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It’s been a while since I last picked on the egg.
I’ve got no excuse for this one really. Yes, I was watching a Vincent Price film whilst sketching it out but that was House Of Wax, not Witchfinder General.
At least I can honestly say the pun isn’t mine. Everything else though? Yeah, sorry. Sorry about your egg.
I spent an extraordinary amount of time doing the “that doesn’t look right” face whilst sketching this fella out and I had to keep reminding myself that’s not my fault, Monty genuinely doesn’t look right in Impossamole.
I’ve never really made peace with it as a game either. For all their unfairness, Monty On The Run and Auf Wiedersehen Monty are still all timers in my book and Impossamole just isn’t. I’ve never found anything to enjoy in it and on occasional revisits, little has changed my opinion over the years.
Still. Plenty of characters have met a worse videogame fate.
I’ve done a couple of versions of this for Jeff to use but I had a very specific idea of how I would like a version for me and just me to look so I figured may as well tweak it to please myself.
I’ve redrawn the main character, it’s still pretty close to the original sketch but I wanted to lose some detail for a more cartoony look. The maze is exactly the same because I’m just really happy with how that turned out. And to wrap it up, a less busy, brighter background.
Stuff that makes for less striking box art but a nice enough standalone picture.
Don’t forget you can buy the game for just a few Earth squids and it comes with the Rob seal of approval, as well as a picture or two from me.
He’s Dave, and he does things in caves. I try not to ask what.
Cave Dave. Dave, in a cave. Dave.
For some reason, I’d managed to convince myself that Molecule Man had reviewed pretty poorly on release and that’s completely not the case! So, not sure where I plucked that particular thought from.
Still can’t believe it only cost a couple of quid too. Great game.
I can’t entirely explain why I’ve always had trouble accepting this is what Sabre Man looks like. It’s a perfectly fine design for him. Just my silly brain decided a long time ago it wasn’t right, for no particular reason either, and I’ve been stuck with that ever since.
Mister Tronic was the occasional cover star and sometimes mascot of budget label Mastertronic during the eighties. He’s a bit older now but his suit still fits just fine.
I’m still not sure what was going on in the run up to the official Switch 2 announcement as it was pretty obvious that everyone would end up with a Switch but bigger and newer. Still, there are worse things than fantasising about potential hardware.
Personally, I’m just disappointed Nintendo haven’t actually fitted splooge tube tech.
I’m in love with orbs in games at the best of times and Gilby here is one of the best, what with his occult headwear and hooves.
Iridis Alpha is also fantastic, which helps no end.
Not the game I’d have chosen to head up my shift from budget to premium games but still, turned out better than Costa Capers by a country mile.
And look, I know Gerry The Germ is far from the best game ever but I loved the little spikey, hairy, dude anyway.