The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
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The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie | ||||||||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Capcom | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Capcom | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: The Walt Disney Company | ||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie, known as Mickey to Minnie Magical Adventure 2 (ミッキーとミニー マジカルアドベンチャー2) in Japan, is a 1994 platform game developed and published Capcom for the Sega Mega Drive and Super NES. It is the second in their Disney's Magical Quest series, following the 1992 SNES game The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse.
No PAL version of the game was released, however it was scheduled for Australia in April 1995[3].
Contents
Story
Mickey and Minnie Mouse travel by bus to the circus at the edge of town where they are going to spend the day. When the bus arrives a little late, Goofy appears and tells Mickey and Minnie that everyone in the circus tents has disappeared. Mickey and Minnie are surprised by Goofy's claim but go to the circus and see it with their own eyes. At the circus, they realize that their friends Pluto and Donald are gone. Mickey and Minnie must now find out what is going on at the circus.
Gameplay
The game is a platformer that can be played as Mickey or Minnie or as both in a cooperative game. A second player can join at any point during the game by pressing the START button. Mickey and Minnie are moved with or
and duck with
. They jump with
. They can stun enemies and attack bosses by jumping on top of them. They enter doors with
. Over the course of the game, they collect special suits that give them new capabilities. The player can select the suit by pressing
, which cycles an icon in the top-left corner of the screen, and then press
(or START with a three button control pad) to change to the selected suit.
Mickey and Minnie can collect coins by finding them hidden behind blocks or by vacuuming enemies with the Sweeper Outfit. Coins can be spent on items in the General Store. Entrances to the store are hidden throughout the stages.
Each character's life is represented by hearts in the top-left corner of the screen. They lose a heart each time they are hit by an enemy or a hazard. There are Big Hearts hidden throughout the game and purchasable in some of the stores that permanently extend the character's life by one heart. When a character loses all of their hearts, the player loses a chance. As long as the player has chances remaining, Mickey or Minnie is revived after a moment without restarting the stage. In a single-player game when the player runs out of chances or in two-player games when both players run out of chances, the game ends, but it can be continued any number of times from the beginning of the stage segment. In two-player games when one player runs out of chances, that player cannot be revived until the other player completes the current stage segment.
Suits
Blocks
Grey Block | |
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These blocks act as platforms and cannot be picked up. | |
Gold Block | |
These blocks act as platforms and can also be grabbed and thrown. | |
Red Block | |
These blocks act as platforms and can also be grabbed and thrown. They replenish after they are taken. | |
Swing Block | |
Mickey and Mickey can hook onto these and swing when wearing the Safari Outfit. | |
Star Block | |
These blocks can be grabbed and thrown. They bounce off the ground and ceiling to hit enemies. | |
Time Block | |
These blocks freeze all enemies for a duration after they have been thrown. | |
Arrow Block | |
These blocks move in the direction of the arrow when Mickey or Minnie are standing on them. | |
Treasure Block | |
These blocks contain items. They can be opened by throwing another block at them or shooting them with the Western Wear. Some also have chains that can be pulled with the Safari Outfit's hook. |
Items
Small Heart | |
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Refills one heart on the health meter. | |
Big Heart | |
Adds an extra heart to the health meter and replenishes all missing hearts. | |
Silver Coin | |
Gives the player 1 coin for use in the store. | |
Gold Coin | |
Gives the player 5 coins for use in the store. | |
Lightning Battery | |
Partially recharges the Sweeper Outfit power. | |
Cork Gun | |
Partially recharges the Western Wear power. | |
Apple | |
Gives the player 200 bonus points. | |
Grapes | |
Gives the player 500 bonus points. | |
Mickey or Minnie Doll | |
Gives the player an extra chance. | |
Sweeper Outfit | |
An upgrade for the Sweeper Outfit, available in the store, that uses half the power. | |
Western Wear | |
An upgrade for the Western Wear, available in the store, that uses half the power. |
Stages
Each stage has two segments, and each segment concludes with a boss fight.
The Haunted Circus | |
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The Jungle | |
Password: | |
The Haunted House | |
Password: | |
The Caves | |
Password: | |
The Frozen Plains | |
Password: | |
The Baron's Castle | |
Password: | |
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English (US) | The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie | The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie |
Japanese | ミッキーとミニー マジカルアドベンチャー2 | Mickey to Minnie Magical Adventure 2 |
Production credits
- Producer: Noah Dudley
- Assistant Producer: Gary Graeper
- Licensing Manager: Sue Fuller
- Capcom all staff
- Programed by: Masatsugu Shinohara
Magazine articles
Physical scans
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Based on 12 reviews |
Mega Drive, JP |
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Technical information
References
- ↑ File:TGCM MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 10
- ↑ File:Great Circus Mystery MD credits.pdf
- ↑ The Cutting Room Floor: The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (Genesis)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 25
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-23" (JP; 1994-12-09), page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-30), page 74
- ↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 103
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Agosto 1995" (BR; 1995-0x-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 82
- ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
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