Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy

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Game Gear
Master System

Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher:

Sega

Tec Toy

Developer:

Realtime Associates

Tec Toy

Licensor: Nickelodeon

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-12^[2]	$39.9939.99^[3]^[4]	2519
EU	1994-03		2519
PT	199x
UK	1994-04^[5]		2519
AU	199x	$99.9599.95^[6]
BR	1995		028540

Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy is a platform game for the Sega Game Gear. It was also released for the Sega Master System exclusively in Brazil, although a European release was listed for March 1994.^[7]

Story

Stimpy finds a pair of hooves. Ren concludes that the Great Shaven Yak must have left them there on Yak Shaving Day. Ren and Stimpy begin a journey to find the Shaven Yak and return his hooves to him to save Yak Shaving Day.

Gameplay

Character select

The game is a side-scrolling platformer. Before each stage, the player can choose between Ren Höek and Stimpy the Cat. Each character has his separate own health bar and lives. The characters move with and and crouch with . They jump with . They can launch a projectile with . Ren throws toothbrushes and Stimpy hurls hairballs. The projectile can be angled upward with + or fired while crouching with +. Some enemies cannot be defeated and must be evaded instead.

Ren does an extra high jump with +. Stimpy does a ground stomp with + that can break branches. Both abilities can be used to access hidden areas that the other character cannot reach. Logs and canoes sometimes appear to act as floating platforms.

Each character's health is represented by baby bottle nipples, up to five, and goes down by half a point each time the character takes damage. There are items scattered throughout the stages that replenish the character's health or provide extra lives. The character's health is retained from stage to stage. The character loses a life when he runs out of health. A character becomes unavailable to play after losing all of his lives. Once both characters lose all of their lives, the game ends, but the player starts the game with three continues.

Items

	Toast
	Changes the character's weapon to the Toast, which moves in erratic circles.
	Soap
	Changes the character's weapon to the Soap, which launches bubbles upwards.
	Remote Control
	Changes the character's weapon to the Remote Control, which zaps bolts forwards.
	Happy Helmet
	Renders the character temporarily invulnerable.
	Money Bag
	Restores half a point of health, up to five.
	TV, Canteen, Boots, Roast Chicken, Ear Muffs
	Restores half a point of health, up to five. These change depending on the current stage.
	Fire Hydrant
	Checkpoint where Ren or Stimpy is revived after losing a life.
	Shaving Scum
	Awards the player with an extra life.
	Walking Crock-O-Stimpy
	Catch to earn an extra life.

Stages

	The Blacker Than Black Forest

	The Stinking Dry Desert

	The Stinking Wet Bayou

	The Perilous Mt. Hoëk

	The Great Frozen North

Production credits

Producer: Jesse Taylor
Designers: Steve Ettinger, Ann Lediaev, Jesse Taylor, Dave Warhol
Big Ticket Guy: David Warhol
Programmers: Steve Ettinger
Project Director: Ann Lediaev
Product Manager: Chrissie Huneke
Animator: Lance Hutto
Backgrounds: Connie Goldman
Layouts: David A. Bean, Alan Hickey
Additional Enemy Behaviors: Cheryl Harada
Music & Sounds: Eric Swanson
Testing: Robert Arellano, Rico Mendez, Bryan Smith
Sega Lead Test: Greg Becksted
Sega Testers: Crisi Albertson, Terry Banks, Dianna Boundy, Blair Bullock, Joe Cain, Harry Chavez, Janine Cook, Atom Ellis, Alex Fairchild, Ivan Foong, Rich Gangwish, Vasily Lewis, Jeff Loney, Simon Lu, Tony Lynch, Pete McNab, Heather Meigs, Todd Morgan, Mike Palser, Mark Paniagua, Bill Person, Andrew Podesta, Isaac Ramey, Eric Rawlins, Chris Sinclair, Jeff Todd, Katy Weathers
Manual: Carol Ann & Neil Hanshaw
Special Thanks: Darin Hilton, Shippy Ohka, Laura Smith

Source:

US manual^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Game Gear print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #14: "Mayo 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

NL flyer

Physical scans

Master System version

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

62

^[9]

Freak (IL)

87

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[11]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

73

^[12]

Mega Force (FR)

82

^[13]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

65

^[14]

Player One (FR)

PAL

83

^[15]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

54

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[18]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

70

^[19]

Todo Sega (ES)

85

^[20]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[3]

	75
Based on 14 reviews

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	f42e145c
MD5	58b89d62438407f242bbe713f1d945ca
SHA-1	418ea57fdbd06aca4285447db2ecb2b0392a178d

512kB

Cartridge (BR)

?

CRC32	6c451ee1
MD5	42854dd79bf57019a26ddd73e12b68ac
SHA-1	83bc52f669183f99accb078a454f786b5e320e40

512kB

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ File:QftSY GG EU backcover.jpg
↑ VideoGames, "September 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 38
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 10
↑ Megazone, "February 1994" (AU; 1994-01-26), page 44
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-03-07), page 17
↑ File:QftSY gg us manual.pdf, page 12
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100
↑ Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 192
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 112
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 75
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Sega Magazine, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 86
↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 59
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 49
↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 16th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-16), page 18
↑ Todo Sega, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64

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[:File:QftSY_GG_EU_backcover.jpg_p-1] File:QftSY GG EU backcover.jpg

[:File:VideoGames_US_56.pdf_p38-2] VideoGames, "September 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:VideoGames_US_60.pdf_p68-3] 3.0 ^3.1 VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0701.pdf_p100-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:SegaPro_UK_31.pdf_p10-5] Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 10

[:File:Megazone_AU_36.pdf_p44-6] Megazone, "February 1994" (AU; 1994-01-26), page 44

[7] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-03-07), page 17

[:File:QftSY_gg_us_manual.pdf_p12-8] File:QftSY gg us manual.pdf, page 12

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p100-9] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100

[:File:Freak_IL_16.pdf_p46-10] Freak, "2/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p192-11] GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 192

[:File:Joypad_FR_027.pdf_p122-12] Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:MegaForce_FR_24.pdf_p112-13] Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 112

[:File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p75-14] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 75

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_038.pdf_p108-15] Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_05.pdf_p86-16] Sega Magazine, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 86

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p59-17] Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 59

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p49-18] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 49

[19] Sonic the Comic, "October 16th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-16), page 18

[:File:TodoSega_ES_13.pdf_p64-20] Todo Sega, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64

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Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Stages

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Master System version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References