Mr. Nutz is a 1994 side-scrolling platformer for the Sega Genesis, developed and published by Ocean Software as the company’s first Sega title. You play Mr. Nutz, an anthropomorphic red squirrel in shoes, a glove, and a cap, on a quest to stop Mr. Blizzard, a yeti bent on using his ice magic to freeze the entire world, across six themed levels.
How to play: Mr. Nutz runs, jumps, and swims through certain stages while collecting nuts and coins along the way. Most enemies go down in a single hit, whether you jump on them, strike them with his tail, or throw a collected nut at them; getting hit costs one unit of health and grants a brief moment of invulnerability. There’s no time limit on any level, so it pays to explore. Controls follow the site’s standard Genesis mapping: arrow keys move Mr. Nutz, S/X/Z (A/B/C on a pad) handle his jump and attacks, and Enter is Start.
Tips:
- Since hits only cost a fraction of your health and you’re never on a clock, take unfamiliar sections slowly instead of rushing through.
- Jumping on an enemy or landing a quick tail strike clears them faster than lining up a thrown nut, so save your nuts for enemies you can’t safely reach.
- Hidden coins scattered through each level add up toward your completion bonus, so it’s worth doubling back to sweep a stage before moving on.
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