Play Kool Aid Man Online

Mattel released Kool-Aid Man for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It was one of those early licensed games that tried to capture a brand's energy in simple, blocky graphics. You control the Kool-Aid Man himself, a big red pitcher with a smiling face, moving through a series of single-screen levels.

Your goal is to collect all the floating fruit icons before the Thirsties, small enemy characters, drink all the water from the central pool. You move from screen to screen by bursting through walls, which is your main method of navigation. The Thirsties move unpredictably, and if they touch you, you get knocked back, losing precious time. The game moves quickly, and the difficulty ramps up as more enemies appear. It feels frantic and a little silly, like you're always one spill away from failure.