1990 · Color Dreams · Christian · Platformer

Menace Beach

Nintendo exclusive

Menace Beach is a video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Color Dreams in 1990. Like all Color Dreams games, Menace Beach was not officially licensed by Nintendo. It was also re-released as part of the Maxivision 15-in-1 multicart.

Released: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genres: Christian Platformer Side-scrolling
Developers: Color Dreams
Publishers: Hacker International
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United States

About

Menace Beach is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Color Dreams in 1990. Like all Color Dreams games, Menace Beach was not officially licensed by Nintendo. It was re-released as part of the Maxivision 15-in-1 multicart.

Keywords

ninja
side-scrolling
bats
boss fight
monkey
clowns
professional wrestler
damsel in distress
unlicensed game
conveniently obscured nudity
moving platforms

Media

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Gameplay

The player controls a skateboarding hero named Scooter (modeled after Nina Stanley's then-5 year old son Alex) whose girlfriend, Bunny, has been kidnapped by Demon Dan. An introduction screen shows Bunny shackled and pleading for help. The hero must use his skateboard and any objects he finds, such as balloons, frogs, bombs, and bottles, to defeat ninjas, clowns, and disgruntled dockworkers before finally confronting the villainous Demon Dan. Between levels, the girlfriend's clothes fall apart, and when the second-to-last level is completed, she is in her underwear.