Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: U.S. Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Alexandria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings is a platform game developed by Alexandria and published by U.S. Gold for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive. It features Izzy, the mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics, hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Izzy has to collect the five olympic rings, which have been captured by various enemies across the world.
Contents
Magazine articles
- Main article: Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Unreleased versions
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System(s): Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear |
Publisher: U.S. Gold |
Planned release date: 1995-06[1] |
Sega Game Gear and Sega 32X versions were planned, but cancelled. In the US, the Game Gear version was set to be released around the same period as the Mega Drive port (in Q1 1995), with a price tag of $49.95 USD.
Technical information
ROM dump status
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2MB | 1995-03 | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 149
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 35
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 33
- ↑ 576 KByte, "Április 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 48
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 71
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 98
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1996" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 18
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 74
Olympics-Themed Games By Sega or On Sega Consoles |
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Official Games |
Olympic Gold (1992) | Winter Olympics (1994) | Olympic Summer Games (1996) | (not Sega; 1998) | Sydney 2000 (2000) | (not Sega; 2002, 2004, 2006) | Beijing 2008 (2008) | Vancouver 2010 (2010) | London 2012 (2012) | Tokyo 2020 (2019) |
Mario & Sonic |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) | Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019) | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020) |
Other |
Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (1995) | Olympic Soccer (1996) |