Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

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Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Kaneko USA
Developer:
Licensor: Recot
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-33056
Non-Sega versions

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool, or simply Chester Cheetah, is a side-scrolling platforming game starring Chester Cheetah, the mascot of the Cheetos brand of snack food. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in North America in 1993.

It was followed by a sequel, Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest.

Story

Chester Cheetah is trying to escape the Four Corners Zoo, but Mean Eugene has taken apart his motorcycle and hidden its pieces throughout the zoo grounds. Chester must find all the pieces to his motorcycle so he can ride away to Hip City.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer played as the anthropomorphic cheetah Chester Cheetah. The goal of each stage is to find a piece of Chester's motorcycle, then locate the exit. The later stages end with a fight against Mean Eugene in a vehicle.

Chester moves with Left and Right. He ducks with Down and jumps with C. He can defeat enemies by jumping on them, though they revive after a short duration. After collecting the Sneakers item in a stage, Chester can run by holding B. He jumps farther when running.

Chester has four health points, depicted as paws, and loses one whenever he hits an enemy or an obstacle (including deep water). When he has no more health paws left, the next hit ends the game, but it can be continued from the beginning of the current stage as long as there are credits remaining.

Items

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 Cheetah Paw
Recovers one health paw.
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 Sunglasses
Changes the background to black-and-white and reveals invisible items that can be collected.
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 Guitar
Causes Chester to jam out on his guitar. He is invulnerable but also uncontrollable during this state.
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 Sneakers
Gives Chester the ability to run for the remainder of the stage by holding B.
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 Skateboard
Plays the bonus stage after completing the current stage.
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 Badges
Collect 100 to earn an additional credit.
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 Motorcycle Parts
Collect one part in each stage to open the exit.

Stages

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Four Corners Zoo Park
Falling into a manhole cover drops into an underground network of pipes. Chester can find the
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Motorcycle Wheels in the sewer.

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Monkey Pits
Some of the vines can be grabbed and climbed with Up and Down, while Chest can swing from other vines with Left and Right to clear more horizontal distance. Chester can get the
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Motorcycle Frame from a monkey in a tree (which uses the same sprite as the wheels in this version of the game).

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Gator Alley
After dodging the attacks from Mean Eugene in his speedboat, Chester can grab the
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Motorcycle Handlebars.

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Hidden Caves
Chester can jump on Mean Eugene in his train with the mine cart to get the
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Motorcycle Seat.

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Bird Houses
Chester can defeat Mean Eugene in his helicopter by using the bomber birds to hit him, which gets him the final part, the
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Motorcycle Engine.

Bonus stage

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Bonus stage

If Chester finds a Skateboard item in a stage, the player plays a bonus stage after the current stage where Chester rides a skateboard down a city street. He collects Badges while dodging enemies. He can speed up with Right, slow down with Left, move with Up and Down, and jump with C. He loses seven badges if he is hit by an enemy.

History

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool was reportedly a financial success, with the game's popularity granting Kaneko USA a new degree of autonomy when producing future titles for the American market.[3]

Development

Main article: Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool/Development.

Magazine articles

Main article: Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
47
[4]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
50
[5]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
61
[6]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
33
[7]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
33
[8]
ProGames (BR)
50
[9]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
27
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
32
[11]
Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-U
61
[12]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
55
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 45
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Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Chester Cheetah Too Cool MD US Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:System_Vision
  2. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  3. ↑ Interview: Ellen Fuog (2009-04-07) by Sega-16
  4. ↑ Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 49
  5. ↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 13
  6. ↑ Mega Fun, "07/93" (DE; 1993-06-23), page 74
  7. ↑ MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 66
  8. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 100
  9. ↑ ProGames, "Julho 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 17
  10. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 52
  11. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 74
  12. ↑ Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 42
  13. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 43


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