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Like the title suggests, in Cool Spot, you get to control the cool little red spot that walks and wears a pair of shades. Seeing that this unsung celebrity has been stuck on billions of 7-up cans and has been seen in a few commercials, the makers decided that he deserved his very own video game at long last.
Yes, a very fitting review to one of my personal favorites. The music from the level "Off Da Wall" is both smooth and memorable. Definitely a game worth owning.
Whatever happened to anthropomorphized corporate logos?
I miss all of them.
Cool Spot
The Noid
Chester Cheetah
Joe Camel
Hamburgurlar
Bazooka Joe
Budweiser Frogs
Aunt Jemimam!
A Joe Camel video game would have been amazing!! You could be Joe Camel and the goal of the game could be to get as many young children to smoke as humanly possible. It would have been amazing!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEdge
Your weapons: the smooth, mellow flavor of Camel cigs; endless and effortless cool; and a bazooka.
the bosses could have been anti-smoking ''uncool'' people; the first boss has to be meddling parents, then a D.A.R.E. officer and so on.
The final level should take place in Congress with Joe Camel fighting congressman and senate committees as it builds up to the final boss: THE SURGEON GENERAL! Who will have a rocket sled; and missile launchers!
Pretty good Platformer w/ a neat 7-up theme and nice graphics:ok:
I really love those early Virgin games. They showcased what the Genesis could do with detailed sprites and animation.
Anybody played the sequel on Genny? It's got that pseudo-3D view like Sonic 3D Blast.
Mediocre action game with great graphics. I know most games don't stray too far off from a single game play formula, But this one gets old real fast.
By level 5, I just wanted to beat the game and be done with.
Some programming flaws that affect the game:-
-Enemies re-spawning at their original starting location when the player goes slightly off screen.
-Enemies regenerate health if the player goes little off screen, leading to frustration.
-Camera is horrid
-Not being able to look down or up when hanging on ropes.
-Enemies can shoot you through the barrier.
Get this man a job, Virgin!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanegashima
Its okay but it does get repetitive later on,i think the character is unusual and funny but i think i still prefer Robocod.:p
Sorry for digging this thread up but though not much to watch now, it was great to play. Legendary topic as well, 7UP! I have good memories of this. Here the wallpaper i made recently..
http://hgutl.com/wp-content/uploads/...1-1024x640.jpg
Would be better if you create a thread and post all the wallpapers there I think.
Not to long ago, I actually wondered why people did not post fan content on the respective game review pages. It makes total sense if you consider that someone is looking for content regarding one of their favourite games. In any case, smurted I just took a look at your video content! The videos that your team produced thus far are fantastic! Very stellar material in your portfolio!
Licensed mascot games like this usually suck. Was surprised with this one back in the day.
I think i'm going to make a thread soon, but this way targets the people that really like each game..
Glad you liked it though. I'm gonna be making some idents for the my wallpaper site this week..
This was really the only advergame i ever enjoyed..
I completely forgot about this game until seeing this thread...I used to own this game and loved it...can't wait to play it again
It's well worth playing again..
This sponsored game felt into the right hands with Dave Perry at the helm. In Europe we had Fido Dido as the 7-Up mascot, so for many of us this was the introduction to that spot with 'Tude, and couldn't have been better.
It's not a random tie-in game: this one was a serious effort for a quality product and it shows on the beautiful (albeit repetitive) graphics, smooth animation, Tommy Tallarico's engaging BGM, funny SFX and moderate difficulty level that made this shooter-platformer accessible to many types of players.
The only problem I have with this game is not the programmer's fault: Spot's charisma is nil. There, I've said it. A punctuation sign does not make a popular corporate mascot. Other than that, I'm one of these weirdos that actually thinks that Spot goes to Hollywood was even better than this already good game. I'll talk about it when the time comes.
All very true. Though i never really got into the Hollywood version...