Cans

Cans, by inmate2993, is a series of comedy games starring Chuck Flemwas. It is perhaps best known as one of the first MZX games to feature cameos of the active MZXers of the time, and has served as the inspiration for many imitation ("Cans-style") games, such as Idiocy and Life of Mr. Ascii. For the most part, the Cans series takes place in The Bronx, with Chuck eventually making his way to Planet #megazeux, Planet Badness, and Barkness.

Story

Cans deals with the apparently ongoing conflict between Inmate and his little brother Robert. Chuck is always pulled along to aid Inmate in his attempts at stopping Robert, much to Chuck's dismay.

Characters

Chuck Flemwas

A character that somehow manages to embody both Beavis and Butthead into one person. Chuck is always armed with a slingshot and an infinite supply of high explosives, though more often than not there is little reason to use either of them. No matter where he works, Chuck always ends up being employed as a janitor. He resents being dragged into Inmate's business, and really just wants to have fun by any means necessary.

Of the six party members that can be acquired in Cans 3, Chuck is the only one that does not attack with a melee weapon. This does not affect his damage at all.

Guy

Although he is a fully grown adult, Guy enjoys spending his time in front of the television, watching the Mostly Morphine Powder Strangers.

Cindy

Cindy first appears in Cans 3, somehow inexplicably on a date with Chuck.

Inmate

The creator of the game, manifested as a smiley with sunglasses.

Robert

The primary antagonist.

Notable MZXer Cameos

Exophase

Exo, appearing here as gaK, is presumably only included as a plot device so that the main characters may steal his airship. Most often, said airship is crashed into a building of some sort.

Zixyer

Zixyer, first appearing in Cans 2, explains most (if not all) of the major plot details to the main characters by way of Sivion-style cutscenes. He has his own theme song, Da Zixyer Rave.

Rook Eldain

Though not actually an MZXer (rather, the creation of one), Rook appears in both Cans 2 and 3. In Cans 2, he aids Chuck in fighting Monthigos in an RPG battle (Chuck is given the option to throw Rook at Monthigos, which causes more damage). In Cans 3, Rook appears just for the sake of appearing (and in this appearance, Rook uses Sivion-style conversation windows for a brief moment).

Trivia

• Cans is arguably one of the most popular/famous MZX games of all time, rivaling other games like Caverns of Zeux.
• Inmate planned to make Cans 4, but the project was cancelled. All that remains of it is its music, which Inmate had uploaded to his website.
• Chuck Flemwas appears in Kuddy's game, BLARGFRDRGMAHAG!, as one of the objects that Slap can throw at enemies.
• Chuck's name also appears in Inmate's MegaZeux Combat Trainer, as one of the high-score rankings.