McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

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McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Distributor: Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: McDonald's Corporation
Sound driver: SMPS 68000 (Treasure)
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 G-4102
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[3] 1067
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1067
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£44.9944.99[4] 1067
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$119.95119.95[5]
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		044810
Sega Mega Drive
AS 		G-4102

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (マクドナルド トレジャーランド・アドベンチャー), written in the United States as McDonald's Treasureland Adventure, is a Sega Mega Drive platform game developed by Treasure and published by Sega. Endorsed by and based off characters from American fast food company McDonald's, the game was first released in Japan in September 1993, was later localized and brought to the United States three months later, to Europe six months later, and was eventually published in Australia and Brazil later that year.

In March 1994, McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure received a redesigned port to the Sega Game Gear exclusively in Japan as Donald no Magical World, courtesy of developer SIMS.

Story

Ronald McDonald, the mascot of the McDonald's chain, discovers a piece of a treasure map while walking in the Magical Forest one day, and decides to go on a treasure hunt with it. There are three other map pieces, each in the hands of villains Ronald must defeat on the treasure hunt he decides to take.

Gameplay

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Shop

The game is a platformer played as Ronald McDonald. It has four worlds, each split into a number of smaller stages. The object of each stage is to get to the exit that leads to the next, avoiding hazards and destroying enemies on the way. Ronald walks with Left and Right and crouches with Down. He jumps with C and jumps down from some platforms with Down+C. He has a magic attack performed by pressing B, which can be upgraded by collecting certain power-up icons. This attack can be done while crouching or jumping. Ronald has a magic scarf that can be thrown upwards with A to hang from handles. He holds the scarf out while the button is held and springs upwards past the handle when the button is released, which can be used to reach higher platforms.

Ronald's health is measured in a meter of magic jewels in the bottom-left of the screen. A special power-up can increase the number of jewels that can be held at one time, increasing Ronald's maximum health. If Ronald loses all of his jewels, he loses a life. Yellow and white flowers can also be collected, and if Ronald collects two yellow flowers or three white flowers, he earns a jewel back. If he is at full health, the flowers are stored until Ronald takes damage, giving him an extra hit. Ronald can also collect balloons, activated when he falls into a pit, using them up and floating Ronald to safety instead of having him lose a life.

Certain doors, when entered, lead to a shop where Ronald can use collected gold to purchase extra power-ups, like jewels, flowers, and extra lives. Other doors lead to a bonus game where the player must control and rotate falling blocks, matching the shapes on them to earn extra power-ups.

Near the end of each world, Ronald meets another McDonald's character, who requires a few jewels before opening the path to the world's boss. Each boss is fought by dodging their attacks, moving into their jewel-stealing beam, and attacking them while they are eating a jewel.

Items

Items are found in the stages, purchased from shops, or sometimes released by enemies after they are defeated.

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 White Bag of Gold
Increases Ronald's gold by 50.
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 Yellow Bag of Gold
Increases Ronald's gold by 300.
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 White Flower
Collect 3 to restore one hit point. Costs 150 gold in the shop.
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 Yellow Flower
Collect 2 to restore one hit point. Costs 100 gold in the shop.
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 Jewel
Restores one hit point. Costs 300 gold in the shop.
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 Two Jewels
Restores two hit points. Costs 500 gold in the shop.
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 Magic Power-Up
Increases the power of Ronald's magic attack, up to 3 levels. Costs 2,000 gold in the shop.
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 Jewel Container
Permanently increases Ronald's maximum hit points by another jewel, up to a maximum of 7 jewels.
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 Balloons
Saves Ronald from losing a life if he falls down a bottomless pit. They pop after a short time (or can be popped manually with B). This item can only be used once, but Ronald can carry multiple uses of it. Costs 10,000 gold in the shop.
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 1-Up
Gives the player an extra life. Costs 5,000 gold in the shop.
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 Continue
Gives the player another continue. Costs 10,000 gold in the shop.
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 Door
Takes Ronald to the item shop, where he can trade gold for items, or to the game center, where he can play the bonus game. Enter by standing in front of it and pressing Up.
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 Exit
Marks the exit to the stage.

