Pepsi Man is a funny and great game everyone should import.
Pepsi Man is an on-rails running game, and in fact, some titles for the game are: Pepsi man: the Running Hero.
This game is an amazing game that is challenging, funny and humorous. Not sure what happened and why it was not directly released in the U.S. since they have an american making funny jokes and all the NPC's speak in English including all the signs and more. With Japanese subtitles!
The game is about saving the world with Pepsi. Some mission are just straight up dumb, like people are stranded in a desert after a plane crash, so the military asks Pepsi man to the desert since the second helicopter may not make it in time and revive them with Pepsi.
Also, another stage is the Pepsi Factory where the mainframe computer stops making Pepsi and everyone on a rampage, crashing cars, burning buildings, people running in circles, people trying to kill you.
The gameplay consists of Pepsi man Running on a set path. you can control him with the D-pad making him move left and run. There's a sprint option to out run greater threats, and pepsi can trails in the road. Pepsi man can take 3 hit, but you gain back a hit after getting 10 pepsis. At the end of a stage at the results, every 25 cans you collect is an extra life. At first you may think that's over kill but you will need those lives my friend.
There will be trucks you will have to duck under, fast reactions with the jump button and slide buttons to avoid and destroy objects that may be in your way, and boss battles that involve being chased with a Pepsi Man running toward you, and boy those sections aren't push overs.
The game is extremely fun and hilarious with pretty good animations for its time. it may not have the best models, but all the funny stuff going on in the screen and all the obstacles and such you got to avoid, is impressive Especially for how fast this game is.
The music is an instant MP3 download especially when you are in area 2, the game is a master piece in all rails. It's short however, but you will be playing this game and not stopping. you will need to hire someone to break your TV.
Pepsi man also appear in exclusive Japanese fighters on the Sega Saturn as well. not exactly sure why that is. But Pepsi man is a must get. 7.0 is a score I give to great games, so don't think it's average I use a more realistic rating scale.
-Dj-Dampleaf, Commander in Chief of Gamespot.