Coca-Cola Kid (video game)

Coca-Cola Kid
Box art
Developer(s)	Aspect[1]
Publisher(s)	Sega[1]
Distributor(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Game Gear[2]
Release date(s)	JP August 5, 1994[1]
Genre(s)	Platform Action[1]
Mode(s)	Single-player
Media/distribution	Game Gear cartridge

Coca-Cola Kid (コカコーラキッド^?) is a Japan-exclusive Sega Game Gear side-scrolling action video game that is sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company. The game has a starring role for the company's in-house mascot the Coca-Cola Kid; who happened to be Coca-Cola's Japanese mascot of the 1990s.^[2]

Gameplay

The game uses timed platform game sequences similar to Sonic Chaos.^[3] Bad guys are relatively easy to defeat. Power-ups include the famous soft drink that helps restore health and the coins that helps the player buy items between stages.^[3]

This game intended to use light-hearted comedy to sell the product to a young audience. The time limit is constantly moving upward, like in Sonic the Hedgehog and unlike most platformers; the player dies if the timer reaches 9:59 (stages always start with the timer at 0:00). Despite being released for an 8-bit system, the "Sega" vocals that were used for the 16-bit Mega Drive video games of the mid 1990s indicated the name of the publishing company. Attacks in the games include kicks and flying kicks to both human and non-human enemies alike.^[4] Obstacles, like the telephone booths in the downtown level, can also be torn down .^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gamegear/data/570350.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Character/additional game information". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/game-gear/coca-cola-kid. Retrieved 2010-10-20. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Advanced game information". Portable Review. http://retro.portablereview.com/review696.html. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Basic game information". Defunct Games. http://www.defunctgames.com/shows.php?id=review-611. Retrieved 2009-03-26.