M.C. Kids

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M.C. Kids
Front cover of the North American NES version.
Developer(s)	Visual Concepts (Game Boy version) Virgin Interactive (Other versions)
Publisher(s)	Virgin Interactive, Ocean Europe Limited
Platform(s)	NES, Game Boy, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, PC:DOS
Release date(s)	NES NA February 1992 EU May 19, 1993 Game Boy, C64, Amiga EU 1992 Atari ST EU 1993 PC version NA February 1992 EU 1993
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Two-player
Media	2-megabit cartridge

McKids, known in Europe as McDonald Land, is a 1992 platform game developed and published by Virgin Interactive. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in February 1992 in North America and by Ocean in May 1993 in Europe. The game is loosely based on the McDonald's fast food franchise and features two teenagers that venture into the McDonald's fantasy world in order to return Ronald McDonald's magical bag, which has been stolen by the Hamburglar. The game was also released for the Game Boy (known in North America and Japan as Spot's Cool Adventure, based on Cool Spot), Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, (though all only in Europe) and for PCs running MS-DOS (all these versions are called McDonald Land).[1] Virgin Interactive would release another game based on the McDonald's franchise for the Sega Mega Drive called Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators that has more of a traditional side-scrolling action-adventure game. It became one of the first things to be criticized as an advertisement for McDonalds.

Gameplay

One can choose to play either one of the M.C. Kids (or Cool Spot in the Game Boy version), but there is no difference between the two characters other than the fact that one of the youths is white and the other one is black. Up to two players can play the game at once, and both characters can walk, jump, duck, and pick up blocks to throw at enemies as they travel through the seven large worlds of magical McDonald Land.

In a similar format as Super Mario Bros. 3 or StarTropics, the game has seven different worlds. Each one starts out by having the character visit a McDonald Land character. However, unlike games such as Super Mario Bros. 3, simply defeating the various levels is not enough for success as one needs to find the hidden McDonald Land cards that are scattered in a world in order to advance to the next world.

One can collect various McDonald Golden Arches for extra points and, aside from the game's numerous secrets, including a secret level, the game has various objects in the game that one needs to use to advance, i.e., a zipper to enter secret areas, a spin device that turns the level upside down, a boat that can be both ridden in and carried.

End Game Glitch

• The game will take you to the end screen if player holds the buttons Start and Select at the same time.

See also

• Donald Land, turtles another platforming game based on the same fast food franchise that was developed and published by Data East only in Japan.

External links

• M.C. Kids' developer's page
• M.C. Kids at MobyGames
• Developer interview