Kid Chameleon (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- A playthrough of Sega's 1992 platformer for the Sega Genesis, Kid Chameleon.
This playthrough shows the direct path through the game. There are over a hundred stages, and since taking the alternate paths usually requires skipping some of the "main" stages, I stuck to taking the stage exits that are marked by flags.
If my memory serves me correctly, Kid Chameleon was a fairly big deal when it was released. The TV and magazine ads leaned heavily on the "edgy attitude" shtick that Sega was becoming increasingly known for, and the game was seeing a run of positive reviews in the gaming magazines.
The game's setup was unexpectedly "meta" in an era where video games rarely acknowledged their own existence. Kid Chameleon centers around the hottest new machine at the local arcade - it seems that people playing it are being kidnapped by the game's villain, and Kid Chameleon takes it upon himself to set things right. It's a video game within a video game, with some light social commentary garnish on the side.
Once he's in, Kid Chameleon becomes the hero of one of the largest, most ambitious platformers on the Genesis. There are over a hundred levels to make it through, each brimming with secret exits, hidden power-up caches, and careful platforming challenges. There are hats that Kid can find hidden in blocks that give him a multitude of different abilities, and many of the stages are built around these mechanics. He can find a samurai hat and cut things down with his katana, a metal-bladed hat lets him bash through rock walls, a motorcycle helmet allows him to dash around on an engine-propelled scooter - there are tons of possibilities, and you'll need to familiarize yourself with them all if you're going to make it to the end. My personal favorite has to be the hockey mask that turns you into a hatchet-tossing Rick from Splatterhouse.
Knowing your abilities is essential because the game is not at all easy - in fact, Kid Chameleon might be one of the most consistently challenging platformers of the 16-bit generation. Its mechanics and emphasis on exploration make it feel like an alternate take on the Super Mario Bros. 3 formula, but the bloodthirsty enemies, labyrinthine level layouts, and the lack of any save or password features make this a title that will last even the best gamers quite awhile. I found challenge to be a refreshing change of pace from the typically easy games of the genre, but be warned that success here demands a sustained, concentrated effort.
But Kid Chameleon happily repays everything you put into it. There are always new stages to find, and over time you'll eventually figure out a strategy for which path serves you best. For instance, I very purposely avoided the Bloody Swamp stage in this playthrough. I had little confidence that I could pass the stage without blowing through half my continues, but that's one of the best things about Kid Chameleon. You nearly always have a choice, and you can play the game as you want to play it. Furthermore, there is an incredible diversity to be found among the level's designs so there's little risk of getting bored. You won't likely see everything the game has to offer until you've gone through it dozens of times.
Kid Chameleon is an excellent old-school platformer. It doesn't hold your hand, and it never goes easy on you, but surmounting these odds offers a huge sense of accomplishment. I'm glad that it is being included on the Genesis Mini so that more people will have the opportunity to experience this forgotten classic from the days when Sega was on top.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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18 years, I still miss that game
Same
Did anyone else never realize you could use the crystals to help you in the game?
Or that last "P" box on level 2 could automatically warp you to the final boss.
@@hobsdigree2 Yep😁
I did it before by accident as I thought I break the game.
I didn't realize it was a warp😅
I just started playing it for the first time ever lol, on my Steamdeck, and Genesis Collection
This was the very first video game I ever worked on! It's truely wild to watch this and have serious flashbacks of building some of the levels! Also remembering one of the designers, Rick Macaraeg, and one of the artists, Alan Ackerman, who have both since passed away!!
It's great to see so many comments here of people who remember and loved the game, even if it was stupid hard to finish all the way to the end!! (You can blame Mark Cerny and Hoyt Ng for that!!)
I liked it but it was very annoying that there was no save option and you had no idea how far you had left to go
@@pallando100 I couldn't agree more. At the time there were a number of the team who were fighting for a save feature or SOMETHING.
@@gospyro I think it would have been a bigger hit if something had been added. I was fun but it did become a bit too much of a grind to have to start over every time you wanted to play it. We even kept an eye out for cheats but I never came across one for it. Had all the sonic cheats though
You totally came here and made up this sick story for attention?
Thank you for your work. The game is really very entertaining. But did you realize how difficult the game is in the end?
If you like your platformers tough and packed with an endless supply of levels and secrets, Kid Chameleon pulls off the Mario 3 style of gameplay better than just about any other Genesis game. There's a lot to sink your teeth into here.
They actually thought we could finish it in one sitting
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Yeah, there's a warp to the final boss in the first level but still ...
@@Invidente7 Yeah, seriously. But to be fair, Mario 3 was a similar length and it had to be finished in one go as well. At least on the upcoming Genesis Mini save states will remove that hurdle.
