Greendog The Beached Surfer Dude! Genesis

Dude! Like this killer wave totally beached Greendog while he was stylin.' Talk about a bummer. While the shore was wailing on Greendog's head, a totally rad but cursed pendant got stuck around his neck. That is so bogus! Anyhow, to appease the Aztec gods and lift the curse, Greendog has to find six pieces of the Surfboard of the Ancients. Gnarly!

Greendog -- The Beached Surfer Dude! will take you through the rain forest, the Aztec crypts, the beach, a tropical aquarium, a subway station, Jamaica and other tropical locations. You'll run, jump, scuba dive, skateboard, pedal-copter, in-line skate bounce (on objects), swing (on vines) and fly (with help from flying creatures) through 12 levels of sheer lunacy.

The pendant's curse makes most everyone and everything you come in contact a little insane. Crazed crabs, loony tourists, plucky parrots, dopey dragons, poisonous piranhas and other squirrelly enemies will attack. Luckily, you are equipped with a boomerang-like flying disc weapon that comes back to you every time you throw it. In addition to dodging or killing enemies, you must avoid water traps, spikes, blazing dragonheads and other obstacles.

Throughout the game you can find power items such as cola, which restores health, super discs, which zip all over the screen, clocks, which freeze enemies, and umbrellas, which make you invulnerable. For every 10,000 points you score, you can up the power of your disc (up to three times normal power). You score points by scarfing down junk food, knocking out attackers, and picking up certain items. Occasionally, Fetch the wonder pup will appear onscreen to help (by gnawing on enemies) or hinder (by eating your food) your progress.

So what are you waitin' for, dude? Beg, bum or borrow a copy of Greendog -- The Beached Surfer Dude! and appease the Aztec gods!

Controls: Gamepad/Joystick