Cool Spot

Dave Perry`s platformers were ok back in the day (mainly because back then the genre was so full of drek) but now they all play very poorly. Cool Spot is no different, nice character though.

I think Aladin was a bit better then Cool Spot as well. But EWJ is well above both.

Tommy T's Soundtrack's are so underrated on these boards.

Skeleton Warriors is a soundtrack so good, it deserve's a better game.

Cool Spot was awesome though, Sega CD version for life.

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Originally posted by Sidez
Dave Perry`s platformers were ok back in the day (mainly because back then the genre was so full of drek) but now they all play very poorly.

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As usual (when it's not a political discussion), I agree with Sidez. Perry always got way more credit than I thought he deserved. He's never made a game that I would give anything more than a 7/10. If I want a licensed platformer, I'll take Capcom's Disney games over Cool Spot any day.

I agree that Perry gets too much credit although saying that the platform genre was full of drek back then is a little odd considering how mascot games are far worse today with all the scavenger hunt crap.

But I must say the PC version of MDK kicks ass. It's more fun than any of Perry's 16-bit games and I think it's better than Bioware's sequel.

i busted this out a couple weeks ago for the first time ever and it failed to grab me. of course, i didn't give it the benefit of the doubt, really, because it's a soda licensed platformer. but playing it for a few minutes it just seemed to be a jump 'n' collect the coins affair with middling level design and gameplay mechanics.

I think this is one platformer that has held up well. The animation is great and the levels have awesome detail. I prefer the Snes version due to the better music and brighter color palette but the Genesis version is definitely no slouch either.