Retroklubben Januari - Nomineringstråd

James Pond is as fast as Sonic and as smart as Mario. But he's even more! He's a secret agent on a mission. The evil Dr Maybe captured all the penguins of the antarctic and all the christmas toys! James 'Robocod' Pond has to rescue the penguins and defeat Dr Maybe.
Being a fish, he's wearing his power armour which not only allows him to breeze, but also has a really nice feature: It can expand so that James gets taller and taller! It also provides some protection against nasty foes like snakes and robots with cake-heads. But James doesn't carry any weapon. Therefore he has to beat his enemies by jumping on their heads.
The game begins when James arrives at Santa's toy factory where somehow all the toys have gone mad. The connection to the penguins isn't really clear, but who cares? It's a huge building with many doors. Behind each door, there is a level.
Not all of them are necessary to complete the game, but most are. The doors open in a preset order, so that you have to complete them in this certain order. About each third door has a question mark on it. Behind these, huge creatures are waiting to be beaten up. On the whole, there are so many levels, that it can take days to complete the game.

Normally, James just runs and jumps around. But sometimes, he finds cool vehicles like a car, a plane or a bath (!) which make progress easier or possible. Up to five lives and a kind of energy bar make the game fairer, but it's still very hard!