I'd have never stood a chance if the Sega Classics bundle didn't let you make save states anywhere. There are different sorta combos you can make, but there's not much rhyme or reason to using them, so I found myself just scrolling through them over and over and hoping for the best. And I can't tell you why, but I love the hell out of this rat. The game's aesthetic is quite unique, and the concept is innovative. The rest of the game takes place as a side scroller inside the god damn comic! You traverse comic panels and fight monsters that TR draws on the spot. Then, BAM! Lightning strikes, and a Teddy Roosevelt goblin reaches up and pulls Sketch down into his own illustrated pages! Our hip protagonist, Sketch Turner, is a comic book artist, just chilling one night with his pet rat and drawing some wicked cool comics. The game makes no pretense of having a plot that makes sense (that kind of effort and sincerity would violate the Cool 90s Kids rules imo). The rest of the game's music follows suit. On comes the opening riffs of the soundtrack, a god damned bona fide grungy bad ass rock song. We transition to the title screen, with our protagonist in a POW!er pose, resplendent with shades, a denim vest, fingerless gloves, blonde pony tail whipping in the breeze. The start up logo sets the tone of the game, with a faceless sound guy testing the mic, then singing the perfunctory "Seeegaaaaa" in a way that sounds like he's casually humming it to himself in the shower. The latter is a given, in a media landscape where every character, from commercials to movies, had inexhaustible AT-TI-TUDE! You play an off-beat comic book artist who's equipped with sick karate moves and wise-cracks. For god's sake, how was Sega so able to deftly capture the Cool Dude zeitgeist of that era? This looks nothing like a cynical marketting team of clueless boomers slapping together a Poochie character. It wasn't until I sat down and actually play it that I was absolutely tackled into the ground with nostalgia.
neato! Your character runs around in a comic book world, jumping from panel to panel.
I looked at a couple youtube videos, and. I had heard of it, but not until maybe a year or so ago, in a Sega nostalgia thread. I never played it until recently, when I found it on the Genesis Classics game I bought for Switch.
Alright, time to give a little love to Comix Zone.
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