Rolo to the Rescue

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Rolo to the Rescue

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)

Developer: Electronic Arts, Vectordean

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR), Samsung (KR)

Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Steve Hayes

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-04-29^[2]	¥8,900 (9,167)8,900e^[3]	EM20008
US	1993-03^[4]		713201
EU	1993-03^[5]		E138SMXI
EU (EA Classics)	1996-09-13^[9]^[10]		EAX02401066I
DE	1993-03^[5]	DM 99.9599.95^[5]	E138SMXI
DE (EA Classics)	1996		EAX02401066I
PT	1993		MDJ0046
PT (EA Classics)	199x		MDJ0046
UK	1993-01^[6]	£39.9939.99^[7]^[8]	E138SMXI
SE (Rental)	199x
GR	199x
CZ (EA Classics)	199x
AU	199x
BR	199x		042770
KR	199x		GM4089JT
ZA	199x

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Rolo to the Rescue, called Zou! Zou! Zou! Rescue Daisakusen (ゾウ！ゾウ！ゾウ！レスキュー大作戦) in Japan, is a 1992 platformer developed by Electronic Arts and Vectordean and released by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive.

Gameplay

The player controls Rolo, an elephant who must rescue his animal friends who have been locked up in cages scattered throughout various landscapes by poachers. The player starts out by choosing levels on a map screen. At the beginning of each level, they are told how many animals to rescue. Holding runs. jumps. Jumping on poachers will kill them. Getting hit by a poacher once will make the player lose a life. Some poachers carry the keys to open cages; once the player gets the key, they must simply touch a cage to open it. The animal inside will follow them. Once all the animals are freed, the player must find the exit sign to move on to the next level. Pressing START accesses a menu where the player can choose between Rolo and the animals he has collected, each having their own ability:

Rabbit: Jumps higher.
Beaver: Can survive water.
Mole: Digs through certain walls.
Squirrel: Climbs walls.

Some levels also contain vacuum cleaners; if Rolo collects these, he can hold to suck items into his trunk; once something is in his trunk, let go of , then press to fire that item at an enemy.

James Pond also makes a small cameo in the game.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Rolo to the Rescue	Rolo to the Rescue
English (US)	Rolo to the Rescue	Rolo to the Rescue
Japanese	ゾウ！ゾウ！ゾウ！レスキュー大作戦	Zou! Zou! Zou! Rescue Daisakusen

Production credits

Programming: Alan McCarthy
Artwork: Leavon Archer
Additional Artwork: Sean Nicholls
Course Design: Steve Bak
Producer: Roland Kippenhan III
Executive Producer: Christopher Erhardt
Music/Sound FX: Phil Bak
Other Bits: Chris Sorrell

Source:

In-game credits^[11]

Magazine articles

Main article: Rolo to the Rescue/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

DE TV advert

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-03: "March 1993" (1993-02-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[12]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

75

^[13]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

85

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

95

^[16]

Digitiser (UK)

100

^[17]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU)

50

^[18]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

83

^[19]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[20]

Freak (IL)

94

^[21]

Game Mania (UK)

83

^[22]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

84

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

84

^[25]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

82

^[26]

Mega (UK)

PAL

89

^[27]

Mega Action (UK)

92

^[28]

Mega Byte (UK)

PAL

85

^[29]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

83

^[30]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[31]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

89

^[32]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

80

^[8]

Player One (FR)

80

^[33]

Play Time (DE)

81

^[34]

Power Up! (UK)

87

^[35]

Score (CZ)

70

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

72

^[38]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

89

^[39]

Sega Force (SE)

85

^[40]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

93

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[42]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-U

73

^[43]

Supersonic (FR)

92

^[44]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

65

^[45]

Video Games (DE)

79

^[46]

	80
Based on 36 reviews

Rolo to the Rescue

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (EA Console Classics)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, PT (EA Console Classics)
Cover
Cart Manual EU Manual

Mega Drive, GR

Mega Drive, GR (EA Console Classics)

Mega Drive, SE (rental; Hent; orange)
Cover

Mega Drive, CZ/SK (ITO CS)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, CZ/SK (EA Console Classics; DDC Agency)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Mega Drive, ZA

Technical information

Main article: Rolo to the Rescue/Technical information.

