Pekka Kana 2 (2003)

by Piste Gamez

Here is what the developer wrote about "Pekka Kana 2":

Pekka Kana 2 (Pekka the Rooster 2) is a jump 'n run game made in the spirit of old classic platformers such as Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Jazz Jackrabbit, Super Frog and so on.

Pekka is a rooster that lives in a farm in far away land called Finland.Pekka's job at the farm is to guard a henhouse full of (surprise!) chickens. Everything goes nice and peacefully, until one night something terrible happens: Someone steals all the chickens! And that someone is a wicked and crooked minded crow called "The Evil One" (a one spooky bird). Now, Pekka has to save all the stolen chickens and bring them back. And yes, to kick one ugly crow butt from here to infinity...

But it won't be easy! The Evil One (friends call him Evil) has a horrible mind-bending device that he uses to control his army of hypnotized animals. They are also victims of The Evil One, but as long as Evil One has them, they are your enemies.

The simple goal in each level is to find the exit sign, which is usually not that simple as it sounds because of enemies, traps, and quirky puzzles.

Pekka Kana 2 was released in year 2003 at Assembly '03 Game Development Competition, and placed 2nd. Since then the game has been featured in numerous different sites and cover discs. Players have also made their own levels with the PK2 Level Editor, which was released later in 2003. Check the link section at the bottom of the page for more information. Pekka Kana 2 has also been translated to several languages, and you can download the language files and manuals from the bottom of this page.

The installer includes episodes Rooster Island 1 and Rooster Island 2, and a huge amount of translations. So install the game first, and download a translation if it doesn't come with the game.

This leaves me with nothing left to say except that "Pekka Kana 2" is in fact a very nice platformer with cute graphics and a great original soundtrack. The level design is quite clever and there are some funny features and enemies (eg. the hedgehogs with a walkman that are immune against your megaphone weapon) that you haven't seen in other games before.

Game can be controlled with keyboard or gamepad and there is a level editor (you can download it from the homepage) as well as many extra levels made by fans.

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Details Game license: Freeware Game hunter: Pater Alf Game proposer: Pater Alf Download count: 212 Game homepage Platforms: Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows XP Windows 2000 System requirements: DirectX 7.0 or higher No 3D graphics card is required, but a graphics card with good 2D rendering capabilities is recommended Processor speed: 500 MHz RAM: 16 MB

Genres Platform Arcade Remake

Ratings

• Game hunters' rating: (3 of 6)
• Overall: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Playability: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Idea: 4.00 (1 vote)
• Technical: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Graphics: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Music: 5.00 (1 vote)
• Extras: 4.00 (1 vote)

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Downloads

• PK2.rar (6.63 MB)
  Version 1.21 (Windows Installer)

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Discussion on our forums on Pekka Kana 2

• Pater Alf on 01.08.2007:
  "Pekka Kana 2 (Pekka the Rooster 2) is a jump 'n run game made in the spirit of old classic platformers such as Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Jazz Jackrabbit, Super Frog and so on.
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  Pekka is a rooster that lives in a farm in far away land called Finland.Pekka's job at the farm is to guard a henhouse full of (surprise!) chickens. Everything goes nice and peacefully, until one night...
  
  ... Something terrible happens: Someone steals all the chickens! And that someone is a wicked and crooked minded crow called "The Evil One" (a one spooky bird). Now, Pekka has to save all the stolen chickens and bring them back. And yes, to kick one ugly crow butt from here to infinity...
  
  But it won't be easy! The Evil One (friends call him Evil) has a horrible mind-bending device that he uses to control his army of hypnotized animals. They are also victims of The Evil One, but as long as Evil One has them, they are your enemies." (taken from the manual)
  
  Game is fun to play and comes along in several languages (more than 20). It can be controlled with keyboard or gamepad (both works fine).
  There is also a level editor and lots of fan made levels.
  
  Developer: Janne Kivilahti
  
  Download: http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=193
  
  Official homepage: http://www.pistegamez.net/game_pk2.html
  
  Download size: 6.6 MB
  
  Year: 2003
  
  Status: Freeware (license in manual)
  
  I was unable to take screenshots, so I borrowed some from the official site...

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