Jim Power in Mutant Planet is a 200 toxic palette colors marvel with full overscan on ECS

Here's a gameplay of Jim Power in Mutant Planet on Retroarch overlay Amiga 1000 + Commodore C1080 from TheNamec Mega Bezel Commodore Pack. Featuring Death to Pixels Arcade Sharp post-processing by Cyberlab.

Jim Power is a technological marvel from assembly wizard Fernando Velez. Its toxic palette, 200 vivid colors on screen at the same time, complex parallax effects and unforgettable Chris Huelsbeck soundtrack made this one of my favourite run-and-gun and one of my fondest Amiga memories. Borrowing the best elements from Turrican, Ghost 'n Goblins, Contra (platform sections) and R-Type (shoot 'em up sections), Jim Power throws the player through painstakingly long levels, up to six minutes each.

The first Amiga backdrop for Mega Bezel Commodore Pack in 2020.

Of course, the game cames with dumb scripted enemies and straight-forward gameplay based upon traps, timed jumping and muscolar memory. Inconsistent art direction offers soldiers from ancient Rome lost between Japanese houses and werewolves, forests with dragons, zombies, archers from the Robin Hood gang and demons with giant ants but... hey! It's a mutant planet in the 90s, it's pretty normal.

Monochromatic love on c1201, for all these fluo palette haters out there!

Jim Power has had a long legacy, spawning conversions that felt more like remakes than direct ports: the SNES edition in particular added new levels, new music, a new design for the hero, Mode7 and motion sick parallax, changing the 'Mutant Planet' for a 'Lost Dimension'. The PC Engine saw the addition of a 3'45" intro and CD quality remaster of the excellent soundtrack.

Every version added something good, but the Amiga version stays on top.