Download Oscar

This fun and colorful arcade game is a product of Flair software. Oscar is a typical platform jumper that was also published for Amiga about a year before it was released for PCs.

This game has nothing to do with the famous movie awards. Well, not directly. You are little Oscar, a squirrel-like creature, who drives to the cinema in the animated intro. Inside the cinema there are seven 'screens' and a few bonus ones. Each screen is a level in the game. The design of each level is unique with different backgrounds, music, sounds, monsters, and even little Oscar is dressed differently. To pass a level you have to gather oscars, small statues, that look like you. (Surprise!)

When you fill your quota, you have to find a 'cut' sign and then you can continue. Each level is filled with different mosters which you eliminate by jumping on. There are also many powerups that you can use during the game. When you lose all your lives, you can try again by using the lucky rabbits. This is just the game's name for a continue. You can't save the game. It's clear that the game was done in a console manner. As I said in the beginning, the graphics are nicely done very colorful VGA graphics, and there are a few special effects included. The level design is original and different for every level.

The game isn't compatible with WinXP but works fine in Dosbox (with sound); however, I had to use crtl - F12 , to get dosbox to run the game faster, so people who have slower CPUs (below 1 ghz), might experience slowdowns.

Anyone who feels like playing a simple game should download this one. No excessive use of brain-power is needed (after all it is an arcade), just a desire to have a few hours of fun entertainment.