Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Marvel Software, Teeny Weeny Games, The Black Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Sega-Ozisoft (Australia)
Buena Vista Home Video, S.A. (Spain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 (Single-player) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is a side-scrolling action game by Marvel Software and Teeny Weeny Games tying into the X-Men franchise. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994.
A Japanese version was planned and even dated for release on the 13th January 1995[5], but was cancelled.
Contents
Story
Recalling how Weapon X and Professor Thornton experimented upon him, Wolverine resolves to discover the secrets of his past. In his quest, he travels through a Weapon X facility, and then to the mountains, fighting off several attackers. Professor X contacts Wolverine to warn him of danger, but he refuses the X-Men's help, intent on settling things himself.
Gameplay
The game is an action platformer played as the mutant Wolverine. Stages are usually large with multiple floors, and Wolverine often must find and activate switches to progress. Wolverine moves with and
. He jumps with
; pressing
again after jumping performs a whirling attack, which extends the reach of Wolverine's jump. He crouches with
. He rolls in the direction he is facing with
+
or performs a pouncing attack with
+
or
+
. He kicks with
; pressing
twice quickly performs a roundhouse kick. He slashes using his claws with
or does a backhand slash with
. He extends his claws in both directions for a two-way attack with
+
. He enters doorways and elevators with
, climbs ladders with
and
, and climbs walls and trees using his claws with
after jumping onto them.
Wolverine's health is depicted as percentage in the top-left of the screen. His health recovers slowly over time because of his mutant healing power. He loses a life if he runs out of health, and the game ends if he runs out of lives. There are no continues, but there is a password system for continuing. Additionally, the android Elsie-Dee pursues Wolverine throughout each stage, shown as a bar in the bottom-right of the screen. She blows up and kills him if she catches him, acting as a timer for the stage.
Items
Health | |
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Partially restores Wolverine's health. | |
Free Life | |
Gives the player an extra life. |
Stages
The Secret Laboratory | |
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A Chill Is in the Air | |
Password: MARIKO
Bosses: Albert, Lurker | |
Fury in the Forest | |
Password: SILVER FOX
Bosses: Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth | |
Lunar Hallucinations | |
Password: DEPARTMENT H
Bosses: Cyber | |
Into the Inner Circle | |
Password: MADRIPOOR | |
Descent into the Dungeon | |
Password: ASANO
Bosses: Shinobi Shaw | |
In the Sewers Beneath New York City | |
Password: THE HUDSONS
Bosses: Bloodscream, Trevor Fitzroy | |
Versions
Both PAL and NTSC version are on the same cartridge and can be accessed by modifying the system's region settings. Aside from the usual speed differences, they are identical.
Acclaim Entertainment commissioned a different version of the game for the Super NES, which was developed by Bits Studios and published under LJN branding. Both versions differ drastically in content and gameplay.
Production credits
- Producer: Mark Flitman
- Associate Producers: Ken Kajikawa, Tyrone Miller, Doug Yellin
- Analysts: Michael Archer, J.J.Mazziotto
- Special Thanks to: Mike Thomas, Dana Moreshead, Lisa Geisenheimer, CP McBee, Carol Caratciolo, Mike Hong, Linda Spelman, Simon Gouldstone, Joe Allocco, Nat Gunter, John Dempster
- Programming/Graphics/Maps: Paul Laidlaw, Ian Richards
- Sprites Drawn by: David Swan, Warren Hawkes, Damien Rochford, Ben Willsher
- Backgrounds: Karl D'Costa, Tahir Rashad, Paul Mitchell
- Music: Jason Page, Rob Lord
- Compression: Nick Pelling
- Original Design: Angela Sutherland
Magazine articles
- Main article: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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64 | |
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Based on 25 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage/Technical information.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 23
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 62
- ↑ Sega Megazone, "January 1995" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 27
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 83
- ↑ File:Wolverine Adamantium Rage MD credits.pdf
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 179
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 265
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 237
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 58
- ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 368
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 39
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 13" (1994-12-13, 24:00) (+12:20)
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
- ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 116
- ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 64
- ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 46
- ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 54
- ↑ Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 102
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 160
- ↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 78
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 78
- ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 64
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 166
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 224
- ↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 110
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X-Men games for Sega systems | |
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Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (1993) | X-Men (1993) | Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (1994) | X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995) | X-Women: The Sinister Virus (unreleased) | |
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