Cool Spot

Not to be confused with Spot: The Cool Adventure.
Cool Spot
European Mega Drive cover art
Developer(s)Virgin Games USA
NMS Software (Game Boy)
Publisher(s)Virgin Games
Producer(s)Cathie A. Bartz-Todd
Designer(s)David Bishop
Bill Anderson
Programmer(s)David Perry
Artist(s)Christian Laursen
Mike Dietz
Shawn McLean
Ed Schofield
Roger Hardy
Willis Wong
Composer(s)Tommy Tallarico (Genesis/SNES)
Andrew Barnabas (Amiga)
Matt Furniss (Master System/Game Gear)
Mark Cooksey (Game Boy)
Platform(s)Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Super NES, Game Boy, MS-DOS, Amiga
ReleaseMega Drive/Genesis
Super NES
  • NA: September 1993[3]
  • EU: February 24, 1994
Master System
Game Gear
  • EU: June 19, 1994
  • NA: October 1994[5]
Game Boy
  • EU: September 3, 1994
  • NA: October 1994[6]
Amiga
  • EU: October 10, 1994
MS-DOS
  • EU: December 17, 1994
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Cool Spot is a 1993 platform game developed by Virgin Games USA for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Master System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Amiga, and MS-DOS.[7] The title character is Cool Spot, a mascot for the soft drink brand 7 Up. Cool Spot's appearance in his own video game came at a time when other brand mascots (like Chester Cheetah and the Noid) were appearing in their own video games.[8]

  1. ^ "Sega Force No.18 pg. 61". Sega Retro. June 1996. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. ^ "GamePro #45 pg. 43". Sega Retro. April 1993. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ f. "Super NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Mean Machines Sega No 14 pg. 100". Sega Retro. December 1993. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ^ "GamePro #51 pg. 154". Sega Retro. October 1993. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Game Boy (original) Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ^ Cool Spot at MobyGames
  8. ^ "When McDonald's, Domino's, and Chester Cheetah Took Over Your Nintendo". Motherboard. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2018.