Amiga Computing - Commodore Is Awesome

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SYSTEM
PUBLISHER
NCR Software
DEVELOPER
Nevada
PRICE
S1 0
DISKS
2
HD INSTALL
No
SUPPORTS
A500/Al200
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This, readers, is the afterlife.
Strangely familiar, isn't it?
he story: Charlie J. Cool is cool. A bit
obvious, but the instructions remind
me of this fact every few seconds, so
I'll remind you He's cool. He wears
sunglasses all the time to prove how
cool he is. He reads a newspaper called the Cool
Times. He's stupid. And following an unfortunate
piano meets head incident, he's also quite dead.
Finding himself in some sort of weird limbo, he
meets God and realises he's been grim reapered
too soon as they don't know if he's Heavenbound
or going down. The only way to sort things out is
for him to travel through Midway. At the end of
this quest, he'll have proved himself worthy of
Heaven or Hell and everything is hunky dory. So.
God swings open the door and shoves Charlie
into Midway. What wonders await our hero? A
platform game. That's what the afterlife is like,
apparently. Something to look forward to, eh?
So, yes, it's not terribly original, but then what is
these days? Basically, you've got seven realms of
Midway to plough through. with four levels in
each. In each level, find a key and get to the far
right-hand side of the level to proceed. Each
successfully completed level sweeps your brow
with a special password-shaped duster, there are
power ups to fiddle with, and special bonus rooms
lurk about the place like great big lurking things.
All well and good. But what unique trousers
does this game wear to make it stand out'? Well,
bet you wish that you
were this cool, don't you?
Look out for that spike, Charlie. You've only got
two lives left, and we don't want you to die
Secret lemonade
drinker
In accordance with EC platform game law.
Charlie J. Cool features secret rooms. But, unlike
most games, you can't actually see the rooms
Whereas most games leave little clues - a section
of lightly coloured wall, a platform that
leads nowhere - Charlie's rooms are invisible
Unless you find a special icon that reveals thei:
locations. Not a bad idea but, personally, halt
the fun of a platform game is working out where
The secrets are. Take that pleasure away and it
makes the game even less fun,
remember that you must prove Charlie to be
good or bad enough to go to Heaven or Hell. n
each level there are creatures who are out te
bite your eyelids and generally hurt you, and
there are some who want to be your friend. kit
baddies and your karma goes up, squish you
sicky mates and karma is lost. At the start of eact
level a meter shows you how you're faring karmawise
and the content of the last level depends on
whether or not you're good or evil. Which Is nice,
Apart from that though, it's an idea free zone.
There are, however, some bad points. Bad
points which rampage through the good poirr!
Charlie tries to hide from my cruel comments.
Come out, you fool, I love you really.