Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy

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Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy
System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher:
Sega Game Gear
Sega
Sega Master System
Tec Toy
Developer:
Licensor: Nickelodeon
Genre: Action[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
US
$39.9939.99[3][4] 2519
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Game Gear
EU
2519
Sega Game Gear
UK
2519
Sega Game Gear
AU
$99.9599.95[6]
Sega Master System
BR
028540
Tectoy: Todas as Idades

Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy is a platform game for the Sega Game Gear. It was also released for the Sega Master System exclusively in Brazil, although a European release was listed for March 1994.[7]

Story

Stimpy finds a pair of hooves. Ren concludes that the Great Shaven Yak must have left them there on Yak Shaving Day. Ren and Stimpy begin a journey to find the Shaven Yak and return his hooves to him to save Yak Shaving Day.

Gameplay

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Character select

The game is a side-scrolling platformer. Before each stage, the player can choose between Ren Höek and Stimpy the Cat. Each character has his separate own health bar and lives. The characters move with Left and Right and crouch with Down. They jump with 2. They can launch a projectile, throwing toothbrushes for Ren or hurling a hairball for Stimpy, with 1. The projectile can be angled upward with Up+1 or fired while crouching with Down+1. Some enemies cannot be defeated and must be evaded instead.

Ren has an extra high jump with Up+1; Stimpy, instead, does a ground stomp with Up+1 that can break branches. Both abilities can be used to access hidden areas that the other character cannot reach. Logs and canoes sometimes appear to act as floating platforms.

Each character's health is represented by baby bottle nipples, up to five, and goes down by half a point each time the character takes damage. There are items scattered throughout the stages that replenish the character's health or provide extra lives. The character's health is retained from stage to stage. The character loses a life when he runs out of health. A character becomes unavailable to play after losing all of his lives. Once both characters lose all of their lives, the game ends, but the player starts the game with three continues.

Items

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Toast
Changes the character's weapon to the Toast, which moves in erratic circles.
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Soap
Changes the character's weapon to the Soap, which launches bubbles upwards.
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Remote Control
Changes the character's weapon to the Remote Control, which zaps bolts forwards.
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Happy Helmet
Renders the character temporarily invulnerable.
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Money Bag
Restores half a point of health, up to five.
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TV, Canteen, Boots, Roast Chicken, Ear Muffs
Restores half a point of health, up to five. These change depending on the current stage.
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Fire Hydrant
Checkpoint where Ren or Stimpy is revived after losing a life.
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Shaving Scum
Awards the player with an extra life.
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Walking Crock-O-Stimpy
Catch to earn an extra life.

Stages

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The Blacker Than Black Forest

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The Stinking Dry Desert

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The Stinking Wet Bayou

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The Perilous Mt. Hoëk

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The Great Frozen North

Production credits

Source:
US manual
QftSY gg us manual.pdf
[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Game Gear print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #14: "Mayo 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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NL flyer
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Physical scans

Master System version

Master System, BR
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Cover
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Cart
QuestForTheShavenYakSMSBrManual.pdf
Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
62
[9]
Freak (IL)
87
[10]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
84
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[11]
Joypad (FR) PAL
73
[12]
Mega Force (FR)
82
[13]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
65
[14]
Player One (FR) PAL
83
[15]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
54
[16]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
68
[18]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
70
[19]
Todo Sega (ES)
85
[20]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[3]
Sega Game Gear
75
Based on
14 reviews

Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
QftSY gg us manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 f42e145c
MD5 58b89d62438407f242bbe713f1d945ca
SHA-1 418ea57fdbd06aca4285447db2ecb2b0392a178d
512kB Cartridge (BR)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 6c451ee1
MD5 42854dd79bf57019a26ddd73e12b68ac
SHA-1 83bc52f669183f99accb078a454f786b5e320e40
512kB Cartridge (US/EU)

References


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