Stages

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Magical Forest

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Magical Town

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Magical Sea

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Magical Moon

Bonus Game

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Bonus game

Some doors found in stages lead to the bonus game, which the player can play in exchange for 2,000 gold.

The game is a falling-tile puzzle game similar to Columns or Puyo Puyo. Groups of three tiles fall from the top of the well and must be placed by the player. The tile groups are be moved with Left or Right and rotated clockwise with C or counterclockwise with B. The player must match three tiles of the same kind in a row (horizontally or vertically) or diagonally to eliminate them. The tiles correspond to items in the game, and eliminating three sets of matching tiles awards the player with that item.

Tiles are under the effect of gravity, so they separate and fall to fill in any gaps after being placed or eliminated. This allows for chain reactions. Skull tiles cannot be eliminated. The game ends if the well fills and the player cannot place any more tiles.

History

Development

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure was the first game to begin development at Treasure. However, Gunstar Heroes began development soon afterwards, and ended up being published first. Regardless, Gunstar Heroes would become commonly known as the company's first game.

Production credits

Source:
In-game credits
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure MD credits.pdf
[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)
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Advertisement from New Paper dated December 16 1993.[7]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
77 [8]
62
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(RU)
50
[9]
(DE) PAL
75
[10]
(JP) NTSC-J
70
[11]
(FR)
83
[12]
(US) NTSC-U
74
[13]
(US) NTSC-U
89
[14]
(IT) NTSC
61
[15]
(US) NTSC-U
80
[3]
(DE)
60
[16]
(JP) NTSC-J
50
[17]
(FR) PAL
73
[18]
(UK) NTSC-J
66
[19]
(UK) NTSC-J
55
[20]
(UK) NTSC-J
88
[21]
(DE) NTSC-J
81
[22]
(UK) NTSC
84
[23]
(UK) NTSC-J
81
[24]
(AU) PAL
58
[5]
(FR)
80
[25]
(UK)
78
[26]
(BR)
50
[27]
(UK) PAL
76
[4]
(UK) PAL
76
[28]
(UK) NTSC-J
69
[29]
(UK) NTSC-J
84
[30]
(UK) NTSC-J
80
[31]
(SE)
77
[32]
(JP) NTSC-J
79
[33]
(UK) PAL
80
[34]
(BR)
73
[35]
(FR)
87
[36]
(ES)
88
[37]
(RU)
74
[38]
(DE) NTSC-U
72
[39]
Sega Mega Drive
 74
Based on
34 reviews

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, EU (Blue Box)
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Mega Drive, SE (rental; Hent; orange)
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Mega Drive, AS†
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Technical information

Main article: McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:MDTLA MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 65
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 102
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Megazone, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-12-01), page 40
  6. ↑ File:McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure MD credits.pdf
  7. ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newpaper19931216-1.2.106.1?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1993&SortBy=Oldest&K=sega&KA=sega&P=7&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=sega&oref=article
  8. ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 106
  9. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 126
  10. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-04), page 31
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 23
  12. ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 142
  13. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 49
  14. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 28
  15. ↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 98
  16. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 63
  17. ↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 41
  18. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124
  19. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 28
  20. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 64
  21. ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 40
  22. ↑ Mega Fun, "02/94" (DE; 1994-01-19), page 74
  23. ↑ MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 70
  24. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-10-xx), page 120
  25. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  26. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 14, 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 1
  27. ↑ ProGames, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 33
  28. ↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94
  29. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 48
  30. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 52
  31. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 38
  32. ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 10
  33. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  34. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "July 22nd 1994" (UK; 1994-07-09), page 11
  35. ↑ Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 18
  36. ↑ Supersonic, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  37. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 58
  38. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 112
  39. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 84


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