Power Pete is an overhead view 2D run and gun video game developed by Pangea Software and published by Interplay under the MacPlay brand name.
The player's character is an action figure named Power Pete who has to save the fuzzy bunnies of the doll department from the bad toys while progressing through the fifteen levels of the game.
[2] Pangea regained the rights to Power Pete in 2001 and re-released it in upgraded form as shareware with the name Mighty Mike, also providing a demo version of the game available to download.
A group of plush rabbits escape from their bin and scatter throughout the store, helpless against the hordes of the more dangerous toys.
The other toys in the store, whose sales have been eclipsed by those of Power Pete, are less than happy to see the action figure and spend the game trying to hinder his efforts.
When a bad toy is defeated, it explodes showering confetti and jawbreakers, which can be collected like coins in Super Mario Bros.
The number of starting lives varies depending on the difficulty setting the player chose at the beginning of the game.
Power Pete can replenish his health by eating food power-ups that are found throughout the game, one heart per-power up.
The 1996 edition of The Macintosh Bible called Power Pete "truly pleasurable" and "a great deal of fun".
[4] Writing for Computer Games Strategy Plus, Peter Smith remarked, "Mac owners don't have a lot of these full screen, fast paced arcade games to choose from, but even if they did I'd still give Power Pete a vigorous thumbs up.