Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

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Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer: Marvel Software, Teeny Weeny Games, The Black Team
Distributor: Sega-Ozisoft (Australia), Buena Vista Home Video, S.A. (Spain), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Sound driver: Martin Walker
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1 (Single-player)
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-11 $49.9949.99 T-81416 EU 1994-12 T-81416-50 UK 1994-12 £44.9944.99 T-81416-50 AU 199x $129.95129.95 FWOL04SMC BR 199x 046730

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is a side-scrolling action game by Marvel Software and Teeny Weeny Games tying into the X-Men franchise. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994.

A Japanese version was planned and even dated for release on the 13th January 1995, but was cancelled.

Story

Wolverine

Recalling how Weapon X and Professor Thornton experimented upon him, Wolverine resolves to discover the secrets of his past. In his quest, he travels through a Weapon X facility, and then to the mountains, fighting off several attackers. Professor X contacts Wolverine to warn him of danger, but he refuses the X-Men's help, intent on settling things himself.

Gameplay

The game is an action platformer played as the mutant Wolverine. Stages are usually large with multiple floors, and Wolverine often must find and activate switches to progress. Wolverine moves with and . He jumps with ; pressing again after jumping performs a whirling attack, which extends the reach of Wolverine's jump. He crouches with . He rolls in the direction he is facing with + or performs a pouncing attack with + or +. He kicks with ; pressing twice quickly performs a roundhouse kick. He slashes using his claws with or does a backhand slash with . He extends his claws in both directions for a two-way attack with +. He enters doorways and elevators with , climbs ladders with and , and climbs walls and trees using his claws with after jumping onto them.

Wolverine's health is depicted as percentage in the top-left of the screen. His health recovers slowly over time because of his mutant healing power. He loses a life if he runs out of health, and the game ends if he runs out of lives. There are no continues, but there is a password system for continuing. Additionally, the android Elsie-Dee pursues Wolverine throughout each stage, shown as a bar in the bottom-right of the screen. She blows up and kills him if she catches him, acting as a timer for the stage.

Items

	Health
	Partially restores Wolverine's health.
	Free Life
	Gives the player an extra life.

Stages

	The Secret Laboratory
	A Chill Is in the Air
	Password: MARIKO  Bosses: Albert, Lurker
	Fury in the Forest
	Password: SILVER FOX  Bosses: Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth
	Lunar Hallucinations
	Password: DEPARTMENT H  Bosses: Cyber
	Into the Inner Circle
	Password: MADRIPOOR
	Descent into the Dungeon
	Password: ASANO  Bosses: Shinobi Shaw
	In the Sewers Beneath New York City
	Password: THE HUDSONS  Bosses: Bloodscream, Trevor Fitzroy

Versions

Both PAL and NTSC version are on the same cartridge and can be accessed by modifying the system's region settings. Aside from the usual speed differences, they are identical.

Acclaim Entertainment commissioned a different version of the game for the Super NES, which was developed by Bits Studios and published under LJN branding. Both versions differ drastically in content and gameplay.

Production credits

Acclaim Development by "The Black Team"

• Producer: Mark Flitman
• Associate Producers: Ken Kajikawa, Tyrone Miller, Doug Yellin
• Analysts: Michael Archer, J.J.Mazziotto
• Special Thanks to: Mike Thomas, Dana Moreshead, Lisa Geisenheimer, CP McBee, Carol Caratciolo, Mike Hong, Linda Spelman, Simon Gouldstone, Joe Allocco, Nat Gunter, John Dempster

TWG Development

• Programming/Graphics/Maps: Paul Laidlaw, Ian Richards
• Sprites Drawn by: David Swan, Warren Hawkes, Damien Rochford, Ben Willsher
• Backgrounds: Karl D'Costa, Tahir Rashad, Paul Mitchell
• Music: Jason Page, Rob Lord
• Compression: Nick Pelling
• Original Design: Angela Sutherland

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #3: "Janvier 1995" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Cool Gamer (RU) 50 Computer & Video Games (UK) 89 Computer + Video Giochi (IT) 78 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 43 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 50 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 85 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 50 Gamers (DE) PAL 40 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 74 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 47 Joypad (FR) PAL 81 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 63 Mega (UK) PAL 67 Mega Force (FR) PAL 80 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 89 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Player One (FR) 49 Play Time (DE) 61 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 87 Sega Power (UK) PAL 72 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 76 Sega Mega Drive Review (RU) 72 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 82 Video Games (DE) PAL 46

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