History VideoGame / SoftAndCuddly

''Soft & Cuddly'' is a video game developed by John Janes and published by The Power House for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man named Dren who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around 256 screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. (who later went on to develop and provide the music and art to the rather infamous Top Banana), which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

* NiceHat: Skulls wear berets in this game, for some reason.

* NeverTrustATitle: This game is not soft and cuddly, at all.

''Soft & Cuddly'' is a video game developed by John Janes and published by The Power House for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man named Dren who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. (who later went on to develop and provide the music and art to the rather infamous Top Banana), which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

Compare with an earlier released game ''VideoGame/GoToHell'' by the same developer and ''Videogame/TopBanana'' by the music composer, which despite being far LighterAndSofter, is still surreal and unsettling.

* AWinnerIsYou: Find all the items, and you get the ending which consists of a single line.
--> "[[spoiler:Good, whip me with a banana]]".
** It is possible that this was meant to foreshadow [[spoiler: ''Top Banana'', the composer's next game.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The least scary screen in the game.]]

''Soft & Cuddly'' is a video game developed by John Janes and published by The Power House for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. (who later went on to develop and provide the music and art to the rather infamous Top Banana), which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: The box shows a monster sitting on a bunch of decapitated heads.

* AWinnerIsYou: Find all the items, and you get some text saying "[[spoiler:Good, whip me with a banana]]". [[spoiler:It is possible that this meant to foreshadow Top Banana.]]

Compare with an earlier released game ''VideoGame/GoToHell'' by the same developer and ''Videogame/TopBanana'' by the music composer, which despite far LighterAndSofter, still surreal and unsettling.

''Soft And Cuddly'' is a video game developed by John Janes and published by The Power House for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. (who later went on to develop and provide the music and art to the rather infamous Top Banana), which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

* AWinnerIsYou: Find all the items, and you get some text saying "[[spoiler:Good, whip me with a banana]]". [[spoiler: it is possible that this meant to foreshadow Top Banana.]]

Compare with an earlier released game ''VideoGame/GoToHell''.

''Soft And Cuddly'' is a video game developed by John Janes and published by The Power House for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X., which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

* AWinnerIsYou: Find all the items, and you get some text saying "[[spoiler:Good, whip me with a banana]]".

''Soft And Cuddly'' is a video game created by John Janes for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a {{platformer}} remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. with the same title, which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

''Soft And Cuddly'' is a video game created by John Janes for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a platformer remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. with the same title, which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].

''Soft And Cuddly'' is a video game created by John Janes for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in 1987. It's a platformer remembered mostly by the NightmareFuel and MindScrew with gory and weird imagery. In it, you control a small blue man who must rebuild his mother, who is the Android Queen, by finding eight pieces of her scattered around [[UsefulNotes/PowerOfTwoMinusOne 256]] screens. The game also came with a song by H.E.X. with the same title, which can be listened to [[https://youtu.be/GxmAur6ag88 here]].