Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

About Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (1994) is Interplay's gross-out platformer in which millionaire Snotty Ragsdale becomes a booger-flicking, burping superhero to recover a stolen power source from Dimension X-Crement.

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure in Depth

One stormy night, Professor Stinkbaum is building the Zap-o-Matic in his lab above Takey Dump, a machine to save the world from pollution by sending it to Dimension X-Crement. Eccentric millionaire Snotty Ragsdale, suspicious of the project, visits just as it is switched on, inhales a cloud of pepper and sneezes so hard he breaks the machine, opening a portal. A giant arm reaches out and steals its power source, Snotrium 357, so Snotty changes into his alter ego Boogerman in the men's room and jumps through the portal after it.

It is a straightforward side-scroller in which Boogerman attacks with burps, farts and flicked boogers across more than 20 levels and a final boss. Each level involves a light puzzle to reach the end and enemies unique to that level. His health is shown by his cape, which turns from red to yellow when hit; a second hit melts him away and costs a life, and collecting capes restores it. Huts act as checkpoints when touched, and after the final boss the credits scroll by in a playable sandbox where Boogerman can "fly-fart" with unlimited fuel. GamePro found that, gross as it was, it was fun to play, "almost a parody of last year's Disney's Aladdin" with extensive, challenging levels.

Making Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

According to Chris Tremmel, Interplay asked Mike Stragey for a gross-out game, and Stragey came up with a gross superhero, the two never short of ideas for characters and locations; they worked closely with Little Gangster on the designs, going through dozens before settling on the final look. Interplay released it for the Genesis in 1994 and the Super NES in 1995, the latter with more colours, better voice clips, stronger bass and improved controls. Game Informer gave it 7.5 out of 10, saying "if you're looking for an action/platform game with a touch of the crass, look no further than Boogerman." It returned on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008.