COMIX ZONE

Comix Zone was a dream come true for everyone old enough to play games at the time. The appeal of this game wasn't that it was a great  beat 'em up with excellent graphics, no. The magic of this game lies in the fact that it managed to succeed where ordinary comic books failed- at being visibly interactive. Sure, there were attempts at making comic books with alternate endings and branching points in it, but this game was the first to persuade us we were in an actual comic book with many comic book cliches being laughed at (the narrator, aide,stale lines of the main protagonist and its sign-of-the-times clothes etc). Being able to physically destroy the panels and its edges and to jump from one panel to the other was the most unique thing this 13-year old has ever seen.You can't move around as freely as you'd want to throughout the world of this comic and there are pointers indicating where you should/will go , but then again if you could it would be most unappealing to you as a reader of the comic book you are playing, wouldn't it? :)