California Raisins: The Grape Escape
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The California Raisins: The Grape Escape is a California Raisins video game produced by Capcom in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was not released for commercial distribution, and thus remains something of a collectors item.
[edit] Story
In the single-player side-scrolling action game you control a California Raisin through five stages in an effort to rescue the band and their band's musical notes that were stolen by the gang of jealous musicians. The player walk, jump, climb on vines, moonwalk (by pressing the "select" button) and shoot an unlimited supply of grape jelly beans as projectiles.
As was the case with other Capcom games, such as Mega Man and Duck Tales you can play the first four levels in any order that you want, but the final level is only available after you have collected the musical notes from each of the four levels.
The first four levels include The Grape Vine, The Factory, The Maize Maze and The Juicery. The final level takes places in The Clouds.
During each level you can collect I icons that give you temporary invincibility, regular black musical notes for bonus points, Sunshine icons to restore your health, and Raisinette icons to give you an extra life. You can also locate items by shooting at the thin air or at columns.
[edit] Reasons for cancellation
The game appeared to have been largely finished as it was given a full review, along with hints, by the "Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Vol. 3." It is possible that dwindeling commercial success of the California Raisins as a mascot may have had something to do with the game being cancelled.
