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like some crazy bison. First up is the satanic stinginess
with lives. Three hits and that's it. Game Over,
You can pick-up extra lives, but they're few and
far between. Admittedly, this isn't a huge hardship
as the game isn't overtly difficult, but
combined with the other flaws In Charlie's sack of
badness it's enough to cast doubts on the
game's worthiness.
Flaws like the lack of a continue option. Every
time it's Game Over (after only three hits). you
have to retype the password and start the level
again. This soon leads to aggravation, especially
as the collision detection can sometimes seem
a little wanton. And the ironic cherry on top is
That to play the final level you have to play
through the whole game without using passwords.
That's 28 levels on only three lives, It had
better be worth it.
Now after those gripes it might sound like I'm
slogging the game off. Well, actually, I am. But I
don't want to. Underneath all those pointless
annoyances lies a pleasant plafformer - it might
not change the world but It's fun. At least for a
while. In fact, it reminded me of that golden Team
17 oldie. Superfrog. Very similar level layouts, similor
controls, similar objectives. The Only difference
is that Superfrog was covered in nice shiny
playable bits, whereas Charlie J. Cool is covered
In niggly bits that make you grumpy. It is cheap, at
Mushrooms,
hovering coins,
yes it's platform
clichés all round
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Even Charlie get's so frustrated that he simply
stops everything and reads the paper
Only a termer, but even this doesn't make up for
the fact that after an evening spent in the
company of Charlie J. Cool I wanted to tear my
hair out and smother him with it.
Giant springs
send you
Shooting into the
air, usually to
land on a spike
or some Simi jar
trauma
Charlie J. Cool is only
available via mail order.
Send a cheque for El 0,
mode payable lo Nell
Cousins, to:
NRC Software Inc.
131 Gunnersbury Avenue
Acton, London
W3 8LE
There are,
however,
some bad
points. Bad
points which
rampage
through the
good points
like some
crazy bison
Final word
If you're a fan of platform
games and simply can't
sleep until you've played
them all, then a tenner is a
small price to pay. However,
If you're a highly strung person,
avoid this game like the
plague_ Despite it's pleasant,
if rather dull, gameplay,
this is strictly for masochists
who love to be frustrated to
the point of combustion. A
pity really, as deep within
lurks something quite good.