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Kool-Aid Man (was Re: Classic VideoGame Carts/SYSTEMS Forsale!)

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From: Robert Bartz
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 20:35
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kisrael@Emerald.tufts.edu (Kirk Is.) writes:

>LAURIE (llaurie@ucsub.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
>: >
>: >    My land, HOW could you part with all these cool old games?!  You even 
>: >have "Kool-Aid Man", for cryin' in the beer!  They just don't make games 
>: >with anthropomorphized beverage pitchers filled with red liquid any more, 
>: >you know.
>: >--
>: >Steven Frank (stevenf@europa.com) (http://atheria.europa.com/steve.html)

>:     Not to mention those two little kids who run around making that
>: "thhpt thhpt thhpt thhpt thhpt" sound.  Of course we could talk all
>: day about the evil thirsties!
>: ROB

>Aha- but only in the intellivision version....
>but did both have Kool-Aid Man bursting through a wall?

Yes, the Atari version had this as well. Right in the beginning, they 
show him bust through the wall. One unique thing about this game(2600 
version that is,), you could pause it if you flipped the left difficulty 
switch. Kinda neat.

Bob

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