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Kid Chameleon
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In Kid Chameleon, kids at a local arcade are getting literally sucked into a game and disappearing. Players take control of the best gamer in town and must battle thought 100 levels by changing into different forms such at Berzerker, Micromac, Maniaxe or Skycutter. The game was originally released on the Sega Genesis and costs 800 Wii Points.
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Originally published in 1992, Kid Chameleon is a side-scrolling action game for the Sega Genesis that you can now purchase from the Wii's Virtual Console for 800 points. The story concerns a virtual reality video game that has eaten the town's children and the young Fonzie look-alike that has entered the game world seeking to free the missing tykes. The title refers to your character's ability to put on different masks that endow you with various powers, which you'll make use of to get through all of the platforms, spike pits, monsters, and other nasty things populating the game's 94 individual levels.
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In normal form, Kid Chameleon has two hit points. All his powered-up forms have three hit points, except the knight, who has a whopping five. If Kid loses all his hit points while in powered-up form, he will return to normal. Kid's transformations ... have "diamond attacks" that use diamond pickups to execute. Keep an eye out for special items, such as the clock, which gives you more time to complete a level, and the ankh, which gives you an extra life.
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In early 1993, Kid Chameleon gained his own comic strip in the new Fleetway publication Sonic the Comic. The first strip ran from issues 7-12 and featured Casey entering the Wildside to rescue his friend Suzy, with a disembodied presence known as The Voice giving him advice and encouragement. Through each issue he changed into one of the different personas- Red Stealth, Eyeclops, Micromax, Berzerker and finally Iron Knight, before his Chameleon powers ran out and he had to take down a powerful enemy as his normal self. While he & Suzy escaped Wildside, the story ended with Casey discovering local school bully Brad was ... trapped in Wildside. In issues 54-59 he returned again to rescue Brad, this time turning into Skycutter, Berzerker, Maniaxe and Cyclone. Here he discovered that The Voice had a more sinister agenda and was keeping children from all over the world prisoner in the Islecatraz gulag, using Brad as warden.
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The first thought that enters your head when playing Kid Chameleon is probably 'Mario Clone'. The game steals ideas from Nintendo's finest, such as jumping on the heads of enemies and bashing item boxes from below. It's not the first game to copy Mario and it certainly won't be the last, but back in the early 90's when the Sega/Nintendo war was at its height, it seemed like Sega was running out of ideas.
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Kid Chameleon is a platform game released for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The premise of the game is that the main character "Kid Chameleon" can use masks to change into different characters in order to use different abilities. The game is ... a part of the Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It was released for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on 22nd May, 2007, North America on 28th May, 2007 and Europe on 1st June, 2007.It was also released in addition to a series of other Sega games, including Shining Force and Comix Zone, in Sega Smash Pack 2.
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