Fido Dido

Fido Dido
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Kaneko USA
Developer: Teeny Weeny Games
Supporting companies: Krisalis Software (audio)
Planned release date(s): 1993-10, 1993-11, 1994-02, 1994-04
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
State before cancellation: Late in development
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
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Fido Dido is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive platform game based on the cartoon character Fido Dido, which serves as 7-Up's mascot internationally and Slice's mascot in the US. Developed by Teeny Weeny Games and scheduled to be published by Kaneko in November 1993 (later pushed back as far as April 1994), the game was virtually complete when the bankruptcy of Kaneko USA forced its ultimate cancellation.

Gameplay

Passwords

Level	Password
Level 2	ALLISFAIR
Level 3	SOFTWAREWOLF
Level 4	BONETOPICK
Level 5	FEAROFFLYING
Level 6	SINCORSWIM
Ending	YIPPIEEAYEAY

History

Despite the game being reportedly finished, Fido Dido was cancelled for unknown reasons, though a ROM of the complete game has since been dumped. Pirated versions of the game have also been spotted, and its widespread circulation frequently leads to the misconception this game was officially released. Fido Dido even got to the stage where it was given cover art in the US and rated by Sega's Videogame Rating Council (as GA). It was also demonstrated at CES 1993.

The reasoning behind Fido Dido's cancellation is unknown, possibly due to license reasons with Fido Dido, Inc. and its licensor at that time United Features Syndicate, which may have been a factor. Furthermore, Kaneko's US arm was closed during this period, leading to the cancellation of other games such as Socks the Cat Rocks the House. There was also reportedly a SNES version in development, though this has yet to be unearthed.

A UK version said to be "out now" was reviewed in the Easter 1994 issue of Sega Pro magazine.

Production credits

• Production from Kaneko: Jeff Hill
• Director, casting, editing, design and production: Angela Sutherland
• Principal programmer: Paul Laidlaw
• Sets, characters and wardrobe: Paul Mitchell
• Assistant programmer: Brian Rogers
• Key grips, assistant graphics and testing: Guillaume Camus
• Music converted by: Matt Furniss

Source:

In-game credits

Artwork

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  Prototype cover (early)

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  Prototype cover

Magazine articles

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Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 85 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 54 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 70 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 73 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 44 Mega (UK) NTSC-U 55 MegaTech (UK) PAL 82 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 75 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 83 SuperGamePower (BR) 74 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 73

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Based on 12 reviews

Fido Dido

Main article: Fido Dido/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Fido Dido, along with other Kaneko USA mascots, appear on the cover of Playthings magazine, June 1992.

Kaneko USA's invitation for their Summer CES 1993 announcements and cocktail party.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1 fa69728de541321a5d55fd2c11ce8222d7daac45	1MB	1993-10				(382 kB) (info)	Page

References

7 Up games for Sega systems
	Cool Spot (1993) | Fido Dido (unreleased) | Spot Goes to Hollywood (1995)
	Cool Spot (1993)
	Cool Spot (1993)
	Spot Goes to Hollywood (unreleased)
	Spot Goes to Hollywood (1997) | Miru Kiku Asobu Fido Dido JiuQ BOX (unreleased)