Genre: Platformer
Platform: NES
So apparently, between McKids, the Cool Spot game, and this game, I was a sucker for advertisements when I was a kid. Both this and McKids were pretty good, though. Despite it’s massive advertising, it really was a fun game.
You are playing as the Noid, who was always the bad guy in the commercials. Anyway, you are trying to help him get through a city and eat pizza. He is armed with a yo-yo and you boink the baddies out of your way as you collect inexplicably floating scrolls, which give you power in the mini-game at the end of each level. Pretty much every level is the same, with very few variations. Some of the mobs and scenery may change, but the game play does not. The graphics are just ok, but the music was catchy!
At the end of each level, you got to play a mini game against the anti-Noid (?). You picked and bet how many pizzas you could eat. It could get ugly as you could be devious and spice his pizza, and vice versa. I don’t really remember what you got for it, but I remember it as being fun. I don’t know that I’ve played this since I was a kid, so if I played it now, it might be no fun at all. It’s good enough in my brain to be an oldie but goodie, though!