Ah, Kid Chameleon. I remember playing the sh** out of this game back in the day, and it's still as fun as I remember it being.
The best and most efficient way I can review this game is *_It's Sega's answer to Super Mario Bros 3_*
The graphics are nice and colorful, the music is great, the controls are solid... But, the acceleration is like Super Mario 2. You go to top speed in less than a second.
I think that 100 levels without any sort of save or password system is overkill. Especially with how frustrating the game can be at times. But, the game is still plenty fun.
It was a good call for M2 to put this game on the Genesis Mini.
@@NintendoComplete
It has also been in other sega compilations
If you have a good emulator and know where to look, there is a whole world of hacks that make the original game seem Sonic simple in comparison.
One of my absolute favorite games! Never forget when I played over 80 levels and left my Sega on to go to school.
The despair was total when I came home and realized that my dad turned off the Sega. "Electricity is expensive!"
I managed to complete the whole game during a Christmas break! Still owns the console and the game and sometimes plays to keep the nostalgia up.
Over the years, I have honed my technique and can now complete many levels in a few seconds with the "right" character to gain extra points.
This game was awesome. I got this game when it first came out and I actually never beat it, there was so much content but now I got to see the ending. Thank you lol
Consider the # of levels and the small size of the blocks, thats a LOT of fuckin level data. Also the diverse themes of the levels
and detailed backgrounds its really far beyond the average platform game
Whoever says Sword Art Online did this first, clearly needs to learn history.
"typically easy games of the genre"
in what universe have retro 2d platformers been easy on average
The one I grew up in I guess lol. Maybe I've just played too many of them at this point :p This one is definitely harder than most I've played though.
@PlayablePassion My thoughts exactly.
There's a secret warp to the last level at 5:01. The block you're on. You have to hit the down button (and maybe left or right too) and i think press a button or two. I can't remember exactly, but i found it by accident as a kid and i did it almost every time.
I remember back when I was in elementary school. Had a bad day and my brother made it to the devils marsh level. Hard to believe it was so long ago. Game don't really feel too old tho lol
Seeing this makes my soul yearn. Yearn about those days where sex was not even a concept to my childish mind. Those were the days.
So true!😭
Wow! I used to play this when I was kid. Always thought it was such a unique game and felt like nobody else knew about this. After watching this it's funny to see that I was not even remotely close to ever beating it, haha. Thank ya for posting, definitely brought back some memories!
30:00 i loved the shishkaboss ^^ i still remember that level to this day
I loved this game but never got to beat it cuz there was no save. I would have to start over every time. Watching this now, I was so close to beating it
Congratulations on an excellent playthrough. I spent a lot of time on this game (and styled my 6-year-old self after the Kid) but never completed it. I must have got halfway through, judging by your video.
Tyvm! So damned hard, wasn't it?
Wow, Mark Cerny is software on the end credits !
This game still has the best music of any game.
You know while playing Elden Ring I really started to think about this game while playing it. It has alot of similarities in terms of power ups and secrets etc
I didn’t realise how close I was to the end!
I don't think Kid Chameleon is a forgotten game, it is almost always included on Sega Genesis collections and its quite popular between Sega enthusiasts.
It is a 90s jewel, when people, earth and everyone were happier.
Cancel 2019 and bring back the 90s please.
PunishedSonicSpeed I loved scandals and California riots as well
Dr.Robotniks MBM, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, and Kid Chameleon ah the good times
@@robertbektas1810 well if you break the law expect to end up bad.
2023 and this game still holds up i reminisce about this and ristar alot
I can't believe I only got 15 mins into the game and thought I was like halfway through it xDD
Thank you so much for this beautiful play through. I always got stuck on highwater pass one (pretty early I know) because I had no idea I had to climb the wall lol. Had this game for years and somehow never figuredthat out. Probably gonna try to beat it tonight or at least get past that level lol
*I haven't played this in 25 years...*
Totally radical! I always heard of this 90s platformer from Sega's big Sonic era, but I was never really interested in trying it out for myself. Sega's answer to Super Mario Bros. 3 I guess. The EDGE is sharp enough to cut your fingers on.
So Kid Chameleon's got all these bodacious power-ups, all of which are awesome and man, the level design is pretty tubular.
Yo, you think you have what it takes? Are you a bad enough dude to survive this EXCELLENT adventure??!
Woah, woah there Johnny Arcade! Don't do yourself a mischief with all that enthusiasm :D lol
@@NintendoComplete I loved Video Power. Johnny Arcade was so weirdly energetic, that you can't stop watching him.
