History VideoGame / ArdyLightfoot

* MoodWhiplash: For the first few levels of the game, it's fairly cartoony and upbeat. Then suddenly, [[spoiler:you get eaten by a giant worm and your opponent is digested, door-nail dead. ]])

* ToBeContinued: The phrase appears at the end of the credits.

''Ardy Lightfoot'' is a PlatformGame developed for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, published by ASCII in Japan in 1993 and in the Western world by Creator/TitusSoftware a year later.

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* OhCrap: Ardy when the mining town is set on fire by Grounder.

''Ardy Lightfoot'' is a PlatformGame developed for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, published by ASCII in Japan in 1993 and in the Western world by Creator/TitusSoftware a year later.

* HeroicSacrifice: Don Jacoby covers for Ardy's escape when the exit is collapsing after the latter recovers the third fragment. Though it turns out to be a DisneyDeath. In Scene 17, [[spoiler:Jacoby intervenes to help Ardy defeat Visconti but at the cost of being knocked down into a wall]].

* {{Pirates}}

A sacred rainbow is shattered into seven {{Mineral MacGuffin}}s which, when collected, can grant a person one wish. With one of the crystals in possession, Visconti searches for the remaining six. Our hero [[TheHero Ardy Lightfoot]] and his RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec find a tablet containing the history of the sacred rainbow. Afterwards, they set out on a quest to retrieve the pieces of the rainbow and must stop Visconti from his tyrannical reign. Though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no dialogue.

* AutoScrollingLevel: The Hall of Mirrors
* BackFromTheDead: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Nina]] is revived thanks to the power of the crystals.

* BigDamnHeroes: In the final level, [[spoiler:Don Jacoby]] intervenes to stop Visconti's attacks but gets knocked out.

* EatenAlive: After Catry escapes from Ardy, she is eaten alive by a giant worm. Ardy and Pec are eaten as well, but they make it out alive.

* HeroicSacrifice: Don Jacoby covers for Ardy's escape when the Pyramid collapses. He gets better. [[spoiler: And then does it again at the very end to save Ardy from Visconti, but he survives after Visconti is defeated to]].

* ISurrenderSuckers: After Ardy beats Catry in "Catry's Tree Fortress", she kneels down in defeat, but it turns out to be a trick so that she can escape.
* MineralMacGuffin: The seven crystal pieces.

* NintendoHard

* OhCrap: Ardy when the mining town is set on fire.

* ToBeContinued: Appears at the end of the credits.

* WeaponizedHeadgear: Grounder uses his spiked hat as a weapon in "Tunnel Chase".

A sacred rainbow is shattered into seven {{Mineral MacGuffin}}s which, when collected, can grant a person one wish. With one of the crystals in possession, Visconti searches for the remaining six. Our hero [[TheHero Ardy Lightfoot]] and his RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec set out on a quest to retrieve the pieces of the rainbow and must stop Visconti at any cost. Though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no dialogue.

* BigDamnHeroes: Towards the end of the game, [[spoiler:Don Jacoby]] intervenes to stop Visconti's attack.

* HeroicSacrifice: Don Jacoby covers for Ardy's escape when the Pyramid collapses. He gets better. [[spoiler: And then does it again at the very end, but he survives to help Ardy reform the sacred rainbow]].

* EatenAlive: After Catry escapes from Ardy, she is eaten alive by a giant worm.

* ISurrenderSuckers: After Ardy beats Catry, she kneels down in defeat, but it turns out to be a trick so that she can escape.

* WombLevel: Level 6 - 'Eaten!', which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]].

Eponymous hero Ardy Lightfoot and RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec are on a quest to retrieve a set of [[MineralMacGuffin Mineral MacGuffins]] because... uh... well, we're not sure. Though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no written dialogue whatsoever. If Wikipedia is to believed, said [=MacGuffins=] are the shattered pieces of the sacred rainbow, and whoever obtains them gets one wish.

!!'''This game provides examples of:'''

* DefeatMeansFriendship (Gilson the pirate owl, who becomes your ally as soon as you defeat him)

* HeroicSacrifice (Don Jacoby [[spoiler: He gets better. And then does it again at the very end.]])
* InterfaceScrew: The potions in the Mouse Trap level, which reverse left and right-- the only way to remedy them is to get the other potion a screen or so away. Over spikes of doom.)
* MineralMacGuffin

* NonHumanSidekick : Although Ardy himself isn't human, Pec is a super-deformed animal.

* TurnsRed: Every boss turns red in the final stages
* ViewersAreGoldfish: After Don Jacoby's heroic sacrifice to help Ardy escape the pyramid it flashes back to it.

* TheAce (Don Jacoby)
* AutoScrollingLevel : The Hall of mirrors
* BigBad (Visconti)

* TheDragon (Beecroft)

* InterfaceScrew (the potions in the Mouse Trap level, which reverse left and right-- the only way to remedy them is to get the other potion a screen or so away. Over spikes of doom.)

* MoodWhiplash (For the first few levels of the game, it's fairly cartoony and upbeat. Then suddenly, [[spoiler:you get eaten by a giant worm and your opponent is digested, door-nail dead. ]])
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily (Pec. No, really.)

* NonHumanSidekick (though Ardy himself isn't human, Pec is a super-deformed... penguin thing?)

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter (Pec)
* TurnsRed (Every boss save Beecroft)
* ViewersAreGoldfish (after Don Jacoby's heroic sacrifice, it flashes back to it. Roughly ten seconds after you see it. Oi.)
* WombLevel (Level 6 - 'Eaten!', which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what it sounds like]])

'''This game provides examples of:'''

Eponymous hero Ardy Lightfoot and RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec are on a quest to retrieve a set of [[MineralMacGuffin Mineral MacGuffins]] because... uh... well, we're not sure; though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no written dialogue, meaning it's easy to miss out on the plot. If Wikipedia is to believed, said [=MacGuffins=] are the shattered pieces of the sacred rainbow, and whoever obtains them gets one wish. It doesn't really matter, because who pays attention to the plot, anyway?

It's fairly standard platformer fare, but it's solid, well-made (if [[NintendoHard infuriatingly hard]]) stuff-- and the music is pretty cool, too.

Exceedingly obscure PlatformGame for the SuperNintendo, focusing around eponymous hero Ardy Lightfoot and RidiculouslyCuteCritter Pec on a quest to retrieve a set of [[MineralMacGuffin Mineral MacGuffins]] because... uh... well, we're not sure; though the game has a plot and cutscenes, there's no written dialogue, meaning it's easy to miss out on the plot. If Wikipedia is to believed, said [=MacGuffins=] are the shattered pieces of the sacred rainbow, and whoever obtains them gets one wish. It doesn't really matter, because who pays attention to the plot, anyway?

Ardy was released during [[TheNineties the 90's]], the height of the MascotWithAttitude craze. However, it was released after consumers had grown wise to the genre flooding, and Ardy, despite being a good game, became ignored. It's also worth mentioning that Ardy Lightfoot was published by TitusSoftware.

* HeroicSacrifice (Don Jacoby [[spoiler: He gets better.]] And then does it again at the very end.]])

* WhatCouldHaveBeen