<s>
Greendog	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Beached	I-Application
Surfer	I-Application
Dude	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Interactive	O
Designs	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
console	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
September	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
handheld	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Gear	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eponymous	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
Greendog	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
,	O
a	O
laid-back	O
,	O
cool	O
surfer	O
and	O
skater	O
with	O
a	O
mop	O
of	O
bleached	O
blonde	O
hair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
day	O
,	O
while	O
surfing	O
in	O
the	O
Caribbean	O
Sea	O
off	O
the	O
coast	O
of	O
the	O
Grenada	O
islands	O
,	O
Greendog	B-Application
is	O
knocked	O
off	O
his	O
surfboard	O
by	O
the	O
biggest	O
freak	O
wave	O
he	O
has	O
ever	O
seen	O
,	O
and	O
falls	O
unconscious	O
in	O
the	O
sea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
girlfriend	O
Bambi	O
—	O
a	O
beautiful	O
,	O
buxom	O
blonde	O
woman	O
in	O
a	O
red	O
bikini	O
—	O
finds	O
him	O
and	O
explains	O
to	O
Greendog	B-Application
that	O
the	O
pendant	O
is	O
of	O
Aztec	B-Application
origin	O
and	O
carries	O
a	O
terrible	O
curse	B-Application
;	O
it	O
dooms	O
the	O
wearer	O
to	O
be	O
attacked	O
by	O
animals	O
and	O
wild	O
primeval	O
creatures	O
and	O
,	O
worst	O
of	O
all	O
,	O
will	O
prohibit	O
surfing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
way	O
that	O
Greendog	B-Application
can	O
lift	O
the	O
curse	B-Application
is	O
to	O
travel	O
to	O
a	O
lost	O
Aztec	B-Application
civilization	O
and	O
track	O
down	O
six	O
pieces	O
of	O
a	O
sacred	O
Aztec	B-Application
treasure	O
which	O
were	O
scattered	O
across	O
the	O
Caribbean	O
Islands	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
pieces	O
can	O
be	O
put	O
back	O
together	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
so	O
that	O
Greendog	B-Application
can	O
remove	O
both	O
the	O
curse	B-Application
and	O
the	O
pendant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
some	O
homages	O
to	O
earlier	O
side-scrolling	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
as	O
the	O
character	O
often	O
has	O
to	O
swing	O
on	O
vines	B-Application
to	O
advance	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
tropical	O
jungle	O
or	O
in	O
an	O
ancient	O
Mesoamerican	O
temple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
October	O
1992	O
review	O
in	O
GameFan	O
Magazine	O
gave	O
Greendog	B-Application
a	O
rating	O
of	O
71.5	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
currently	O
has	O
some	O
positive	O
reviews	O
on	O
MobyGames	B-Application
which	O
praise	O
the	O
innovative	O
style	O
and	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
calypso	O
music	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
yet	O
also	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
platformer	O
genre	O
and	O
the	O
central	O
character	O
of	O
"	O
Greendog	B-Application
"	O
were	O
both	O
lacking	O
in	O
originality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
,	O
writer	O
Ashley	O
Day	O
criticized	O
Greendog	B-Application
,	O
though	O
she	O
also	O
stated	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
a	O
particularly	O
bad	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
