Cheesy (video game)

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Cheesy
PS1 Cheesy cover art.jpg
European box art
Developer(s) CTA Developments
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Gina Jackson
Designer(s) Richard Cheek
Programmer(s) John Scott
Composer(s) Dave Newman
James Veal
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • EU: 24 November 1996
  • JP: 24 July 1997 [1]
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Cheesy is a platform game developed by British studio CTA Developments and published by Ocean Software for the PlayStation. It was released in Europe in 1996 and Japan in 1997 by Jaleco.

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Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

Cheesy is a platform game with 3D and 2.5D gameplay styles. The player controls the titular character, a mouse who was captured and imprisoned by a mad scientist inside a dark castle. Until aliens appear and try to attack him, with the main objective of the game being to escape from the castle by collecting ingredients for a special teleportation spell. While battling against aliens and all sorts of creatures that come in his way. [2]

Development

Cheesy originally started as a project intended for the Atari Jaguar, which was first announced in May 1994 as one of the upcoming titles for the Jaguar by Ocean Software and was originally scheduled to be released around the fourth quarter of 1995, [3] [4] but the game was moved to the PlayStation, after becoming a commercial and critical failure, and partly due to system's limitations. [5]

The music was done by Zero-5 composers Dave Newman and James Veal. [6]

Release

Cheesy was first showcased to the public at various trade shows such as E3 1996, [7] before being released in Europe by Ocean in November 1996, [8] and was later published in Japan by Jaleco on 24 July 1997. [1]

Reception

Cheesy received mixed to negative reviews from critics since its release. The game was cited for its controls, graphics and inconsistent game design, but the soundtrack received praise. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 "PlayStation Soft > 1997" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Paragon Publishing (May 1996). PLAY UK Issue 007.
  3. ↑ Ripper, The (May 1994). "Europa!". GameFan . Vol. 2, no. 6. Shinno Media. pp. 132–134. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Feature - XT Generation Report - Atari Jaguar". MAN!AC (in German). No. 20. Cybermedia. June 1995. p. 40. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Wallett, Adrian (21 June 2019). "Richard Cheek (CTA Developments) – Interview". arcadeattack.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Wallett, Adrian (19 July 2019). "David Newman (VGM Composer) – Interview". arcadeattack.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "E3 Expo Los Angeles". GameFan . Vol. 4, no. 7. Metropolis Media. July 1996. pp. 17–32.
  8. ↑ "Cheesy". VideoGameGeek. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Boissarie, Véronique; Homsy, Richard (July–August 1996). "Playstation Review - Cheesy". Consoles + (in French). No. 56. M.E.R.7. pp. 150–151.
  10. ↑ Prézeau, Olivier (July 1996). "Le Zapping des Tests - PlayStation - Cheesy". Joypad (in French). No. 55. Yellow Media. p. 75.
  11. ↑ Schneider, René (November 1996). "Test Mixed - PlayStation - Cheesy". Mega Fun (in German). No. 50. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 70.
  12. ↑ Pottier, Christophe (July–August 1996). "Vite Vu - PlayStation - Cheesy". Player One (in French). No. 66. Média Système Édition. p. 125.
  13. ↑ Sauer, Dirk (December 1996). "Sony PlayStation - Reviews - Cheesy". Video Games (in German). No. 61. Future-Verlag. p. 101.
  14. ↑ "Reviews - Cheesy". NowGamer. 1 November 1996. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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