Greendog
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Release date(s) | 1992 (Genesis) 1993 (Game Gear) |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear |
Greendog The Beached Surfer Dude is the title of a side-scrolling video game produced by Sega for its Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. A Game Gear version was released in 1993. It was part of a series of games that Sega produced in the early 1990s in an effort to create mascot characters.
[edit] Story Line
Greendog is a cool California surfer that decides to wear a cursed pendant he finds on the beach. However, the pendant will not come off, dooms the wearer to be attacked by animals and prohibits surfing. The only way that Greendog can lift the curse is to travel to lost Aztec civilization and track down six pieces of a lost treasure. The single-player gameplay requires you to survive several side-scrolling levels, armed with only a flying disc that you can shoot at enemies to destroy them or at various objects in order to gain more energy.
The game had some homages to earlier side-scrolling adventure games, such as Pitfall as the character often had to swing on vines to advance and many of the levels take place in a tropical jungle or in an ancient temple. Many levels required the player to use a skateboard or rollerblades to advance.
At the end of each level, Greendog must defeat a boss in order to obtain a piece of the treasure. After defeating the final boss, Greendog returns to the California beaches to surf and hook up with a beautiful young woman.
[edit] Trivia
- Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece is similar to Greendog's design.
