Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers

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Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: TecMagik, Time Warner Interactive
Developer: Alexandria
Supporting companies: Orca Games (audio)
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Sega-Ozisoft (AU), Tec Toy (BR), HIC Infocomm (KR)
Licensor: TecMagik (publishing rights), Warner Bros.
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-07 T-48346 EU 1994-11 T-48346-50 ES 1994 T-48346-50 FR 1994 T-48346-50 PT 199x MD90018 UK 1994-11 £44.9944.99 T-48346-50 FI 199x AU 199x FSYL00SMC BR 199x 046250 KR 199x HIC-95003
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Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers is a side-scrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive. The game stars the Looney Tunes cartoon characters Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird in levels based on the cartoons that feature the characters.

Gameplay

Prop selection

The game is a platformer where the player controls Sylvester the Cat. The objective is to chase Tweety Bird around the levels while solving puzzles and avoiding enemies. Sylvester walks with or and runs with or . He jumps with and jumps down from platforms with +. To track down Tweety, the player can use the Tweety Scope (assigned to by default), which pans the view over to Tweety, or get Sylvester Jr.'s help to search for Tweety's whereabouts in the level. Sylvester can then give chase when possible, using the button to scratch Tweety for bonus points. Arrows will appear around Tweety when he has finally been cornered at the end of a level, allowing Sylvester to catch him and move on to the next level, with bonus points awarded if the player catches Tweety in as little time as possible.

To get to Tweety, Sylvester may have to interact with various objects to solve puzzles or to defeat, subdue or hide from enemies. The Action button (assigned to by default) allows Sylvester to pick up, use, push or carry various objects as well as Stage Props for various purposes. Sylvester can select a Stage Prop to use by pausing the game with  START  and moving it to him with or . Props can be dropped by pressing  START  again. Some objects, such as a cat bed, lamp or trash can, can also be used as hiding places from certain enemies by pressing to hide inside them until the enemy leaves the area, though Sylvester will be automatically kicked out after a few moments. Some other objects can be stacked on top of one another (by moving them into each other) to reach Tweety or other items.

Sylvester's health is measured by the life icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen. As he takes damage, he gets dizzier and his head grows more lumps, with the icon's background turning red when he is down to his last hit point. One more hit, and Sylvester loses a life, indicated by one of his lives flying away. Extra lives are earned every 100,000 points.

The game uses an adjustable difficulty level that can be set anywhere between 1% and 100% to make the game easier or harder. However, lower percentages will prevent the player from playing all the levels. If the difficulty setting is lower than a level's difficulty threshold, the game shows a preview of the next level and then ends.

Items

	Tuna Can
	Restores Sylvester's health.
	Clock
	Rewinds the level clock by two minutes.
	1 UP
	Awards an extra life.
	Catnip
	Awards 1,000 bonus points.
	Yarn Ball
	Awards 5,000 bonus points.
	Mouse
	Awards 10,000 bonus points.
	Superhero Suit
	Makes Sylvester invincible for a short while.

Stage Props

	Umbrella
	Slows Sylvester's descent.
	Boxing Gloves
	Allows Sylvester to punch out Spike and the Red Cat.
	Mallet
	Allows Sylvester to attack enemies with a whack.
	Bone
	Can be used to distract Spike and the Robot Dog.
	Fish
	Can be used to distract the Red Cat in Back Alley Blues.
	Pogo Stick
	Can be used to bounce higher.
	Shrink Potion
	Required to subdue the Tweety Monster.

Levels

	Domestic Devils
	Minimum difficulty: 1%
	Domestic Devils 2
	Minimum difficulty: 11%
	Mayhem Express
	Minimum difficulty: 21%
	Back Alley Blues
	Minimum difficulty: 31%
	Hyde and Shriek
	Minimum difficulty: 41%
	Hyde and Shriek 2
	Minimum difficulty: 61%
	Oceans of Trouble
	Minimum difficulty: 81%

Scoring

• Scratching Tweety: 20,000 points.
• Mice: 10,000 points.
• Yarn Balls: 5,000 points.
• Catnip: 1,000 points.
• Stage Props: 500 points.
• Knocking items off shelves: 100 points.

History

Development

The game was finished in late August 1993, however was delayed from release because TecMagik lacked the the money to produce cartridges. In mid-1994, Time Warner Interactive stepped in to provide funds, with the game shipping for the Christmas 1994 season a year after originally planned.

Versions for the Master System and Game Gear were planned (the latter appearing at Summer CES 1993), but were cancelled for unknown reasons.

Release

60,000 copies of Cagey Capers were sold in September 1994, becoming Time Warner Interactive's best selling product of all time

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers	Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers
English (US)	Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers	Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers
French	Titi & Grosminet dans une Aventure Infernale
Spanish	Silvestre y Piolin y sus Sigilosas Travesuras
Korean	실베스터와 트위티

Production credits

• Producer: Su-Moon Paik
• Director: Matt Powers
• Art Director: Ted Warnock
• Design Lead: Paul O'Connor
• Engineering Team: Kevin T. Seghetti, Matt Powers, Todd Johnson
• Art Team: Melanie Seghetti, Gerilyn Wilhelm, Jean Xiong
• Design Team: EM Stock, Gary Goldberg, KJ Holm
• Music and Sound Effects: Nathan Grigg (Orca Games)
• Special Thanks: Trevor Grimshaw, Neil Balthaser, Craig Ewert, Dave Gross, Chris Pittenger, Elias Abbou, Ding Palang, Stein Husoy, Developer Resources, The Staff of Alexandria
• Time Warner Interactive: Linda Blanchard, Bill Hindorff, Jeff Holmes, Mike Klug, Mike Kruse, Mitzi McGilvray, Dan Van Elderen, Dennis Wood
• Special Thanks: Our Friends and Significant others, let's spend some time together now.
• Special Thanks The Creative Geniuses of Warner: Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, Carl Stalling, Friz Freleng

Filmed entirely on location in Los Osos, California.

All animals in the production were treated in a humane fashion.

• Produced by: TecMagik
• Created by: Alexandria, Inc.

To all the family of Alexandria, Thank You. Not Limited by What Is...

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Game Players (US) #0710: "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #36: "Septiembre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #37: "Octubre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1995-04: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Game Champ (KR) #1995-05: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

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