A Plok platformer by Software Creations with colorful style and memorable score. Original but demanding, a gem to rediscover.
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Platformer1 player3+
Description
Colorful platformer featuring Plok, a character with detachable limbs, liberating his island from the Fleas. Published by Tradewest, released in Japan in 1993. Plok throwing limbs as projectiles and changing attack styles, varied themed levels, creative bosses and a memorable soundtrack by Tim and Geoff Follin. An original Rare platformer on Super Nintendo.
Plok! review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
A hero of detachable limbs, vivid colours and zany settings: the game unfurls a platformer of delightful visual originality. The roundness of the design and the inventiveness of the environments overflow with charm. This art direction, polished and unhinged, stands as a colourful, endearing curiosity.
Signed by the Follin brothers, the music of Plok is a dazzling technical demonstration that pushes the limits of the SNES. Virtuosic melodies, bold rhythm changes and arrangements of wild richness follow one another without respite. This sonic feat, long confidential, is now celebrated as a peak of the console.
Japanese version of Plok, titled with an exclamation mark and released in 1994, the rarest offshoot of the series owing to a very limited NTSC-J run for a Western platformer scarcely anticipated in Japan. The Japanese cartridge stands apart through its territory-specific cover and shell. Desirability rests on this pronounced regional scarcity, making it the hardest piece to assemble for a collector aiming for every version of Plok.
An underrated gem
An eccentric platformer where the hero detaches his own limbs to hurl them at enemies, carried by a Follin brothers soundtrack among the console's most impressive. Its prickly difficulty and quiet release pushed it to the margins. Its originality and sonic flair make it a one-of-a-kind title for fans of inventive platforming.
Is Plok! still worth playing in 2026?
Plok is a Software Creations platformer with a colorful style and a detachable hero who can hurl his own limbs as projectiles. Its inventive level design, original gameplay ideas and above all the dazzling Follin brothers soundtrack make it a genuine gem. The downside is a sometimes harsh difficulty and uneven pacing. For platform fans hunting a singular, memorable title, it is a discovery that thoroughly deserves to be rediscovered today, as much for its music as its mechanics.
