while running, which means that most of the time you'll use the jumping spin attack to defend yourself against your foes. It doesn't help much that the collision detection is a little either, as you'll probably be hit by your enemies before you'll hit them. Camera control works for the most part, but there are times when the camera is pure annoying. It can sometimes back itself up in the most inconvenient places and then refuse to move even though you're pressing to rotate the camera.
Jersey Devil also lacks a bit in design. While the graphics themselves might not look particularly bad, they lack in other parts. Sometimes you'll fall through platforms even though it might seem that you landed just perfectly on them. Where Jersey Devil shows real promise is the music and sound effects. The sound effects and the musical score composed by Gilles Léveillé are excellent, giving the game a cartoony appeal, just like the cut scene in the beginning.
The worst part about Jersey Devil though is that much of the content that was in the North American version of the game has been left out in the European version. Even the way you'll solve some of the puzzles differ depending which version you're playing. The only reason it should be like this is if the game was on two different consoles, but since this is the same console this is extremely annoying.
Jersey Devil isn't really a bad game, but it's not that good either. It has certain appeal and is for the most part an OK platformer, but there are parts where it ultimately lacks. If you're a fan of the Crash Bandicoot games and if you can find it cheap you might want to check it out, but it's not a game you must have in your collection.