Author Topic: Chubby Cherub Manual & Cartridge Scan  (Read 331 times)

March 05, 2013, 11:47:21 AM
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segamer

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Can someone please scan the manual and cartridge for Chubby Cherub. Plus... Almighty Wolf, work on the screenshot used on the front of the box.

March 05, 2013, 06:53:09 PM
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I'll scan the manual and cart when I get home!

Regarding the screenshot...ugh.  The thought of having to play that horrible game again...*gag*  Nonetheless, if you're willing to devote your time to make the artwork for this, the least I can do is take one for the team and play it. ;D

March 05, 2013, 07:02:02 PM
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I'll scan the manual and cart when I get home!

Regarding the screenshot...ugh.  The thought of having to play that horrible game again...*gag*  Nonetheless, if you're willing to devote your time to make the artwork for this, the least I can do is take one for the team and play it. ;D
It should be an easy box to make. I'll get the logo from the manual. I can just draw Chubby Cherub and it'll look exact. Maybe not easy but do-able.

March 05, 2013, 07:48:08 PM
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It should be an easy box to make. I'll get the logo from the manual. I can just draw Chubby Cherub and it'll look exact. Maybe not easy but do-able.

Well I'm sure whatever you come up with will be top-notch.  You've yet to disappoint! :D

Here's the cart front and manual:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?1dfmdwdm0j322dq

I'll work on the screenshot and update this post when I get it.

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« Last Edit: March 05, 2013, 08:07:41 PM by WolfAlmighty »

March 05, 2013, 09:03:06 PM
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cool,another nes game that sits in drawer due to it being coverless

March 05, 2013, 09:04:36 PM
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I remember scanning the forums a while ago and I know I definitely saw a cover for Chubby Cherub on here already

March 05, 2013, 09:12:33 PM
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I remember scanning the forums a while ago and I know I definitely saw a cover for Chubby Cherub on here already

It was someone's ninja made horrible version of one, if I recall lol

March 05, 2013, 09:14:29 PM
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yep I just found it here lol...and wow, it's pretty bad if anyone wants to take a peek at it
 
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11750.msg96861#msg96861

March 05, 2013, 09:25:32 PM
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cool,another nes game that sits in drawer due to it being coverless

IMO you should keep it in a drawer, even once it does have a cover.  This game pisses me off more than any game should.

1) Why are you naked?  Okay, you're a cherub and all that, but is it really appropriate for this little flying naked guy to be roaming your neighbourhood opening up windows looking for little kids?
2) Why are all the dogs trying to kill you, and in so doing why do they only spit the letter B (or in the case of the bigger dogs, the letters BO and W (separate from one another)) at you?  How does the bark of a dog kill an angel?
3) Why does he go completely apeshit when he dies?  I know Dino Riki goes kind of spazzo, but this guy's even worse.
4) If  you run out of lollipop power (or 'GAU' as the game calls it...I WISH Gau was in this game because Gau is awesome) you can no longer shoot pairs of hearts at the dogs.
5) After you 'kill' a dog (again, with the power of hearts  ::) ) it can STILL KILL YOU WHILE IT'S FALLING OFF THE SCREEN.
6) The end of the level has you flying around the outside of a house opening all the windows and looking for a kid, who apparently needs to be rescued because the neighbourhood is overrun with little dogs who spit alphabet characters everywhere they go and antigravitational candy and cupcakes, and if you open the wrong window - which you can't know ahead of time because it's random, a dog could pop out and instantly kill you. Yay!
7) The third level boss has some pink-faced girl (I'm guessing here) tied up and is throwing bombs all over the place trying to kill you, and all the while the hostage is just smiling and happy as can be like it's Christmas morning.

That's not even taking into account the annoying controls, slow movement, biased hit detection, and all other miscellaneous BS.  Bandai wasn't known for their super quality titles on NES (they were responsible for Frankenstein and Toxic Crusaders, to put it into perspective), but this has got to be the worst game they put out on the system.  I'd rather play one of the Fisher Price games than this.  Thankfully, I just captured/recreated the two screenshots for the back (thank heavens for FCEUltra's hex editor) so I'll put together the rest of the back tonight, then I can just drop in Segamer's artwork for the front when he's finished with it.  Then I'll never have to play this sodding mess again.  ;)

yep I just found it here lol...and wow, it's pretty bad if anyone wants to take a peek at it
 
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11750.msg96861#msg96861

Yeah, that was from the low-res screenshots from GameFAQs I think.  I remember seeing that one not too long ago.  We'll make a nicer one (though the game surely deserves less).

