<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
KID	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
focuses	O
the	O
player	O
on	O
avoiding	O
obstacles	O
by	O
running	O
,	O
dashing	O
,	O
and	O
jumping	O
,	O
while	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
automatically	O
runs	O
forward	O
through	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
frequently	O
compared	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
to	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
and	O
commented	O
on	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
its	O
price	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
low	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pepsiman	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
stages	O
,	O
each	O
divided	O
into	O
smaller	O
segments	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
involving	O
the	O
superhero	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
saving	O
a	O
person	O
who	O
is	O
dehydrated	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
military	O
man	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
a	O
desert	O
,	O
by	O
giving	O
him	O
a	O
can	O
of	O
Pepsi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
with	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
automatically	O
running	O
forward	O
through	O
the	O
stages	O
,	O
sometimes	O
running	O
through	O
homes	O
and	O
other	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
himself	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
dodge	O
obstacles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
cars	O
,	O
construction	O
cranes	O
,	O
and	O
people	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Pepsi-branded	O
obstacles	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
Pepsi	O
truck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
stages	O
,	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
's	O
head	O
becomes	O
stuck	O
inside	O
a	O
steel	O
drum	O
,	O
which	O
inverts	O
the	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
,	O
he	O
rides	O
on	O
a	O
skateboard	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
to	O
player	O
to	O
avoid	O
all	O
obstacles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
each	O
stage	O
is	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
checkpoints	O
;	O
if	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
gets	O
hit	O
by	O
obstacles	O
too	O
many	O
times	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
restart	O
from	O
the	O
latest	O
checkpoint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
stage	O
ends	O
with	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
being	O
chased	O
by	O
an	O
object	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
giant	O
Pepsi	O
can	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
between	O
stages	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
shown	O
videos	O
of	O
an	O
American	O
man	O
(	O
played	O
by	O
Mike	O
Butters	O
)	O
drinking	O
Pepsi	O
and	O
eating	O
chips	O
and	O
pizza	O
as	O
he	O
watches	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pepsiman	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
Pepsi	O
's	O
mascot	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
Pepsi	O
's	O
Japanese	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
,	O
whose	O
fictional	O
backstory	O
says	O
he	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
scientist	O
who	O
transformed	O
into	O
a	O
superhero	O
after	O
coming	O
into	O
contact	O
with	O
"	O
Holy	O
Pepsi	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
Japanese	O
Pepsi	O
commercials	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Fighting	B-Application
Vipers	I-Application
;	O
he	O
became	O
popular	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
spawning	O
related	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Lemon	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
and	O
Pepsiwoman	O
,	O
and	O
Pepsi	O
decided	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
character	O
with	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Uchikoshi	O
's	O
first	O
job	O
;	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
hired	O
to	O
plan	O
video	O
game	O
adaptations	O
of	O
board	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
ended	O
up	O
being	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
instead	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
already	O
in	O
progress	O
when	O
he	O
joined	O
KID	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
KID	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
on	O
March	O
4	O
,	O
1999	O
;	O
while	O
an	O
American	O
publisher	O
was	O
looking	O
into	O
acquiring	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
remained	O
Japan-exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writers	O
for	O
Famitsu	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
super-simple	O
"	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Metro-Cross	B-Application
and	O
Paperboy	B-Device
,	O
and	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
IGN	O
also	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
described	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
simplistic	O
 [ and ] 	O
route	O
memorization-based	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
thing	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
remembered	O
for	O
was	O
its	O
"	O
extremely	O
bizarre	O
premise	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Allistair	O
Pinsof	O
at	O
Destructoid	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
mix	O
between	O
Paperboy	B-Device
and	O
Muscle	B-Application
March	I-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
complexity	O
and	O
pace	O
,	O
and	O
compared	O
the	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Justin	O
Amirkhani	O
at	O
Complex	O
included	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
company-branded	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
"	O
did	O
n't	O
suck	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
had	O
not	O
aged	O
well	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
mechanically	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Temple	B-Application
Run	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Amirkhani	O
called	O
his	O
favorite	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
is	O
not	O
a	O
bad	O
game	O
for	O
people	O
with	O
quick	O
reflexes	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
they	O
can	O
stand	O
the	O
high	O
amount	O
of	O
advertising	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
he	O
claimed	O
that	O
Pepsiman	B-Application
was	O
the	O
advergame	B-Application
with	O
the	O
largest	O
amount	O
of	O
"	O
logos-per-second	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
number	O
18	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
20	O
Greatest	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Games	O
You	O
've	O
Never	O
Played	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
