CJ's Elephant Antics
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| Developer(s) | Genesis Big Red (Spectrum) |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Series | CJ Elephant |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 64 (original) ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Amiga, NES (in Quattro Arcade) |
| Release | 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
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Single-player two-player Co-op |
CJ's Elephant Antics is a platform video game developed by Genesis for the Commodore 64 with conversions made for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo Entertainment System. All ports were handled by Genesis with the exception of the ZX Spectrum version which was handled by Big Red Software. The computer versions were published by Codemasters in 1991, with the NES game arriving in 1992 as part of the unlicensed compilation cartridge Quattro Arcade. The player controls a baby elephant by the name of Columbus Jumbo on his way home to Africa.
After being captured in Africa for the purpose of being put in a zoo, turbulence hits the plane transporting CJ to England causing his cage to open, he grabs a nearby umbrella and leaps out of the airplane while somewhere over France. After landing CJ realises he will have to make his way back home to Africa on foot.
CJ's Elephant Antics is a typical platform game of its era, apart from the elements usually associated with its genre the game also has a higher than normal emphasis on jumping from one small platform to another. CJ can jump by pushing up, has an unlimited amount of peanuts he can fire as projectiles, and a limited number of bombs thrown by pressing down on the controller, an umbrella also opens to slow down his descent when dropping from heights. The game also includes the option for two players to take part simultaneously in a co-operative fashion, though like many platformers of this era there are inherent problems in keeping both players on screen at once; CJ deals with this by only scrolling with player 1, and killing player 2 every time he leaves the screen; this system forces the players to move carefully in synchronization throughout much of the game.
Elephant Antics has a total of four levels each of which includes an end of level boss fight. The levels throughout the game are all countries that CJ must traverse to reach home, the levels are France, Switzerland, Egypt, and finally Africa. There is also a bike riding bonus stage that takes place between levels in which the player must avoid hazards and collect balloons this mode is however missing from the Spectrum and NES versions.
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