Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
It was a toss up between putting this game onto the list of incredible game names or dumb game names. After months of deliberation and several hours counselling with the Cthulhu, it was obvious this had to be on the latter. That and it was advertised as an “excellent educational game for all ages.” Edu-tainment… Oh, what fun.
Developed by Tengen for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt took heavy influence from the gameplay elements of Sonic while adding in an unhealthy dose of digitized speech. You could spin to attack enemy robots who were being controlled by the evil Dr Machino. Yeah, this is basically a re-skin of Sonic with a twist.
Aside from making our list of dumb game names, it should make the list of anyone who spends any amount of time involved in environmental activism. Throughout the game, players are asked to answer questions about the environment which would grant you bonus points in the final fight. The game itself featured 13 levels spread over 4 different worlds. Oh, and there were 12 bonus stages where Awesome Possum was tasked with picking up recyclables to stop them rotting away in the garbage.
You could also ride rhinos and bees a la Donkey Kong Country. Who needs originality when you’ve got a dumb game name and no fear of plagerism eh?
