History VideoGame / SpaceKids

* ReplayValue: Depending on your actions in certain parts of the game, you'll encounter different scenarios and characters that are completely unique to each playthrough. It makes sense because the game sells itself as an interactive cartoon.

The game can be played for free on [[https://archive.org/details/msdos_SpaceKids_1996 archive.org]]. NeedsWikiMagicLove.

* ReplayValue: Depending on your actions in certain parts of the game, you'll encounter different scenarios and characters that are completely unique to each playthough. It makes sense because the game sells itself as an interactive cartoon.

* RaymanianLimbs: Every character either has floating disconnected limbs or no limbs at all.

** It also shows some of the names of the characters, but the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021204232447/http://www.evryware.com/spacekids/cast.htm official website]] list them all.

** The names of the characters are also revealed, including the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021204232447/http://www.evryware.com/spacekids/cast.htm official website]]. The red creature with a mohawk that can capture the kids is Grunge, the knife pirate that can do the same is Balboa. The pink elephant from the start is Elmo [[Series/SesameStreet (not to be confused with that other Elmo)]], the pencil is Oliver, and the giant cat is Spike.

** The names of the characters are also revealed, including the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021204232447/http://www.evryware.com/spacekids/cast.htm official website]]. The red creature with a mohawk that can capture the kids is Grunge, the knife pirate that can do the same is Balboa. The pink elephant from the start is Elmo [[Series/SesameStreet (not to be confused with the other Elmo)]], the pencil is Oliver, and the giant cat is Spike.

** The names of some of the characters are also revealed: The red creature with a mohawk that can capture the kids is Grunge, the knife pirate that can do the same is Balboa. The pink elephant from the start is Ernie, and the giant pencil is Oliver, and the giant cat is Spike.

** The names of some of the characters are also revealed: The red creature with a mohawk that can capture the kids is named Grunge, and the pink elephant from the start is named Ernie.

* MegaNeko: One of the many dangers Zeedle and Deet can come across is a giant black cat whose body is mostly obscured by shadow.

* PardonMyKlingon: "Doodle Dip!"

* VisualPun: The house is a dog-house.

''[=SpaceKids=]'' is an interactive cartoon for the [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows MS-DOS]] developed by Evryware Software and published by [=MicroProse=] in 1994. The has a relatively simple control scheme: When input is required from the player, an icon will appear in the corner of the screen with arrows surrounding it. What the arrows do and which arrows can be used vary from screen to screen, and more often than not different arrows will take the story in different directions.

''Space Kids'' (stylized as ''[=SpaceKids=]'') is an interactive cartoon for the [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows MS-DOS]] developed by Evryware Software and published by [=MicroProse=] in 1994. The game's plot, according to [=MobyGames=], is as follows:

-->''The Grandpa of Zeedle and Deet is a great explorer, but he hasn't returned to the Moon from his latest destination: the Earth! His grand-children take it upon themselves to follow his trail and rescue him from whatever terrestrial menace has detained him, after interacting with an extensive array of whimsical, surreal characters.''

The game's controls are simple: When input is required from the player, an icon will appear in the corner of the screen with arrows surrounding it. What the arrows do and which arrows can be used vary from screen to screen, and more often than not different arrows will take the story in different directions.

[[caption-width-right:317:Zeet is the pink one, Deedle is the blue one.]]

-->''The Grandpa of Zeet and Deedle is a great explorer, but he hasn't returned to the Moon from his latest destination: the Earth! His grand-children take it upon themselves to follow his trail and rescue him from whatever terrestrial menace has detained him, after interacting with an extensive array of whimsical, surreal characters.''

* DistressedDude: Zeet and Deedle's grandpa, though the cause of his distress varies depending on your choices.

* FlyingSaucer: Zeet and Deedle arrive in one, and in some versions of the story, find the one their grandpa crash-landed in.

* MegaNeko: One of the many dangers Deedle and Zeet can come across is a giant black cat whose body is mostly obscured by shadow.

* DooWopChordProgression: The intro theme.

* AnimateInanimateObject: Knives, pencils, cotton swabs, musical instruments, music notes, shoes, cannons, the list goes on.

* AllThereInTheManual: Several details of the game's "plot" are only laid out in the game's manual, such as Deedle and Zeet's grandfather being a "great explorer" or the location they travel to being Earth. In-game, they're only vaguely hinted at.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Knives, pencils, cotton swabs, musical instruments, music notes, shoes, cannons, the list goes on.
* DistressedDude: Zeet and Deedle's grandpa, though the cause of his distress varies depending on your choices.
* LevelAte: One of the locations the kids may venture into is a giant castle filled with ice cream.
* MegaNeko: One of the many dangers Deedle and Zeet can come across is a giant black cat whose body is mostly obscured by shadow.
* MultipleEndings: A surprising amount of them, with almost every screen featuring a branching path that can radically alter which ending you get.
* PardonMyKlingon: "Doodle Dip!"
* RaymanianLimbs: Every character either has floating disconnected limbs or no limbs at all.
* WeirdMoon: As seen on the boxart, the moon in this game is crescent-shaped, wears a nightcap, and has a face.