Not any games this week, but some novel adaptations. He's cooler than Mario and smarter than Sonic - that's right, it's
Zool!
I'm pretty certain I got both of these books second hand from a shop in Freeport Fleetwood. I had no idea who Zool was, but he looked cool as hell and was apparently better than Mario and Sonic, so who was I to question him? Anyway, I loved the books - they're kind of like a "my first Hitchhiker's Guide" and very squarely aimed at 8 year old children from the mid 90s. That makes them kind of fun to read over still today, being so of their time.
I didn't actually
play Zool until the 2010s, when I tried out the abandonware PC version on DOSBox. It is... not a particularly good game
Thankfully the books aren't riddled with chupa-chups advertising, but that does make going from them to the game a weird and confusing experience!
BlurbsSide note, I've always thought the slogan is backwards. Surely Sonic is the cool one, and Mario the smart one!