Cool spot

Developed and published by Virgin Games in 1993. This is the second promotional game from 7 up. Aka Dr. Pepper Snapple Group in the US, and PepsiCo in the rest of the world. In the European release. The 7-Up bottle label, was removed from the intro. In order to avoid associating the 7 Up Spot with the official  europe 7 up mascot Fido Dido. Cool Spot is a single-player platform game, featuring the 7 Up mascot Spot as the main character.

A TOTALLY BOGUS TRIP!
Cool Spot's Cool Chums (all called Spot) have been kidnapped and locked in cages. No-one knows
who did the dirty deed. but one thing is for sure: Cool Spot's Spot Shots aren't powerful enough to
bust open the locks on the cages. What he needs is Cool Shots. and the only way to get those is to
take a walk on the wild side and collect enough Cool Points.

Help Cool Spot watch out for Uncool Characters (a Spot Shot or two should take care of them) and
collect the Cool Counters for Cool Points. But can you pick up enough Cool Points to qualify for
the fizzin‘ Bonus Game?

HERO WANTED!
It was a piece of paper which caught Cool Spot's eye and alerted him to the situation. You are
shown that piece of paper below you get to tackle Level One for the first time.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE DURlNG PLAY
Before Cool Spot's quest begins you are shown the number of Cool Points you need to collect to give
Cool Spot the power of Cool Shots.

The number of Cool Points you need to collect (30. 60 or 90) de-
pends on the ‘DlFFTCULTY' setting (EASY, NORMAL or DIFFlCULT). You will qualify for the Bonus Game if you collect 75. 85 or 99 Cool Points. depending on the ‘DIFFICULTY' setting.

All the action happens in the Playlield which takes up the best part of the screen. The Status Panel at the top of the screen shows everything you need to know about the state of play.

COOL BONUS SCREEN
So you did it. you completed a level - cool. When the celebrations are over. you will be given a Time
Bonus for any time remaining and a Cool Bonus for the number of Cool Points collected during the
level.

Look. there's Cool Spot. hanging around on a Balloon. The Balloon rises as the Bonus points are
awarded. The more Bonus points you earned. the higher the Balloon rlses. lf the Balloon carries Cool
Spot all the way up to the 1-UP token. he collects it and you get an extra Cool Spot character to play with.

LEVELS OF COOL
Cool Spot’s quest takes him through 11 increasingly testing levels. A signpost is shown before
each level. Note that some Uncool Chatacters are tougher than othets and it can take more than a
single Spot Shot to remove them from play.

BONUS GAME
This takes place in a bottle of fizzy pop full of Cool Counters and Bouncy and Blobby Bubbles. Use
the Bubbles to help Cool Spot collect the Cool Counters but more importantly to reach the top of the
bottle where you will find a Cool Letter from the word ‘VIRGIN'. Get that Cool Letter - and be sharp
about it! (There's a time limit.)

THE BONUS GAME
When the Bonus Game is over. Cool Spot will receive a Cool Bonus for the number of Cool Points acquired. He will then store the Cool Letter (if you found it). If you have a Cool Letter and lose all your Cool Spot characlers you don´t start from the first level - instead you will continue from the level on which you lost your last Cool Spot character. Note Thal your score is reset to zero.

Beware! Some Bonus Games feature bombs.

COOL PLAYING ADVICE
Cool Spot can throw his Spot Shots in almost any direction. Rotote the joystick in a clockwise or
counterclockwise direction and keep pressing the firebutton as quickly as possible. And remember: practice makes perfect.

Spot Shots ricochet off a Hermit Crab's shell and they might perhaps be deflected to hit a Dragon-
fly. Small jumps are usually useful for jumping from one rope to another. but they are invaluable when it comes to throwing Spot Shots into an Oyster’s open shell.

In the Bonus Game. try to jump through Bouncy Bubbles from below as Cool Spot will fly a little bit
higher, And if Cool Spot jumps out of a Blobby Bubble into a Bouncy Bubble above he will fly way high. Cool Spot cannot walk through most walls. but he can throw Spot Shots through them. Take advantage of this to take out Uncool Characters on the other side.

If you want to get high scores. collect everything. shoot everything and pay no attention to the time.
Don't stand on the tiny tilting toy UFOs for too long - Cool Spot will get tipped off.

Also read my beginner´s guide to getting started playing abandonware.