March 05, 2013, 09:56:14 PM
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I will say that though it's a terrible game, the cover that Wolf and I make will be beautiful.

March 06, 2013, 03:08:19 PM
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I've had a good number of people asking for a Chubby Cherub cover. The cover image is complete and and has been past on to the Almighty Wolf to complete the back and spine. Here's a little preview.

March 06, 2013, 03:36:19 PM
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IMO you should keep it in a drawer, even once it does have a cover.  This game pisses me off more than any game should.

Well if its such a terrible game, you can send me your copy anytime and Ill gladly take it off your hands! Ill keep it in my drawer, and youll never have to see it again. ;)

I had a copy of this a couple years ago but traded it to a friend. Of course this is when this game was worth nothing at all (maybe $5-10 at the time), and while I actually did enjoy it somewhat, it wasnt all that amazing either so I decided not to keep it. Then I find out that all of a sudden this game happens to be super rare. So naturally, I tried to see if I could get it back from the friend I traded it to, only to find out that his ex-girlfriend took a bunch of his games when they split up, and that must be one of them because its nowhere to be found.

Cause you know, just randomly showing up at home one day after beeing together for 2 years, to find out your girlfirend is leaving you because her parents bribed her into it isnt bad enough. So when he left the appartment understandably confused and upset, she decided to pack up all her stuff and her video games, and just helped herself to what ever she wanted of his games too, claiming they were hers. She probably thought "Oh! This game looks cute!" and took it! And I dont even think she had an NES. Fuckin bitch!

So yeah, Im still not too happy about that when I think about it. Now that game may spend the rest of its time rotting in the back of a cold bitches closet, which some may say is a good thing *cough* Wolf *cough*  ;)

Maybe Ill find another someday.

March 06, 2013, 04:55:04 PM
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IMO you should keep it in a drawer, even once it does have a cover.  This game pisses me off more than any game should.

Well if its such a terrible game, you can send me your copy anytime and Ill gladly take it off your hands! Ill keep it in my drawer, and youll never have to see it again. ;)

I had a copy of this a couple years ago but traded it to a friend. Of course this is when this game was worth nothing at all (maybe $5-10 at the time), and while I actually did enjoy it somewhat, it wasnt all that amazing either so I decided not to keep it. Then I find out that all of a sudden this game happens to be super rare. So naturally, I tried to see if I could get it back from the friend I traded it to, only to find out that his ex-girlfriend took a bunch of his games when they split up, and that must be one of them because its nowhere to be found.

Cause you know, just randomly showing up at home one day after beeing together for 2 years, to find out your girlfirend is leaving you because her parents bribed her into it isnt bad enough. So when he left the appartment understandably confused and upset, she decided to pack up all her stuff and her video games, and just helped herself to what ever she wanted of his games too, claiming they were hers. She probably thought "Oh! This game looks cute!" and took it! And I dont even think she had an NES. Fuckin bitch!

So yeah, Im still not too happy about that when I think about it. Now that game may spend the rest of its time rotting in the back of a cold bitches closet, which some may say is a good thing *cough* Wolf *cough*  ;)

Maybe Ill find another someday.

I think we all have tragic gamer stories. It actually warrens it's own thread. My story is that my house was broken into three times (even after I put up a heavy volume of security measures). And my entire game collection was stolen. Trying to re-buy my collection has been a bitch.

March 06, 2013, 07:50:56 PM
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So yeah, Im still not too happy about that when I think about it. Now that game may spend the rest of its time rotting in the back of a cold bitches closet, which some may say is a good thing *cough* Wolf *cough*  ;)

Maybe Ill find another someday.

LOL!  Well sorry to hear your game ended in tragedy, but at least it wasn't an awesome game like Super C or Shatterhand that bit the dust.

That said, when the hell did this game become so goddamn expensive?!  :o  When I got my cart (sometime last year, don't remember when) it was still in the $15 range for nice copies (had to pay extra for the manual since that's always harder to come by than the cart).  Now it's selling in the $30-$40 range?  Still not outrageous (unless you base cost by quality ;) ) but damn.  I know the box is one of the most sought after, but the cart has always been reasonable.

Edit:

It's up:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=368.msg100670#msg100670

So glad I'm almost done collecting.  Then I can just sit back and play games until my brain rots. :D
« Last Edit: March 06, 2013, 10:08:19 PM by WolfAlmighty »

March 06, 2013, 10:22:11 PM
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Great Job! Even though it's a game I'll probably never own (after reading what you guys have to say about it lol) I love seeing new covers being uploaded hoping that one day we'll complete the entire NTSC library