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Instruction booklet · August 1996

Mohawk & Headphone Jack

PlatformESRB E

The story

Protean platform hero with attitude (well, with sunglasses) rocks out in this novel but forgotten would-be Sonic-killer, collecting CDs (this is pre-Napster, remember) and avoiding segmented slinkies and nasty robot bugs in disorienting mode 7 mazes with no constant "down".

Specifications

Released: August 1996
Developer: Solid Software
Publisher: Black Pearl Software
Genre: Platform
Rating: ESRB E

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Game Informer: 5/10
GP: 71%
GameFan: 73/100, 40/100, 60/100
Hobby Consolas: 79/100
Next Generation: 3/5
Super Juegos: 68/100
Super Play: 57%
Total!: (UK) 75/100, (DE) 3+
Nintendo Acción: 70/100
Nintendo Magazine System: 94/100
Super Power: 74%
VideoGames: 7/10

BE KIND, REWINDAugust 1996

#1 song

Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix)Los del Río #1 album

It Was WrittenNas Admit one · #1 movie

A Time to Kill$13,262,934 weekend

Vol. 6 · No. 259Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of August 2, 1996

Aug. 6

NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive life-forms; further tests are inconclusive.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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Data: IGDB · Wikipedia · libretro-thumbnails · Charts: Billboard · Box office: Box Office Mojo via Wikipedia. Today’s money uses US CPI-U, 2025 dollars.