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[http://www.reocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/6019/navbar.html There's a fan website for it]. Some very cool pictures and insights on the game are [http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/archive/plok.php over here] on the website of John and Ste Pickford, the creators of the game.
A rerelease on the Virtual Console looks unlikely, as the Pickford Bros. are unsure who currently owns the rights to the game, but they have dropped occasional hints over the years of possibly making a sequel. However, Plok himself did show up in another game - as a miniboss in the [[Atari Lynx]] game ''[
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: The [[Goddamn Bats|Shprouts]] come in several forms: the Shcuba Shprouts, the Shcuba Shield Shprouts, the Shky Shcuba Shield Shprouts...
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The American box art shows Plok sporting a noticeable scowl. This is never seen in-game.
* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]: The cowboy suit has this as a weapon, and it [[Power-Up Letdown|does pretty much nothing]].
* [[Berserk Button]]: Plok is quite protective of his grandpappy's flag.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: All the bosses become this in Child's Play, since they only show up when getting a continue just before the point at which you'd normally fight the bosses. The Penkinos were very obviously designed to work like this, since the previous level practically gives the player one.
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* [[Save Point]]: Averted. If you die and run out of continues (or "Plokontinues" as they're called), you have to start over. Since this game is so long and difficult, few people actually manage to finish it. Luckily, modern emulators allow you to save whenever you please. But still...
** The Plokontinues are actually single-use save points that are tied to the level you got them it. To give an example, in one playthrough you got Plokontinues in Garlen Beach (the 1st level in Akrillic) and Plok Town (4th level) and then got a [[Game Over]] afterward. If you choose to continue, you'll start from the level after the most recent Plokontinue, The Penkinos (5th level), and that Plokontinue disappears. If you get another [[Game Over]] without obtaining any more Plokontinues, you'll start from Sleepy Dale (2nd level) instead and your progress from the later levels will have been erased.
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* [[Turns Red]]: Almost all the bosses.
** The [[Wolfpack Boss|Penkinos]] are [[Four Is Death|four]] flying, penguin-like things that drop damaging stars down on Plok. When low on health, they will drop those stars in rapid succession.
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