Kid Chameleon

The Good
Imagine a videogame so real you were in the game called Wild Side it used holograms to create the realistic images and it was the hottest game in town, until it became too real and the boss monster, Heady Metal escapes and begins capturing children by defeating them in the game but there was only one who could not be beaten his name… Kid Chameleon.

Released in 1992 and developed by Sega Technical Institute the company that would later go on to produce the difficult but very imaginative Comix Zone, Kid Chameleon is a side scrolling platformer in the tradition of Mario or Sonic but with a twist your character has the ability to transform into different things like, Iron Knight, Red Stealth a samurai ,and a Maniaxe an axe wielding man that looks like Jason Vorhees just to name a few that spans about 60 levels that you have to complete and about 100 stages including secret levels and remember folks this was before the save feature was put into games other than RPGS.

The graphics are typical for a game from 1992 but still holds up pretty well today like you don’t cringe when looking at the screen like some old games hell even early 3D looks like that have you tried playing Playstation lately?

The Sound is a variety of typical platform sound effects but what really shines is the music its filled with a bunch of catchy tunes likened to the music of SOR or Streets Of Rage for the uninitiated, or Sonic The Hedgehog, considering that everyone says how the Sega Genesis sound chip is so inferior how did it create so many brilliant soundtracks?

This game has a very high fun factor and should take you a while to finish specially if you try to find the entrance to the secret levels and try to finish them all in one sitting which would seem like a pain to more modern gamers.

It’s interesting that the different forms have there own unique attacks, skills and advantages a lot of these skills are utilized and are needed to complete the stages like climb up the wall, or charge through objects blocking your path.

The Bad
Some of the power-ups have very little use and sometimes if you are stuck being the basic main form it proves too difficult and sometimes the level objectives are hard to figure out what to do to get from point A to point B

The Bottom Line
This is a very fun game to play when you feel like kicking it old school or to take a little trip down memory lane to remember what once was and the good old days that shall not return.

Sorry for getting all sentimental on you.