Your childhood is calling and it wants to let you know that Spy Fox in Cheese Chase is a genuinely good game.

Wherever fans of games like BIT. Trip Runner and Super Hexagon overlap with fans of puns and a tolerance for kids games, there's a chance you might really enjoy this game.

Spy Fox in Cheese Chase is a spin off game - it's not a point and click adventure like the rest of the Humongous Entertainment mainstays such as Pajama Sam, Freddie Fish, or Putt-Putt. It's actually more akin to a vertical scroller. You are trying to track down Russian Blue who has stolen a priceless cheese - as a result, your goal from level to level is to avoid obstacles, eliminate goons (sometimes with your environment, and sometimes with your "weapons" - bananas, pies, and plungers), follow the cheese trail left behind, and keep gas in your spy-mobile.

It's incredibly simple in concept and mechanics - there's no deep story or creative application of mechanics here. If you pick it up, it'll be because you want to play a spy fox game again and experience that nostalgia all over again. However, it's quite good at what it does. For the most part, the mechanics and levels are fair - relying on you gradually getting a better hang for the mechanics as the game progresses and not really ever employing fake difficulty.

Despite being a kids game, it's no walk in the park. The game starts out very patient and slow, allowing a new gamer to get their feet wet, but by the end of the game may well be dying several times in any given level and adapting your strategy accordingly.

Fair warning - the game had a small team from a while back. There are some buggy behaviors were collision areas aren't perfectly defined, or slipping on an object one time has a different result the next time and when these things occasionally happen, if you can't recover, they will feel like the game messed up. Additionally, the game is not going to run at 60 fps no matter what your rig is - the animations for the game are very very noticeable and occasionally disorienting, bordering on causing eye strain depending on the circumstances. I was able to deal with it and still heavily enjoy the game, but this could be a deal breaker for some people, and I don't want to mislead you.

Lastly, the game comes with fairly advanced level making functionality. I don't think this will be a major draw for anyone, but considering it comprised of three of the six main menu options, I thought it was worth mentioning.

TLDR: Spy Fox in Cheese Chase is a not-♥♥♥♥ blast of nostalgia that holds up for entertainment value and challenge to a modern day playthough. For the right person, it's definitely worth $5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrOpL2VemMo

An Instant Childhood Arcade Classic from the Days of my Childhood, in which you help Spy Fox chase down & capture Russian Blue after she's stolen the priceless Limburger Cheese from the Museum de Fromage in Cities, Lakes, Icecaps & even by air as you go through 100 Levels of SPY Arcade Action.

The best thing about this game is that it uses Most of the Tracks from SPY Fox 1.

The game lacked the original Spy Fox mechanics. The only thing you are doing is collecting gas for your "Super Spy Scooter" and collecting cheese as you drive throughout very simmilar-looking maps. Not a good Spy Fox Gme.