History ComicBook / ChakanTheForeverMan

''Chakan: The Forever Man'' is notorious for being incredibly difficult, with unforgiving platforming elements and enemies that seem to come out of nowhere. However, it has won itself a small, yet devoted, fanbase.

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->''"[=AaaaROOOOAAAAgggghhh!!=]"''
--> The sound the game greets you with, which is Chakan's death cry.

''Chakan: The Forever Man'' was a comic series made by Creator/RAKGraphics that was made into a Sega Genesis video game. It tells the story of Chakan, a sorcerer and a warrior of great skill that was so unbeatable, he declared that Death himself would not be able to beat him. Death, upon hearing this made a deal with Chakan. If Chakan wins, he gets eternal life, but if Chakan loses, his soul belongs to Death for him to do with as he wishes. Chakan accepts and the two did battle. Eventually, Chakan won the fight and was granted his gift. However, this gift turned out to be a curse as Chakan's visage was made to match that of Death's, and he is in constant torment by the visions of evil. If Chakan destroys all the evil in the physical and elemental planes, only then would he be granted eternal rest.

!!The comics and games carry examples of

->''"[=AaaaROOOOAAAAgggghhh!!=]"'' - The sound the game greets you with, which is Chakan's death cry.

The comics and games carry examples of

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The whole purpose of Chakan's mission is to be free of his immortality

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

* EasyModeMockery: If you're playing on Practice mode, you can't get to the second half of the game except through a secret method[[note]]Hop onto the lone platform in the southeast portion of the hub world and use the teleportation spell.[[/note]].

->''"AaaaROOOOAAAAgggghhh!"'' - The sound the game greets you with, which is Chakan's death cry.

->''"Aaaagggghhh!"'' - The sound the game greets you with, which is Chakan's death cry.

* [[spoiler: ItHasOnlyJustBegun: Death taunts Chakan with this in the game's credits]]

* [[spoiler: NoEnding: If you somehow ''do'' manage to beat 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.]]

* [[spoiler: ShaggyDogStory]]: [[spoiler: Even if you beat the game and defeat Death a second time, Chakan never regains his mortality.]]

''Chakan: The Forever Man'' was a comic series made by RAKGraphics that was made into a Sega Genesis video game. It tells the story of Chakan, a sorcerer and a warrior of great skill that was so unbeatable, he declared that Death himself would not be able to beat him. Death, upon hearing this made a deal with Chakan. If Chakan wins, he gets eternal life, but if Chakan loses, his soul belongs to Death for him to do with as he wishes. Chakan accepts and the two did battle. Eventually, Chakan won the fight and was granted his gift. However, this gift turned out to be a curse as Chakan's visage was made to match that of Death's, and he is in constant torment by the visions of evil. If Chakan destroys all the evil in the physical and elemental planes, only then would he be granted eternal rest.

* EasyModeMockery: If you're playing on Practice mode, you can't get to the second half of the game except through a secret method. note:Hop onto the lone platform in the southeast portion of the hub world and use the teleportation spell./note.

* EasyModeMockery: If you're playing on Practice mode, you can't get to the second half of the game except through a secret method[[note:Hop onto the lone platform in the southeast portion of the hub world and use the teleportation spell./note]].

* EasyModeMockery: If you're playing on Practice mode, you can't get to the second half of the game except through the use of cheats.

* AnAxeToGrind: One of the weapons you can find.
** Actually, the most powerful weapon you can find.

* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: The post credits boss.]]
** It can be defeated, especialy if you have three invincibility potions to spare.
*** Or an axe.

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

* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: Chakan learns this the hard way.
* TheVamp: One of the bosses.

* ScrappyWeapon: The scythe is only useful for breaking [[spoiler: a spiderweb in one of the terrestrial earth levels]] (might also be a case of NotCompletelyUseless).

* NintendoHard: Heralded by many as the hardest video game of all time. Although there is no EasyModeMockery, it's still not a cakewalk even on the "Practice" difficulty setting (which grants infinite potions).

* NintendoHard: Heralded by many as the hardest video game of all time.

* JumpScare: Chakan's battle cry right there at the Sega logo.

Chakan: The Forever Man was a comic series made by RAKGraphics that was made into a Sega Genesis video game. It tells the story of Chakan, a sorcerer and a warrior of great skill that was so unbeatable, he declared that Death himself would not be able to beat him. Death, upon hearing this made a deal with Chakan. If Chakan wins, he gets eternal life, but if Chakan loses, his soul belongs to Death for him to do with as he wishes. Chakan accepts and the two did battle. Eventually, Chakan won the fight and was granted his gift. However, this gift turned out to be a curse as Chakan's visage was made to match that of Death's, and he is in constant torment by the visions of evil. If Chakan destroys all the evil in the physical and elemental planes, only then would he be granted eternal rest.

Chakan: The Forever Man is notorious for being incredibly difficult, with unforgiving platforming elements and enemies that seem to come out of nowhere. However, it has won itself a small, yet devoted, fanbase.

Chakan: The Forever Man was a comic series made by RAKGraphics that was made into a Sega Genesis video game. It tells the story of Chakan, a sorcerer and a warrior of great skill that was so unbeatable, he declared that Death himself would not be able to beat him. Death, upon hearing this made a deal with Chakan. If Chakan wins, he gets eternal life, but if Chakan loses, his soul belongs to Death for him to do what he wishes. Chakan accepts and the two did battle. Eventually, Chakan won the fight and was granted his gift. However, this gift turned out to be a curse as Chakan's visage was made to match that of Death's, and he is in constant torment by the visions of evil. If Chakan destroys all the evil in the physical and elemental planes, only then would he be granted eternal rest.

Chakan: The Forever Man was a comic series made by RAKGraphics that was made into a Sega Genesis video game. It tells the story of Chakan, a sorcerer and a warrior of great skill that was so unbeatable, he declared that Death himself would not be able to beat him. Death, upon hearing this made a deal with Chakan. If Chakan wins, he gets eternal life, but if Chakan loses, his soul belongs to Death for him to what he wishes. Chakan accepts and the two did battle. Eventually, Chakan won the fight and was granted his gift. However, this gift turned out to be a curse as Chakan's visage was made to match that of Death's, and he is in constant torment by the visions of evil. If Chakan destroys all the evil in the physical and elemental planes, only then would he be granted eternal rest.

* [[spoiler: ZeroSumGame]]