Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Tia Nastacia (Aunt Anastacia) is sick, and Dr. Caramujo (Dr. Snails) is called
to examine her. And he’s got some good and bad news. Good news is that she can
be cured. Bad news is that, to prepare the medicine, he’ll need five rare
ingredients: bat’s blood, Saci’s hat, Curupira’s salsaparrilha bat, Iara’s
hair and a tear from Cuca. To make things even worse, next night will be a
full moon, and if Tia Nastacia doesn’t get cured until then, she’ll sleep for
100 years! So, Pedrinho (Pete) and Emilia (Emily) are sent to bring the
ingredients and cure Tia Nastacia.
S itio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Ranch in English) is based on
the works of Monteiro Lobato, a Brazilian writer. One or two players (in hot-
seat mode) can choose to play either the boy Pedrinho (or Pete, in the English
version of the books) or the rag doll Emilia (Emily in the English version).
The items they must gather are based on Brazilian folklore.
Gameplay consists in basic side-scrolling/platforming. Either characters can
jump (button 2), run (either pressing the D-pad twice to a direction, or
holding a button and the D-pad to a direction), shoot (button 1), and duck.
The game has four levels (one for each ingredient, the last one with two of
them), all set in the ranch, with indoor levels, underwater levels, caves and
such.
Each character starts with 3 lives. They have a health bar, which can be
replenished by gathering items such as nests with eggs, or by freeing birds
from cages. The enemies faced are most animals, such as bats, bugs, spiders,
snakes, piranhas, jaguars and monkeys.
All in game text is in Portuguese.
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo