Taz-Mania (Master System)

For the Sega Mega Drive game, see Taz-Mania. For the Sega Game Gear game, see Taz-Mania (Game Gear).

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Taz-Mania
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Technical Wave
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Halifax (IT), Tec Toy (BR)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code EU 1992-12-10 7111 DE 1993-02 DM 89.9589.95 7111 PT 199x UK 1992-12-10 £27.9927.99 7111 IT 199x AU 199x BR 199x 027150 KR 199x

Taz-Mania for the Sega Master System is a platform game released in 1993. It is based on the cartoon series with the same name.

Story

Legends tell of the Lost Valley, a place where a number of rare animals live. The rarest of these animals is the Giant Seabird, whose enormous eggs are the largest in the world. Taz rushes away to find the Lost Valley and capture a Giant Seabird egg so he can have a giant omelette.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer where players control Taz the Tasmanian Devil. Taz walks with and and ducks with . He jumps with and jumps higher if the button is held longer. He spins into a tornado by holding , which can be used to attack enemies. If the player holds or while spinning, Taz moves quickly in that direction. He can also spin while in the air, which increases his aerial travel distance. Spinning can also be used to break blocks on some levels. Taz has a meter that indicates his spin power: it goes down quickly when he is spinning and recharges quickly when he is not spinning. If he runs out of spin power while spinning, he stops, so spinning can only be used in short bursts.

Taz has a health bar that goes down as he takes damage from enemies or hazards (such as spikes or fireballs). He loses a life if he runs out of health. Taz loses a life from bottomless pits and lava regardless of how much health he has remaining. The game ends if Taz runs out of lives, but it can be continued from the beginning of the level if the player has continues remaining.

Items

Taz eats items by walking into them. He knocks items off the screen by spinning into them.

	Roast Chicken
	Recovers part of Taz's health.
	Bomb
	Blows up and harms Taz.
	Star
	Grants Taz temporary invincibility.
	1-Up
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Marker
	Indicates the end of the level.

Levels

Each level has three segments, the last of which is a boss encounter.

	Plains
	Jungle
	Caves
	Ruins
	The Lost Valley

Versions

Unusually, the three different versions of the game for the Mega Drive, Master System, and Game Gear were all created by different developers. The Master System version is the only version of the game that was developed by a Japanese team.

Production credits

• Produce: Satoshi Namekawa
• Directer and Chief Programmer: Yohsuke Sakaushi
• Programmers: Yusuke Abe, Toshiki Nakajima
• Character Designer: Akira Takahashi
• Map Designer: Kakuya Osanai
• Music Composer: Satoshi Namekawa, Kouichi Shimamura
• Thanks to: Asou-san, Shimamura-san

©1992 Warner Bros. Inc.

©1992 Sega Inc.

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In-game credits (prototype version)

• Producer: Satoshi Namekawa
• Directer and Chief Programmer: Yohsuke Sakaushi
• Programmers: Yusuke Abe, Toshiki Nakajima
• Character Designer: Akira Takahashi
• Map Designer: Kakuya Osanai
• Music Composer: Takashi Masuzaki, Satoshi Namekawa, Kouichi Shimamura
• Thanks to: Hiroshi Asou, Masato Shimamura

©1992 Warner Bros. Inc.

©1992 Sega Inc.

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In-game credits (retail version)

Magazine articles

Main article: Taz-Mania (Master System)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) 92 Computer & Video Games (UK) 81 Computer + Video Giochi (IT) 81 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 71 Game Power (IT) 66 Gamers (DE) 53 HiScore (DK) PAL 73 Hobby Consolas (ES) 90 Joypad (FR) 92 Joystick (FR) PAL 90 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 71 Player One (FR) 68 Sega Power (UK) PAL 65 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 81 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 81 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 71 Sega Force (SE) 89 Sega Force (UK) PAL 71 Supersonic (FR) 89 Video Games (DE) PAL 56

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Taz-Mania (Master System)

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Master System, IT
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Master System, PT
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Master System, AU
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 7cc3e837 MD5 cfc878f0163933fcfcc89e134fbeb31f SHA-1 ac98f23ddc24609cb77bb13102e0386f8c2a4a76	256kB		Cartridge (EU)