History VideoGame / CoolSpot

* ExcusePlot: You're a red spot. You free other red spots from cages that they're in for no obvious reason. What more is there to say?

* OneUp: 1-Up tokens (which add lives) look very similar to the collectible 7-Up tokens (which each add seven Cool Points out of 100). These can also be earned at the end of every levels -- including the Bonus Levels -- as a result of having enough Cool Points and time remaining on each level's clock

** Each setting is also related to the one before it and the one after it, forming a continuous journey. In other words, the themes are chosen to make it look like Cool Shot starting on a beach, making his way into a toy store, and back onto a beach.

* MascotWithAttitude: Cool Spot just reeks TotallyRadical attitude.

* ProductPlacement: It stars the spot from the 7-up commercials that were made at the time. The European release, however, had all 7-Up references removed (the 7-Up tokens replaced by red disks with checkmarks on them; the word ''Uncola'' is replaced by ''Virgin'').

* BookEnds: The game begins and ends on the beach. In fact, most of the game's level types are distributed symmetrically around the middle level: The second and second-to-last levels are the same type, as are the third and third-to-last levels and the fifth and fifth-to-last levels.
* BottomlessPits: Present in the each of the two pier levels. Some versions of the game also have one at the end of the train in the Loco Motive level.

* EdibleAmmunition: In the "Off the Wall" level, there are pajama-clad mice enemies that throw pieces of cheese.

* FlyingSaucer: Are present not as enemies, as you might expect in this sort of game, but as platforms.

* IncendiaryExponent: The GoddamnedBats of the final level are sand fleas that inexplicably shoot fireballs.

* MacroZone: Since you're the spot off the logo on a regular-sized soda bottle, all areas in the game are like this. A folding chair, for instance, takes up a large segment of the final level.

** Each setting is also related to the one before it and the one after it, forming a continuous journey. In other words, the themes are chosen to make it look like Cool Shot starting a beach, making his way into a toy store, and back onto a beach.

''Cool Spot'' is one of the more notable aversions to TheProblemWithLicensedGames. The game was released on several systems during the 16-bit era. It is a PlatformGame starring the red spot in the 7-Up logo. As this spot, your goal is to explore what appears to be a tourist town or seaport of some kind and rescue others of your number from cages that, [[ExcusePlot for some reason]], they are imprisoned in. Although this concept sounds lame, the game itself is surprisingly well-made and fun, with catchy music, large levels, intuitive controls, a decent level of challenge, and plenty of secret areas. With its generous time limits, the game encourages you to take your time and explore rather than immediately free your buddy and end the level.

* {{Cap}}: You can have no more than nine spare lives

* EveryTenThousandPoints: Extra lives are awarded at every 50,000 on Easy, every 75,000 on Normal, and every 100,000 on Hard.

* ProductPlacement: It stars the spot from the 7-up commercials that were made at the time. The European release, however had all 7-Up references removed, as a different mascot called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fido_Dido Fido Dido]] was used there.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: An enemy in Stage 7 can deflect Spot's attacks from the side when it spins.

* BonusStage: Collect 75 of the little red spot tokens in a level and you can enter a bonus stage where you bounce around on bubbles in a (comparatively) giant 7-Up bottle and attempt to get as many points and 1-ups as possible before the timer, which is much shorter than it is for a normal level, reaches zero. The only way to get continues, which take the form of the letters of the word "UNCOLA".

** Bosses are, however, present in the less famous ''CoolSpot Goes to Hollywood''.

''Cool Spot'' is one of the more notable aversions to TheProblemWithLicensedGames. The game was released on several systems during the 16-bit era, is a PlatformGame starring the red spot in the 7-Up logo. As this spot, your goal is to explore what appears to be a tourist town or seaport of some kind and rescue others of your number from cages that, [[ExcusePlot for some reason]], they are imprisoned in. Although this concept sounds lame, the game itself is surprisingly well-made and fun, with catchy music, large levels, intuitive controls, a decent level of challenge, and plenty of secret areas. With its generous time limits, the game encourages you to take your time and explore rather than immediately free your buddy and end the level.

* ProductPlacement: It stars the spot from the 7-up commercials that were made at the time. The European release, however had all 7-Up references removed.

[[UsefulNotes/NeedsABetterDescription Might need a better description.]]

[[NeedsABetterDescription Might need a better description.]]

* ProductPlacement: It stars the spot from the 7-up commercials that were made at the time.

If you believe the critics, one of the more notable aversions to TheProblemWithLicensedGames. ''CoolSpot'', a game released on several systems during the 16-bit era, is a PlatformGame starring the red spot in the 7-Up logo. As this spot, your goal is to explore what appears to be a tourist town or seaport of some kind and rescue others of your number from cages that, [[ExcusePlot for some reason]], they are imprisoned in. Although this concept sounds lame, the game itself is surprisingly well-made and fun, with catchy music, large levels, intuitive controls, a decent level of challenge, and plenty of secret areas. With its generous time limits, the game encourages you to take your time and explore rather than immediately free your buddy and end the level.

* ChaosEmeralds: The [=UNCOLA=] letters mentioned under Bonus Stage.

* TotallyRadical: Omnipresent.