Tanglewood

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Tanglewood

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Dreamcast, Steam

Publisher: Big Evil Corporation

Mega Cat Studios

Developer: Big Evil Corporation

Genre: Platformer

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2018	$49.9949.99^[2]
US (Cart only)	2018	$39.9939.99^[2]
UK (Kickstarter)	2018	£60.0060.00^[1]
UK (Kickstarter; Cart only)	2018	£50.0050.00^[1]
UK ▼ (Kickstarter; ROM only)	2018	£20.0020.00^[1]
UK (Kickstarter; Red Edition)	2018	£100.00100.00^[1]
UK (Kickstarter; Collector's Edition)	2018	£250.00250.00^[1]
UK (Kickstarter; Developer's Edition)	2018	£500.00500.00^[1]
UK (Kickstarter; Custom Mega Drive bundle)	2018	£1000.001000.00^[1]
World	20xx
US ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$17.9917.99^[3]	837190
US ▼ (Demo)	2018-08-17^[5]	FREEfree	886400
EU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	€14.9914.99^[4]	837190
EU ▼ (Demo)	2018-08-17^[5]	FREEfree	886400
UK ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	£13.9913.99^[4]	837190
AU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$25.9525.95^[4]	837190
US ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$17.9917.99^[3]	837190
EU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	€14.9914.99^[4]	837190
UK ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	£13.9913.99^[4]	837190
AU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$25.9525.95^[4]	837190
US ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$17.9917.99^[3]	837190
EU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	€14.9914.99^[4]	837190
UK ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	£13.9913.99^[4]	837190
AU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$25.9525.95^[4]	837190
US ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$17.9917.99^[3]	837190
EU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	€14.9914.99^[4]	837190
UK ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	£13.9913.99^[4]	837190
AU ▼	2018-08-14^[3]	$25.9525.95^[4]	837190

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Tanglewood is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Dreamcast puzzle platform game developed by Matt Phillips of Big Evil Corporation^[6] and published by Mega Cat Studios. The result of a successfully-crowdfunded Kickstarter campaign (with £54,830 pledged of its £48,000 goal), it was first released on cartridge in the United Kingdom and the United States in 2018, and was later self-published on Itch.io and Steam on August 14, 2018 - with a further GOG release on January 23, 2019.^[7] Purchases of the game's digital version also include the game's Mega Drive .BIN file, allowing play on flash carts and emulators.

Plot

Set in the realm of Tanglewood, the game follows a young creature, Nymn, who is separated from his pack after the sun sets. Unable to get back to the safety of the family's underground home, Nymn must find a way to survive the night terrors and get to morning. Tanglewood’s world is a dangerous one after dark. Guiding Nymn, you must use your skills of evasion, traps and trickery to defeat predators.

Gameplay

Tanglewood is a platforming game with puzzle elements, and can be described as a mix of the Mega Drive titles Another World and The Lion King.

Features

A mix of fast-paced 2D platforming action with puzzles, special abilities, tricks and trap.
A story woven into the gameplay.
Fluid, hand-drawn animations.
Time of day cycle, influencing the types of enemies encountered.
Collectibles, secret areas and bonus levels.

Versions

The digital version of Tanglewood is in fact just the Mega Drive game being run through the emulator EvilEmu.^[8] The Dreamcast version would have used the same emulator, but these plans were delayed indefinitely due to lack of funds and time.^[9]

Version history

Main article: Tanglewood/Changelog.

Version	Date	Ref
0000010000030000000000000000001.03	201809052018-09-05	^[5]
	201808222018-08-22	^[5]
0000010000020000000000000000001.02	201808192018-08-19	^[5]
0000010000010000000000000000001.01	201808172018-08-17	^[5]

Screenshots

Demo 0.1.00 title screen

Physical scans

Mega Drive, World
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, World (alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, World (Mega Cat Studios; Blue)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, World (Mega Cat Studios; Red)

Technical information

Main article: Tanglewood/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	1a91c419
MD5	b684990797358eb247bfc466ea606292
SHA-1	128b547cad971434e6dd815d1c65a268d826d831

4MB

2018-05

Official website & Steam

Full game v1.0

?

CRC32	9cc94381
MD5	39573c11e33a04ae67d8c1b3c3413942
SHA-1	635588420cb8a9f8e0699e3dc99c6a7ed61fe610

2MB

2018-05

Official website & Steam

Demo v0.9.37

External links

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bigevilcorporation/tanglewood-an-original-game-for-the-sega-genesis-m (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-27 12:29)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://megacatstudios.com/collections/16-bit/products/tanglewood?variant=32201373777994 (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-26 22:09)
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 ^3.15 ^3.16 ^3.17 ^3.18 ^3.19 https://store.steampowered.com/app/837190/TANGLEWOOD/ (Wayback Machine: 2018-08-18 19:33)
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 https://steamdb.info/app/837190/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-19 03:37)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 https://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=837190 (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-28 17:18)
↑ http://www.sega-16.com/2017/04/interview-matt-phillips-tanglewood-game-developer/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-06 13:36)
↑ @tanglewoodgame on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-19 03:53)
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/837190/discussions/0/1733210552646755158/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-19 03:51)
↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/63454976/tanglewood-an-original-game-for-the-sega-genesis-m/posts/2521002 (Wayback Machine: 2019-11-19 03:57)