It's a video nightmare! While playing a mysterious video game cartridge that arrived in the mail Jimmy and Charlie, national video game champions, were captured and warped to an alternate dimensions by th evil emperor, Critic. For his amusement Jimmy and Charlie are forced to fight Critic's evil creations on the four Dream Worlds: Medieval World, Egyptian World, Prehistoric World, and Future World. If Jimmy and Charlie can successfully collect nine hidden puzzle pieces from each level and overcome the obstacles in their way there is a chance that they can defeat Critic and destroy his power forever. But let it be known, for the thousands of years Critic has been in power no one has ever survived the challenge and none have ever escaped... alive!