My favorite part of the show was when Johnny gave kids hints on how to beat the latest games. It's kind of a shame that it didn't last so long. :'(
I loved it too, but as an adult, it weirds me out. If you go back and watch any of those episodes, he gets creepy with how touchy feely he gets with the kids on stage. Especially with how he touches their necks in an uncomfortable, way too familiar kind of a way.
@@NintendoComplete Oh, I remember that too. Those poor kids look so terrified.
@@Dorian_Scott Video Power? Ahhhh yes, the one with the Power Team cartoon.
This was my favorite game on this system but what i can remember i was pulling my hair out trying to figure out what costume to use for what puzzle or what not. I always remember a Fly was one if them. And now i see its on PS5 with 49 other Sega Gen Classics. Im going to have to give it a go!!
FINALLY....i've been waiting for NC to play this game, what a GEM
The music in the boss levels is
"Chefs kiss*
A game way ahead of its time
Años buscando este juego Gracias . Ahora a descargarlo para disfrutar mi niñez
❤
I adore this game as a kid, I wish Sega could revive this like they did with Sonic Mania.
This game is sure to be a masterpiece.
Thanks a lot.
The music sounds like if sega and paramount made this as a movie
This was one of those games that I thought had no end (unless you cheated or took warps), but clearly I was wrong. Can't blame my 13 year old brain back then lol. I did enjoy this game for what it was worth, loved the fact you had a variety of costumes but I just sucked at platformers.
I miss the days when games were more simplistic.
I ordered this earlier
Ive played this game sooooo many times and never knew it has almost 2 hrs of gameplay.
Dad, married, 48 years old, doing the dishes, listening tho this soundtrack with my bluetooth headset , knowing i beat this game twice ages ago ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I play this game when I wass 7years old. And now I'am 34 and play again. Best adventure game ever.
A great game but the thing that was most annoying was the fact you couldn't save your progress or there was no password system. So if you lost you had to start all over again. There was however a secret route to get to the final stage, which helped a little.
Ah first Sega Genesis game i ever bought not including the pack in game Sonic The Hedgehog one of the happiest days of my life
Honestly should remake this game for a new generation just like Duke Nukem & Doom were rebooted
Kid Chameleon was my thing 😍
Played up until the moving spiked wall level. Kept getting my ass owned on that level
I just spent so long trying to remember what this game was called. Forgot all about it til the other day when a vague memory appeared then I had that annoying experience of trying to look up something online that you can't remember the name of haha.
1:14:03 - 1:14:06 -- when the little critter you find in your home, barely limps up the wall. Lmao!!
I grew up playing this with my sister :D
I remember buying gaming magazines to look for cheats to help with Kid Chameleon…really hard game but a brilliant game….old school 🙂🙂🙂
This was one of the first games I ever saw played on my cousin's Genesis. Along with Splatterhouse 2 and Sonic The Hedgehog. This game is one of the reasons I begged my mom for a Sega Genesis.
No but the soundtrack goes so hard 🗣🔥💀
So this is basically a video game about someone going into a video game to save others from the video game
It is odd. The part where you climb up the wall, on the third or fourth part, I cannot do that. My guy makes a crawl move but will not go up the wall.
Josh Glowzinski keep pressing the c button to keep climbing
I could never beat this game when I was a kid and I really really tried !
All that time of playing kid chameleon in my childhood, and I still don’t know what those gems do when you “activate” them!
I remember when the cartridge box boasted that this game had 100+ stages. Nowadays it seems to be the minimum for platforming games like this. Lol
Is it just me, or is this game on the harder sides of the early 90's games
That Marsh Lvl was the one I got to and called it quit. Sheesh
Damn guys we old now💔
Great video Kid Chameleon is one of my all time favourite but I could never finish it
I remember playing this game at 3 am 10 years ago, it was weird
This was way better than Sonic.
Sonic was a tech demo basically. This had actual gameplay.
How did you activate the crystals to help you? I never figured that out when I was a kid.
I remember this game on my Sega smash pack 2 cd
6:00 you can climb? I was stuck as a dumb kid at that level.
Good thing for rentals. Went back and got another game lol
16:52 Who was "KEVIN"?
I hope this game have it in arcade spot!
What a masterpiece
Here a moo there a moo everywhere a… (moos) (cheers) old Macdonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
Yeah what a fun game 🎮
One of my fav Mega Drive Game 🕹👍🕹👍🕹👍
OMG!!! This was my joint. I forgot all about this game
Playing this now on the Sega Genesis Classic Mini. I had never played it. There are 40 something games on it. I went for Sonic 1 and 2 and then Grouls and Ghosts. And then found this gem. It's amazing....
