| Totally Rad | |
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| Developer(s) | Aicom |
| Publisher(s) | Jaleco |
| Composer(s) | Kazuo Sawa |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System |
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| Genre(s) | Action/Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Totally Rad, known in Japan as Magic John (マジック・ジョン), is an action-adventure game published and developed by Jaleco, and was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991.
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Jake is hired as an apprentice magician by Zebedia Pong. He is training when some strange people attack and kidnap his girlfriend, Allison. Jake goes on a quest to find out where they came from and why they wanted Allison. Afterwards, Jake discovers Allison's kidnapping was a feint to force Allison's father, a renowned scientist, out of hiding. Jake must not only save Allison's father, but ultimately battle an evil king who plans to lead a group of underground-dwelling people in a battle against the people of Jake's world.
The Japanese and American versions of the game are mostly the same, except for the characters. In the original Japanese game, the main characters are John and Yuu, two anime-style preteen friends. In Totally Rad, the main characters are Jake and Allison, two Californian teenagers who constantly talk in an '80s "surfer" lingo.
The instruction manual for Totally Rad is filled with surfer talk and lingo, in addition to comical picture breaks and comments about the author's "babe" and how attractive she looks in the picture he put of her in the instruction manual.