References

↑ File:RttR MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 67
↑ GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 112
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (DE; 1993-03-26), page 39
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 16
↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 99
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 78
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-09-09), page 97
↑ GamesMaster, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 11
↑ File:Rolo to the Rescue MD credits.pdf
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Avril 1993" (DE; 1993-03-08), page 130
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 23
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 134
↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-15), page 36
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-13)
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 183
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 86
↑ Famitsu, "1993-05-07,14" (JP; 1993-04-23), page 38
↑ Freak, "3/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
↑ GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 66
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 38
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Joystick, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 188
↑ Mega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 48
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
↑ Mega Byte, "March 20, 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 1
↑ Mega Fun, "02/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 34
↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 72
↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 46
↑ Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 76
↑ Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 110
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, February 06, 1993" (UK; 1993-02-06), page 1
↑ Score, "Duben 1994" (CZ; 1994-04-01), page 45
↑ Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 53
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 34
↑ Sega Force, "5/93" (SE; 1993-08-26), page 16
↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 98
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 14
↑ Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 149
↑ Video Games, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-24), page 80

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p67-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 67

[:File:GamePro_US_045.pdf_p112-4] GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:SegaPro_DE_06.pdf_p39-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (DE; 1993-03-26), page 39

[:File:SegaPro_UK_16.pdf_p16-6] Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 16

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p99-7] Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 99

[:File:MeanMachinesSega04UK.pdf_p78-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 78

[9] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-09-09), page 97

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_047.pdf_p11-10] GamesMaster, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 11

[:File:Rolo_to_the_Rescue_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Rolo to the Rescue MD credits.pdf

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-04.pdf_p130-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "Avril 1993" (DE; 1993-03-08), page 130

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p23-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_018.pdf_p134-15] Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 134

[:File:CVG_UK_135.pdf_p36-16] Computer & Video Games, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-15), page 36

[digitiser1993-02-13-17] Digitiser (UK) (1993-02-13)

[18] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 183

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p86-19] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 86

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0229-0230.pdf_p38-20] Famitsu, "1993-05-07,14" (JP; 1993-04-23), page 38

[21] Freak, "3/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p80-22] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_002.pdf_p66-23] GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 66

[24] Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 38

[:File:Joypad_FR_016.pdf_p76-25] Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:Joystick_FR_035.pdf_p188-26] Joystick, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 188

[:File:Mega_UK_05.pdf_p48-27] Mega, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 48

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-28] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[29] Mega Byte, "March 20, 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 1

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-02.pdf_p34-30] Mega Fun, "02/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-05.pdf_p72-31] Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:MegaTech_UK_14.pdf_p46-32] MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 46

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_028.pdf_p76-33] Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 76

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-05.pdf_p110-34] Play Time, "5/93" (DE; 1993-04-07), page 110

[35] Power Up!, "Saturday, February 06, 1993" (UK; 1993-02-06), page 1

[:File:Score_CZ_04.pdf_p45-36] Score, "Duben 1994" (CZ; 1994-04-01), page 45

[:File:SegaPower_UK_39.pdf_p42-37] Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_17.pdf_p53-38] Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 53

[:File:SegaZone_UK_03.pdf_p34-39] Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 34

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_05.pdf_p16-40] Sega Force, "5/93" (SE; 1993-08-26), page 16

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p98-41] Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 98

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Supergame_BR_23.pdf_p14-43] Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 14

[:File:Supersonic_FR_07.pdf_p18-44] Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 18

[45] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 149

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-03.pdf_p80-46] Video Games, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-24), page 80

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Rolo to the Rescue

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References