History ComicBook / ChakanTheForeverMan

* NintendoHard: Heralded by many as the hardest video game of all time. It's not easy even on the "Practice" difficulty setting (which grants infinite potions).

%%* DropTheHammer

* AlchemyIsMagic: The main source of power-ups in the game.

* BroughtDownToNormal: In being given his condition, Chakan lost all the magic that let him stand one-to-one with Death and win. Now he's "merely" the greatest warrior who ever lived.

* NoPronunciationGuide: How ''do'' you pronounce Chakan anyway? (the TitleScream [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gcqc3E4seM on the]] Usefulnotes/GameGear version puts emphasis on the "kan")

* EvilIsPetty: Death's defeat at Chakan's hands caused him to inflict the immortality he promised, only for Chakan to realize the hard away over the millennium that [[WhoWantsToLiveForever it's just straight up a curse]] that has horribly maimed his body with degradation from a lack of eternal youth to accompany it. Again, this was a condition ''Death'' offered for his loss, as Chakan merely accepted the challenge after boasting he could defeat Death. Even worse, [[spoiler:he goes out of his way to mock Chakan when he thinks he's defeated all supernatural evil, as Death points out that the immortal is stuck on a single little planet compared to the vast cosmos that inevitably has evil that can never be cleansed; [[ShaggyDogStory Chakan can never truly be free, ever.]]]]

* AnAxeToGrind: The best weapon you can find.

* NiceHat: You bet Chakan is rocking this.

* PurposeDrivenImmortality: {{Deconstructed|trope}}; Chakan is given an astronomical task which he must complete before he can be allowed to die. This, alongside his withered state, causes him great anguish.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses die this way.
* CollisionDamage

* DropTheHammer

* SinisterScythe

* TimeAbyss: The dragonfly king has have lived for millions of years, and seeks to rebuild his primeval kingdom, assumedly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous from the Carboniferous era]]. This would make him literally older than the dinosaurs.
** Chakan himself, arguably. He's lived for "only" a thousand years in comparison, but he definitely hasn't enjoyed it.

* NoPronunciationGuide: How ''do'' you pronounce Chakan anyway?

* DealWithTheDevil: What sets off the events of the game.

* TimeAbyss: The dragonfly king has have lived for millions of years, and seeks to rebuild his primeval kingdom, assumedly from the Carboniferous era.

* MultipleEndings: Based on whether you kill the last boss or not.

* TheVamp: One of the bosses.

* TheStinger: [[spoiler:Except it's a boss fight, not a cutscene]].

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:"NOT the end", says the hourglass ending screen.]] Unfortunately, the Dreamcast sequel was cancelled.
** Elements of the sequel would eventually be recycled in ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Blood Omen II]]''.

* AlchemyIsMagic: The main source ofpowerfups in the game.

* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: [[spoiler:Death taunts Chakan with this in the game's credits]]
* JerkassGenie: Death bestows Chakan with eternal life as promised. This did ''not'' include eternal youth. He then promises to undo the curse if Chakan destroys all evil, only to reveal at the end that [[spoiler:he meant Chakan has to destroy all evil in the UNIVERSE]].

* NoEnding: If you somehow ''do'' manage to beat [[spoiler:the HopelessBossFight after the credits, Chakan's immortality problem still won't be solved and you're treated to the hourglass screen for a LONG time until the small SequelHook stinger appears.]]

** Elements of the sequel would eventually be recycled in ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Blood Omen II.]]''

* TimedMission: You're only given so much time to complete a level before it kicks you out and you have to start it over again.