When I was a kid I thought devils marsh was endgame No cap.
My go to game
Such a strange game. Stuff of dreams.
Nostalgia 😵💫
CLASSIC 😢 my childhood
Alot of the Music Sounds like it's Directly from SEINFELD.
I recently brought a sega megadrive II not long ago. My cousin gave me this game on Friday it was in rough shape. After giving it a deep clean, the game worked, but now he challenged me to complete it. 😅 It's gonna be a bit*h to complete, but I'll gonna give it a good whack at it. Wish me luck! 🫡
Under skull mountain!
This game was so hard. These sound effects are giving me PTSD.
The music on some levels is brain frying
I never played this game but I do know that it’s not hard
@@KayatShemHomeschoolAcademy lol oh it was most definitely hard. Remember, no saving. You had to beat it in one go. It was definitely a challenge. My brothers and I all struggled super hard on this game, way more so than with games like Zelda, goldeneye, Mario, sonic. This game is notoriously a PITA
Hahahah. It was. I loved this game. Along with original super mario and megaman. Super challenging but super fun
It was impossible!
wow 22 years later and finally saw the ending to this masterpiece.
Same here
Never found it hard was just like when does it end an as I didn't know any cheats or couldn't save I quit haha
I beat the game already in 1992, no problem. One of the best games of all times.
Lol for real guys?! I beat this game multiple times as a kid back in the 90’s. Not sure what difficulty though if there was one
Just don’t give up from all the deaths lol
@@Solo407 Yep, no problem to play it thru! I beat it in 1992 already several times. Great game! One of the best games for the Mega Drive! One of the best platformers of all time. Great music, too. It's a bit long though, and without saving ability... but it Emulation times with load and save state, it's awesome of course! :)
Damn that scene where the guy turns into a Samurai is one of the best old school game intros ever made.
Still epic to this day.
I had this on a genesis plug and play along with 5 other games. My mom and i would sit there and play it for hours on end. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and she'd be playing and pushing through level after level used to know quite a few hidden secrets in the early levels
Wholesome.
I actually beat this game and used a poster board to map every level. I still have the original game copy. The music is in my head forever.
The backgrounds in this game are so beautiful if I look at them I'll.... CRY !!!! ... sorry i cant go on, that background is just too perfect
I can't believe I was in elementary school when I first played this. I feel really old all of a sudden. LOL!
I was in like 2nd grade.....this was/still the hardest game ever lol
I was in 5th grade
Think I might have been in first or second grade myself. We're all old guys not long for this world anymore
- Ugly cries -
I was 11 when this game came out , born 1980 it was a better time .
Loved playing this as a kid. It was so hard, never completed it.
I used to love this game as a kid. Probably my best gaming memories. Thank you for this video.
@Lim Peh Ka Li Kong. I agree with you on the memories bro. I remember getting really far in this game. Then I got stuck smh. Mind you I was 12-13 I broke the 3 button controller. Tragic . I was left only with 1 controller but it was the good one the 6 button. Blessings from Las Vegas .
More than any other game I can think of, this game SOUNDS like Sega Genesis.
I love it too
On the 2nd level, if you stood in one of those two blocks above the exit flag, and press Down + Right, A + C, there's a direct warp to the final boss. Move combo could be wrong, it's been way too long ago and I may be wrong. But there's a definitely a warp to the final boss there.
hardest levels were the ones with aliens and ufo's....i spent weeks trying to beat those levels
I know they extremely difficult
This game was ahead of it's time. I remember playing this for hours. Beating it once was the best thing I've ever done. The sound track and sound affects are engraved in my brain forever.
Nostalgia hit me so hard
I thought I made it far when I first played this, now I know I wasn't even close! The only flaw as far as I'm concerned are the bosses. I wish they had spent a little more time on at least the FINAL battle. Otherwise, love this classic.
Ya like a dungeon
I remember thinking this was the absolute coolest idea for a game ever as kid.
Kid Chamaleon is one of the best games of all times. The funky soundtrack is so awesome!
These long games that packed with huge levels but with no saves. Ahhh good ol days
This is probably one of the hardest games I ever played. I got nowhere close to finishing it.
I remember playing this back-in-the-day, liking it...and never getting past the first few levels.
I beat it with save states but it was still cool, fun and hard.
Boy, am I glad I didn't waste my time trying to finish the game.
never heard of this. love these old 2D side scroller graphics.
Back then they were just called, graphics..
I had this game as a child. I got right to the part at 6:00 and couldn't figure out what to do. There's no indication that you can climb walls and I had no idea what to do so I never got any further.
Same. I remember telling people "the game is broken" LOL.