Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)

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Asterix and the Great Rescue

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Core Design

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR), Consumer Electronics (ZA)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-06^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	1532
US ▼ (Sega Channel)	199x	SUBsub
EU	1993-10^[3]		1532-50
DE	1993	DM 110110^[6]	1532-50
PT	1993
UK	1993-10^[3]^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]	1532-50
SE (Rental)	199x
IT	199x		1532-50
AU	199x		FAST03SMC
BR	1994		046180
ZA	199x

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Astérix and the Great Rescue (known during development simply as Astérix) is a platforming game developed by Core Design and published by Sega and released in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in the US and Europe. It was the first Sega game to tie into the Asterix series of comic books and other media. A different such game was released for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.

Story

Gaul is almost completely occupied by the Roman Empire; the only plot of land remaining is the small town where Astérix and his friend Obelix live. While the town has been able to stalemate the Romans in the surrounding areas until then, the Romans did capture and imprison the town druid, Getafix, and their pet Dogmatix in Rome, and the two main characters must now set off to Rome to free them.

Gameplay

You can play as either Astérix or Obelix by selecting one before each level from a map screen. Both characters may jump with , punch with , and crawl by holding and a direction at the same time. Should a character collect a bag scattered about the levels, they receive a limited number of balls they can throw at enemies with . There are at least two types of balls; one is shot to destroy enemies, the other to create platforms you can stand on; choose with +.

Levels

	The Gaulish Village

	Roman Encampment
	Password: `INSULA`

	The Forest
	Password: `CONDOR`

	Germany
	Password: `VIENNA`

	A Roman Galley
	Password: `AVALON`

	Rome
	Password: `DULCIS`

Production credits

Main Programming: Stef Walker
Graphics and Game Design: Jerr O Carroll
Music and Sound FX: Nathan McCree
Level Design and Other Graphics: Richard Morton
Presentation Code: Dan Scott
Music Driver: Sean Dunlevy
Gameplay: Bob
Technical Support and Divine Help: Mac Avory
Other Graphics: Billy Allison, Gary Bot Masey
Producer: Ken Lockley
Game Testing: Dazza, AJ, JJ, Buller, Rattle Snake, Lizzy, Yappa, Andy
Special Thanks to: Chris Long, Simon Phipps, John Kirkland, Roberto Cirillo and Linda Taylor

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

NL TV advert (1993)

FI advert (1995)

Print advert in (ES) #18: "Octubre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

(ES) #25: "Octubre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in (FR) #25: "Novembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)

Print advert in (DE) #2: "November/Dezember 1993" (1993-11-03)

Print advert in (ES) #19: "Noviembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

(ES) #26: "Noviembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[8]
(ES) #9: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)^[9]

Print advert in (ES) #20: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in (IL) #15: "1/94" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

(IL) #16: "2/94" (1994-xx-xx)^[10]

Print advert in Hacker (HR) #5: "03-04/1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(RU)

70

^[11]

(DE)

67

^[12]

(FR)

80

^[13]

(US)

NTSC-U

67

^[14]

(US)

NTSC-U

52

^[15]

(RU)

80

^[16]

(RU)

70

^[17]

(US)

NTSC-U

61

^[18]

(US)

NTSC-U

73

^[19]

(US)

NTSC-U

67

^[20]

(AU)

81

^[21]

(FR)

PAL

88

^[22]

(DE)

PAL

59

^[6]

(UK)

PAL

84

^[23]

(UK)

PAL

80

^[5]

(FR)

86

^[24]

(DE)

PAL

71

^[25]

(UK)

PAL

62

^[26]

(UK)

PAL

55

^[27]

(FR)

65

^[28]

(DE)

75

^[29]

(UK)

PAL

78

^[30]

(UK)

PAL

74

^[31]

(SE)

PAL

78

^[32]

(BR)

60

^[33]

(UK)

PAL

70

^[34]

(ES)

89

^[35]

(RU)

71

^[36]

(DE)

PAL

65

^[37]

(US)

NTSC-U

40

^[2]

	71
Based on 30 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU (Made in Japan)
Cover
Cart Manual Manual (back) PCB PCB (alt)

Mega Drive, EU (Assembled in U.K.)
Cover
Cart Manual Manual (back) PCB

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover
Cart Manual EU Manual

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Hent Orange)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, ZA
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)/Technical information.

References

↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 31
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 30
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 43
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 91
↑ Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 22
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 25
↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 124
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 84
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 46
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 21
↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
↑ Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 96
↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 70
↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 80
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-10-xx), page 92
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152
↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 34
↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78
↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 34
↑ Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 16
↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 30th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 12
↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 56
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 105

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Astérix games for Sega systems
	Astérix (1991) \| Astérix and the Secret Mission (1993) \| Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
	Astérix and the Secret Mission (1994) \| Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
	Astérix and the Great Rescue (1993) \| Astérix and the Power of the Gods (1995)

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p28-1] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:VideoGames_US_65.pdf_p70-2] 2.0 ^2.1 VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:Mega_UK_14.pdf_p31-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 31

[:File:SegaPro_UK_25.pdf_p30-4] Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 30

[:File:MegaAction_UK_08.pdf_p24-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p43-6] 6.0 ^6.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_025.pdf_p26-7] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_026.pdf_p23-8] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:TodoSega_ES_09.pdf_p91-9] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 91

[:File:Freak_IL_16.pdf_p22-10] Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 22

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-03.pdf_p25-12] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 25

[13] Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 124

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_20.pdf_p84-14] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p34-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[16] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291

[17] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0707.pdf_p46-18] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p50-19] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:GameInformer_US_016.pdf_p21-20] Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 21

[:File:Hyper_AU_003.pdf_p68-21] Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Joypad_FR_024.pdf_p104-22] Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 104

[:File:Mega_UK_14.pdf_p30-23] Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30

[:File:MegaForce_FR_21.pdf_p96-24] Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 96

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-11.pdf_p70-25] Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 70

[:File:MegaTech_UK_23.pdf_p80-26] MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 80

[:File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf_p92-27] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-10-xx), page 92

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_037.pdf_p152-28] Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_02.pdf_p34-29] Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 34

[:File:SegaPower_UK_48.pdf_p78-30] Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78

[:File:SegaZone_UK_12.pdf_p34-31] Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 34

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_01.pdf_p16-32] Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 16

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_002.pdf_p32-33] SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32

[34] Sonic the Comic, "October 30th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 12

[:File:TodoSega_ES_08.pdf_p56-35] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 56

[36] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-10.pdf_p105-37] Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 105

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Astérix games for Sega systems
	Astérix (1991) \| Astérix and the Secret Mission (1993) \| Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
	Astérix and the Secret Mission (1994) \| Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
	Astérix and the Great Rescue (1993) \| Astérix and the Power of the Gods (1995)

Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Levels

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

References