Wayne's World

Wayne's World is an action video game based on the film of the same name and released in 1993 by THQ. Different versions of the game were released; the NES and Game Boy games were developed by Radical Entertainment and feature both protagonists Wayne and Garth as playable characters. The Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games were developed by Gray Matter and feature only Wayne as a playable character. Gameplay and Premise NES The NES version keeps true to the plot of the original film, as the premise involves Wayne and Garth trying to stop a rich producer from buying their public access television show. The first level takes place at Kramer's Music Store, where Wayne fights several sentient instruments to obtain the Excallbur, such as guitars, drums, cymbals, saxophone, trumpets, and stacks of Barry Manilow records. In the second level, Wayne and Garth go to the Gasworks to battle bouncers, martial artists, and tough guys in order to meet Cassandra, who is performing with her band at the venue. Following this encounter, Garth fights ninjas and black cats in an alleyway (level three) while Wayne takes on security guards, floating television screens, black spiders, and power cords at Ben's studio to find the show contract. However, he fails to find it and, in the next level, goes to Ben's condo where not only does he try to get the contract but also save Cassandra from the producer. There's a time limit to completing each stage. The player controls both characters, each with different attacks; Wayne uses karate kicks learned by his girlfriend Cassandra, and Garth is equipped with a 4000-volt laser gun. Both characters can duck, jump regularly, and do a "cool major-high flip jump" activated by pressing A and up on the D-pad. The player starts the game with four lives and 22 "worthiness" units representing health points. Worthiness points can increase by collecting donuts and P power-ups that are garnered by killing enemies. The P power-ups include two extra worthiness units and strengthen the power of Wayne and Garth's attacks, giving Wayne 20 "roundhouse kicks" and Garth 20 100-gigawatt blasts. After completing each level, there's a bonus level consisting of several donuts for the player to collect; if all donuts are garnered, the player will receive an extra life.