Play Fatman - The Caped Consumer Online

Fatman: The Caped Consumer came out in 1994 as part of the MS-DOS Classic Games collection, developed by Animated Pixels. It was one of those oddball titles from the era, a time when shareware disks were full of experimental concepts and low resolution graphics. The game didn't aim for epic storytelling; it was more about a simple, bizarre premise executed with the tools available.

You control a superhero whose sole ability is to consume objects by walking into them. Your goal is to eat everything on each screen, from hot dogs and traffic cones to innocent bystanders, growing larger and slower with every item swallowed. The gameplay involves methodical screen by screen clearing, navigating tight urban environments that become puzzles as your size limits movement. The difficulty comes from managing your ever expanding girth against level layouts that sometimes trap you if you eat the wrong thing too early. It feels like directing a slow motion disaster where you are both the cause and the victim.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".