Animaniacs

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Animaniacs

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Konami

Distributor: Majesco Sales (US re-release)

Sound driver: Konami/Vampire Killer

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-11^[1]		T-95176
US (Classics)	199x		T-95176
EU	1994-12^[2]		T-95176-50
DE	199x	DM 119.95119.95^[5]	T-95176-50
UK	1994-12^[2]	£49.9949.99^[3]	T-95176-50
AU	1994	$109.95109.95^[4]	FANI03SMC
BR	1997-12		048350

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Animaniacs is a series of games developed by Konami as tie-ins to the Animaniacs television show. Games in the series were released for the Mega Drive, Game Boy, and SNES (only the SNES version was released in Japan). The Mega Drive and Game Boy versions play identically; the SNES version is a different game. The Mega Drive and SNES versions were released in 1994 (1997 for Japan), the Game Boy version in 1995. An Spanish-language fan translation was released in February 2018.

Gameplay

Animaniacs is a platform game where the player controls the Warner Brothers (and Warner Sister) Yakko, Wakko and Dot. You control only one at a time (switching with ); the others will follow you. jumps. does a special move of the character: Yakko hits enemies with his paddleball, Wakko hits things with a mallet (which he can also use to spark bombs), and Dot shoots hearts from kisses. Yakko can also push objects by running into them. After getting through a level, you are taken to an overworld screen where you select a level by going in front of a building and hitting .

Studios

	Bungle In the Jungle

	Space Trucking
	Vic Viper, the signature spaceship of Konami's Gradius series, cameos as a moving platform.
	Remember the A La Mode

	To Scream or Not To Scream

	Once there was a man named Oscar

	Final boss

Versions

Unlike most other Konami releases, this games was partially PAL optimized. The music plays at the correct speed, the gameplay is slower. There is no known fix for this game.

Production credits

Director: Harry Nitta
System Programmer: Koji Komata
System Program Adviser: Kenichiro Horio
SFX & Characters Programmer: Shousuke "Mac" Harada
Demo Story & Characters Programmer: Tsuyoshi Uoya
Sound Design: Kiyoshi "K-Mu" Murai
Graphic Designers: Teisaku Seki, Koji Yamada, Reika Bando, Kazue Tachinami, Junichi Murakami
Demo Story Written by: Jeremy Blaustein
Package & Manual Design: Kay Wolf Jones, Kevin O'Donohue, Randy Severin
Licensing Manager: Kathie McCarthy
Special Adviser: Michael Gallo, Allen Richardson, Jon Sloan
Special Thanks to: Kenji Hiraoka, Jun Narita, Masahiro Ueno, Kazuhiro "David" Ueda, Masa Otani, Steve Johnson, Sino & Shiro
Special Thanks to Warner Bros.: Holly Stein, Catherine Sollecito, Laetitia May, John Crumlish
Supervisor: Yutaka Haruki
Producer: Tomikazu Kirita

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Animaniacs/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Play media

US TV Advert

Print advert in GamesMaster (UK) #23: "November 1994" (1994-10-20)
also published in:

Ultimate Future Games (UK) #1: "December 1994" (1994-11-01)^[6]
Computer & Video Games (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)^[7]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) #2: "January 1995" (1994-12-01)^[8]

Print advert in Joypad (FR) #36: "Novembre 1994" (1994-1x-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (DE) #1995-01: "Januar 1995" (1994-12-23)
also published in:

MAN!AC (DE) #1995-03: "03/95" (1995-02-08)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[10]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

89

^[3]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[13]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[14]

Freak (IL)

80

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[17]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

82

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

87

^[21]

Next Generation (US)

50

^[22]

Player One (FR)

80

^[23]

Sega Magazin (DE)

84

^[24]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[27]

Svet Kompjutera (YU)

84

^[28]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[29]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[30]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

72

^[31]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[32]

	76
Based on 24 reviews

Animaniacs

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Classics)
Cover

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	86224d86
MD5	ce0a42a75a9e374cf5092f34bf6927b7
SHA-1	7e9d70b5172b4ea9e1b3f5b6009325fa39315a7c

1MB

1994-11

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	92b6f255
MD5	85b4c7b4b839e5b3614ae7b218129e12
SHA-1	c474d13afb04bfdb291cfabe43ffc0931be42dbc

1MB

1994-11

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 11
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 86
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 65
↑ Sega Megazone, "December 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 30
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 33
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 132
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 148
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 106
↑ GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 78
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 15
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 289
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 114
↑ GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 106
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 87
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 66
↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 132
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 24
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86
↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 64
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 42
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 105

Animaniacs

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p11-1] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 11

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p86-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 86

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p65-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 65

[:File:Megazone_AU_46.pdf_p30-4] Sega Megazone, "December 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-03.pdf_p33-5] 5.0 ^5.1 MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 33

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_01.pdf_p132-6] Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 132

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p148-7] Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 148

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p106-8] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 106

[9] GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 78

[:File:1700_igr_dlya_Sega_2003.pdf_p19-10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-xx-xx), page 19

[11] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 15

[:File:EGM_US_064.pdf_p42-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 289

[14] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23

[15] Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p114-16] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 114

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p130-17] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p14-18] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14

[:File:Joypad_FR_037.pdf_p106-19] Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 106

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p87-20] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 87

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p66-21] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 66

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p101-22] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_047.pdf_p132-23] Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 132

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p24-24] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 24

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p86-25] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p64-26] Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p64-27] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 64

[:File:SvetKompjutera_YU_142143.pdf_p88-28] Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p13-29] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 13

[30] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p42-31] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 42

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p105-32] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 105

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Animaniacs

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Studios

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References