Line #14 VideoGame/MidnightMutants

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2	[[caption-width-right:173:''I want my Mutant TV!'']]
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4	One of the last games developed for the Platform/Atari7800, ''Midnight Mutants'' features [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Lewis_(actor) Al Lewis]] as Grampa, a CaptainErsatz of in his most famous role as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_(The_Munsters) Grandpa]] from the television series ''Series/TheMunsters''. It is perhaps the closest the 7800 would ever come to having a Zelda style action adventure game. Also of note is the game was never ported to any other platform, making it one of the 7800's only exclusive titles.
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6	The game opens with a cutscene featuring the main villain, Dr. Evil ([[Film/AustinPowers No, not that one]]) being burned at the stake for witchcraft in 1792. Flash forward 200 years later on Halloween night he comes back from the death and puts Grampa into a pumpkin.
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8	You now take on the role of young Jimmy Harkman in a quest to overthrow Dr. Evil and rescue Gramps presented in an isometric 3D presentation.
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11	Midnight Mutants includes the following tropes.
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13	* BurnTheWitch: Well, warlock technically, in the opening cutscene. He got better.
14	* CaptainErsatz: Al Lewis is in his Grandpa Munster makeup, but both box art and game label him as "Grampa" with an "m" instead of an "nd".
15	* CoversAlwaysLie: The game cover shows an Al Lewis with a pale, blue-tinged skin tone that closely resembles Grandpa from ''Series/TheMunsters'', but in the game Grampa has a more standard Caucasian skin tone.
16	* ObviouslyEvil: The main villain is Dr. Evil, who looks for all the world like the Christopher Lee Dracula. The game predates the Austin Powers movies by 6 years, so it isn't an allusion of any kind.
17	* PumpkinPerson: The zombies in the "plasmic pumpkin" patch have pumpkin heads which they fire as projectiles.

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