Posted December 05, 2012
I absolutely Love this game!
and would be amazing if it ended up here on GoG in the near future.
this is a game i played in my teen years the original (Bad Mojo) and was re-released in 2004 by got game entertainment. as Bad Mojo Redux, which has remastered videos and ran in true color rather than the old 256 color version. this game brings back so many memories, and is definitely a worthy addition to the GoG catalogue.
The story takes place in a filthy bar owned by Eddie Battito. Roger has stolen a million dollars worth of loan money from a science corporation he had previously worked for and is planning to leave for Mexico City to start a new life. But after a small argument with his landlord, Eddie, he remembers a little trinket that he gotten in his early childhood: a bug-like locket that belonged to his dead mother, Angelina. Upon its discovery, the locket transforms Roger's soul into a cockroach, and transports him to a mysterious sewer system connected to every section of the bar. His adventure takes him to the basement (which is also Eddie's bedroom), the bathroom, the kitchen, the bar room, Roger's room and finally his research room. As the roach (Roger) explores a world filled with danger at every turn, including rats, garbage disposals, and his own pet cat, Franz, he is constantly being guided by an oracle (who happens to be his mother).
The game explores the sad past of both Roger and Eddie, revealing that Roger had been abandoned to an abusive nun, was the center of bullying as a young man, and his failure to be taken seriously by his superiors. Eddie has had just as bad a life, having his beloved wife (also named Angelina) die during childbirth, and giving up his son. During Roger's exploration, he is forced to extinguish the pilot light to a gas stove in the kitchen to save a baby cockroach that, in turn, assisted him in jamming the garbage disposal with a spoon. This act eventually causes the whole bar to be filled with gas. Roger must then set off a smoke detector to wake a previously unconscious Eddie (which was Roger's fault) and then finally reach the locket in his own unconscious body's hand. With both men safely out of the bar when it explodes, Roger and Eddie discover that they are, in fact, father and son, which was exactly as the Oracle planned.
There are four possible endings to the storyline. If Eddie makes it out and Roger doesn't (if Eddie is warned of the fire but Roger is left on the floor), Eddie ends up as a homeless drunk. If Roger makes it out and Eddie doesn't, Roger tries to flee the country but is caught and charged with Eddie's murder, remanded an asylum for the criminally insane. If neither make it out, the ghost of Angelina narrates, telling of the death of both men, the destruction of the bar for urban renewal and that the ghosts of all three souls haunt the area where their dreams died. If both of them of make it out Eddie recognizes the bug-like locket (that contains a photo of Angelina) and they both reveal the truth about their past. The family is reunited and they travel together to Belize with the questionably obtained Roger's money, which is used to buy Eddie a new bar.
and would be amazing if it ended up here on GoG in the near future.
this is a game i played in my teen years the original (Bad Mojo) and was re-released in 2004 by got game entertainment. as Bad Mojo Redux, which has remastered videos and ran in true color rather than the old 256 color version. this game brings back so many memories, and is definitely a worthy addition to the GoG catalogue.
The story takes place in a filthy bar owned by Eddie Battito. Roger has stolen a million dollars worth of loan money from a science corporation he had previously worked for and is planning to leave for Mexico City to start a new life. But after a small argument with his landlord, Eddie, he remembers a little trinket that he gotten in his early childhood: a bug-like locket that belonged to his dead mother, Angelina. Upon its discovery, the locket transforms Roger's soul into a cockroach, and transports him to a mysterious sewer system connected to every section of the bar. His adventure takes him to the basement (which is also Eddie's bedroom), the bathroom, the kitchen, the bar room, Roger's room and finally his research room. As the roach (Roger) explores a world filled with danger at every turn, including rats, garbage disposals, and his own pet cat, Franz, he is constantly being guided by an oracle (who happens to be his mother).
The game explores the sad past of both Roger and Eddie, revealing that Roger had been abandoned to an abusive nun, was the center of bullying as a young man, and his failure to be taken seriously by his superiors. Eddie has had just as bad a life, having his beloved wife (also named Angelina) die during childbirth, and giving up his son. During Roger's exploration, he is forced to extinguish the pilot light to a gas stove in the kitchen to save a baby cockroach that, in turn, assisted him in jamming the garbage disposal with a spoon. This act eventually causes the whole bar to be filled with gas. Roger must then set off a smoke detector to wake a previously unconscious Eddie (which was Roger's fault) and then finally reach the locket in his own unconscious body's hand. With both men safely out of the bar when it explodes, Roger and Eddie discover that they are, in fact, father and son, which was exactly as the Oracle planned.
There are four possible endings to the storyline. If Eddie makes it out and Roger doesn't (if Eddie is warned of the fire but Roger is left on the floor), Eddie ends up as a homeless drunk. If Roger makes it out and Eddie doesn't, Roger tries to flee the country but is caught and charged with Eddie's murder, remanded an asylum for the criminally insane. If neither make it out, the ghost of Angelina narrates, telling of the death of both men, the destruction of the bar for urban renewal and that the ghosts of all three souls haunt the area where their dreams died. If both of them of make it out Eddie recognizes the bug-like locket (that contains a photo of Angelina) and they both reveal the truth about their past. The family is reunited and they travel together to Belize with the questionably obtained Roger's money, which is used to buy Eddie a new bar.
