Alfred the Chicken is one of those weird, charming NES games that feels like it was dreamed up at 3 AM. You play as a chicken—yes, just a regular chicken—navigating through surreal levels packed with floating telephones, giant cheese wheels, and way too many balloons. At first, it seems simple: you peck stuff, jump around, and avoid enemies. But then you realize Alfred can dive bomb, which is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds.

If you slam into an enemy mid-air, they explode (satisfying). If you hit a spring, you go flying (also satisfying). But miss, and you’ll faceplant into the ground, stuck for a second like an actual chicken who just made a terrible life choice. The controls take a minute to get used to, but once you do, bouncing around like a feathered wrecking ball is weirdly fun. Just don’t expect anything to make sense—this game has its own bizarre logic.