Pink Goes to Hollywood is a Pink Panther themed platform game published in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis by TecMagik. The two releases were developed independently by different companies: the Genesis version by HeadGames and Super NES by Manley & Associates. Both are similar in theme and aesthetics, but different in layout and game mechanics.

Gameplay – Pink Goes to Hollywood

Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Pink Goes to Hollywood

When the game is started, the player is taken to a level titled “Honey, I Shrunk the Pink” (a homage to 1989’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), which serves as the hub that leads to all the other levels of the game; here, the Pink Panther – who, of course, serves as the ‘player character’ – is shrunken down to the size of a billiard ball, and the player must navigate him through a house to access the other levels whilst avoiding rats, which serve as this level’s hazards.

The Pink Goes to Hollywood Panther himself starts each level off with one unit of extra health, which is represented by a hat he is wearing. If the Pink Panther runs into or is hit by a hazard, he loses one unit of extra health.

Genesis – Pink Goes to Hollywood

Like in the SNES version, The Pink Panther also starts the game shrunken down and inside a house, which also serves as the hub that leads to all the other levels of the game; but unlike the SNES version, the hub isn’t a level that’s supposed to be finished, and there are no hazards nor abysses that can harm the Pink Panther. From here, the player can navigate the Pink Panther to all the other levels.

With the exception of “Refrigerator” and its sub-levels, after the Pink Panther selects a level, he is taken to a “Sound Stage” that leads to a door – with the name of the level on a sign next to it – that leads to the start of the level; throughout the “Sound Stage” are multiple hazards, such as falling sandbags and cameras and spotlights that move by themselves – which will cause harm to the Pink Panther if he comes in contact with them. After the Pink Panther completes a level, he is taken back to the main hub and a barrier that reads “Set Closed” lands in front of the completed level’s entrance.

The Pink Panther has more units of health in this version than he does in the SNES version, and the amount of health he has is indicated to the player via a health bar at the top of the screen. The Pink Panther will lose some of this health if he runs into or is hit by a hazard without; and if he runs out of health, he will perish and the player will lose one life – the same thing will happen, regardless of the amount of extra health the Pink Panther has on hand, if he falls into an abyss.

The player can increase the Pink Panther’s extra health by collecting square icons with a heart on them that have been placed around each level, and the Pink Panther can also gain brief invincibility (which is indicated by the Pink Panther flashing) by collecting square icons with a paw-prints on them. The Pink Panther’s health resets to 100% when he enters or completes a level.

Main Theme

Cat on a Hot Pink Roof

Pink Ranger

Pinkin Hood

Pinkin Hood