Cheerwine Deluxe
| Cheerwine Deluxe | |
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| Developer(s) | VinnyVideo |
| Announce Date | January 10, 2011 |
| Release Date | TBA |
| Genre | Platform |
| Players | 1 |
| Input | Keyboard, mouse |
| Medium | Game Maker 8 |
| Platform | Windows |
| Status | Complete |
Cheerwine Deluxe is a game VinnyVideo developed mostly on The Minus World for one of their Joke Game Contests, although he also created a topic for the game on the MFGG forums and plans to release a more Mario-centric version for the MFGG mainsite. The game is replete with intentionally unfitting music, zany sound effects, frustrating gameplay, bizarre scenarios, incoherent storylines, and strange, clashing graphics, including many backgrounds based on photos Vinny took himself.
Story
In Cheerwine Deluxe, seven evil celebrity warlords have conquered the Canadian province of Saskatchewan by taking control of Saskatchewan's Seven Pillars of Justice: Cattle, the Supervisor of Elections, the Supreme Court, the Governor, the Flag, the City Councils, and Education. The player must defeat all of these fiends to restore peace and freedom to Saskatchewan and prevent the so-called Council of Evil from spreading throughout the entire planet. Several plot twists occur as the game progresses.
Gameplay
Cheerwine Deluxe is a side-scrolling platform game that combines twisted Mario-like worlds with mini-games involving the characters who are part of the Council of Evil. These games range from a button-mashing contest against Jay Leno on the lawn of the Saskatchewan Legislature to a pie-baking match in a butter-laden level featuring Paula Deen.
Obscure References
Much of the game plays homage to other joke games, most notably Waligie, whose namesake character even appears on the intentionally-broken "Choose Your Avatar" screen. The game also pays homage to Super Mario Storm, Late Night Mario, Normal Super Mario Bros., and other games.
Reception
A rushed demo appeared on Minus World at the deadline of their Joke Game Contest. The game had only four levels and contained some collision problems, and most of the people who played the game complained that they couldn't get past the Angry Shuriken Cow in the first level. Since then, updates have added more levels and made the game marginally easier. The game hasn't been released on MFGG until January 29, though, so it's unclear how this game will be viewed in the eyes of true MFGGers.
Links
- Cheerwine Deluxe download
- Cheerwine Deluxe 2 download (an intentionally incomplete sequel that's unlikely to be expanded upon)
