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

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy

Animaniacs is a game developed by Konami as a tie-in to the Animaniacs television show. The game was released for the Mega Drive in 1994. An abridged version of this game was released for the Game Boy in 1995. An entirely different game was released for the SNES in 1994 (1997 in Japan).

Story

The Warner Brothers (and Warner Sister) Yakko, Wakko, and Dot decide to open up a hip-pop culture shop in order to become closer to their favorite movie stars. To this end, they travel across various movie sets in the Warner Brothers studio lot in order to retrieve movie memorabilia to sell. However, once they collect all the memorabilia, Pinky and the Brain attempt to steal them in order to further their world domination plans.

Gameplay

Studio select

The game is a puzzle platformer. Players control Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, controlling one at a time while the others follow. The character is moved around with and and jumps with . The player can switch the active character with . Each character has different capabilities, and the player must switch between them often to complete the various challenges presented by each level.

Yakko uses a paddle ball with to stun enemies. He can also push objects such as crates by moving toward them or pull them by holding when adjacent to them and moving away. Wakko can strike things with a mallet by pressing , which can be used to hit switches, break certain objects, and light fuses. Dot is able to blow kisses with , which, when used on certain characters, triggers certain actions needed to progress.

The Warner Brothers and Sister share health and lives. Their health is indicated by their faces on the top left of the screen. When they smile, they are healthy, but when they are looking either tired, unhappy, or weak, then they should find health soon (which is found in the form of food items). The player loses a life if a character runs out of health. Lives can be increased by obtaining either 100 stars or obtaining a small golden form of their faces. The levels are timed. The timer starts at 500 seconds and can be incremented by 100 seconds by finding an item. If time runs out, the player loses a life and restarts the level from the beginning of the current section with another 500 seconds.

Items

	Star
	Collect 100 for an extra life.
	Food
	Heals the characters for one hit point.
	Timer
	Adds 100 seconds to the remaining time for the level.
	Extra Life
	Awards the player with an extra life.
	Memorabilia
	Collect an item to complete the level.

Studios

The first four levels can be played in any order. The player must reach the end of each level and beat the boss to obtain a piece of movie memorabilia. Once they have been completed, a fifth level opens to obtain a final piece of movie memorabilia. After clearing all five levels, players travel to the final level where they must fight Pinky and the Brain.

	Introduction
	A brief introductory level.
	Bungle in the Jungle (The Adventures of Dirk Rugged VII)
	Retrieve Dirk Rugged's Hat. A parody of Indiana Jones.
	Space Trucking (Space Wars)
	Retrieve Dume Rayder's Helmet. A parody of Star Wars. Vic Viper, the signature spaceship of Konami's Gradius series, cameos as a moving platform.
	Remember the A La Mode (Swing 'em Low, Swing 'em High)
	Retrieve Jethro Anderson's Badge. A parody of Clint Eastwood westerns (such as Hang 'em High).
	To Scream or Not To Scream (Bloodmask: Part 32)
	Retrieve Janus' Mask. A parody of Friday the 13th.
	Once There Was a Man Named Oscar
	Retrieve the Felix Statue. A parody of the Academy Awards.
	Final Boss

Bonus Game

Bonus game

The player can find a bonus game hidden in the levels. The game is similar to a roulette wheel. The player bets stars on the odds that the wheel will stop on a particular character; the player can bet on multiple characters. The player can spin the wheel and decide when it stops. If it stops on a character for which the player has made a bet, the player is awarded the number of stars that they bet.

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^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Animaniacs/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

File:Animaniacs MD US TVAdvert.mp4

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)^[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)^[8]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) #2: "January 1995" (1994-12-01)^[9]

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

^[11]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

89

^[3]

Digitiser (UK)

76

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[14]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[15]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[16]

Freak (IL)

80

^[17]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[19]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

82

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

87

^[23]

Next Generation (US)

50

^[24]

Player One (FR)

80

^[25]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

83

^[26]

Sega Magazin (DE)

84

^[27]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[29]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[30]

Svet Kompjutera (YU)

84

^[31]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[32]

Super Juegos (ES)

89

^[33]

Todo Sega (ES)

88

^[34]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[35]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

72

^[36]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[37]

	77
Based on 28 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; 1994-1x-xx), page 30
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 33
↑ File:Animaniacs MD credits.pdf
↑ 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; 2003-03-10), page 19
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 15
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-03)
↑ 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 120
↑ 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
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 108
↑ 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; 1996-01-03), page 13
↑ Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
↑ 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; 1994-1x-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:Animaniacs_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Animaniacs MD credits.pdf

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_01.pdf_p132-7] Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 132

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p148-8] Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 148

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p106-9] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 106

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

[:File:1700_igr_dlya_Sega_2003.pdf_p19-11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-03-10), page 19

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

[digitiser1995-02-03-13] Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-03)

[:File:EGM_US_064.pdf_p42-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42

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

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

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

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p114-18] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 114

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p130-19] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p14-20] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14

[:File:Joypad_FR_037.pdf_p106-21] Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 106

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p120-22] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 120

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p66-23] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 66

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

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_047.pdf_p132-25] Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 132

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p108-26] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 108

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p24-27] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 24

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p86-28] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p64-29] Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p64-30] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 64

[:File:SvetKompjutera_YU_142143.pdf_p88-31] Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p13-32] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 13

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_033.pdf_p84-33] Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p48-34] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 48

[35] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p42-36] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 42

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p105-37] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 105

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Animaniacs

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Studios

Bonus Game

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References