Ecco Jr.

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Ecco Jr.

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Novotrade Interactive

M2

Brand: Sega Club (US)

Distributor:

Sega-Ozisoft (AU)

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Educational

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP ▼ (Sega Channel)	1995(-08-16?)	SUBsub
US	1995-04^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	1554
AU	1995		FECC03SMC
JP ▼	2007-11-06^[3]	600pts600^[4]
US ▼	2007-11-26^[5]	800pts800^[5]
EU ▼	2008-08-08^[6]^[7]	800pts800^[6]
AU ▼	2008-08	800pts800^[8]
US ▼	2010-09-13^[9]	$2.992.99^[10]	34287
EU ▼	2010-09-13^[9]	€2.492.49^[10]	34287
DE ▼	2010-09-13^[9]	€2.492.49^[10]	34287
UK ▼	2010-09-13^[9]	£1.991.99^[10]	34287
AU ▼	2010-09-13^[9]	$3.493.49^[10]	34287
US ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	$0.990.99^[12]	34287
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	€0.990.99^[12]	34287
DE ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	€0.990.99^[12]	34287
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	£0.790.79^[12]	34287
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	$1.351.35^[12]	34287
US ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	$0.990.99^[12]	34287
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	€0.990.99^[12]	34287
DE ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	€0.990.99^[12]	34287
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	£0.790.79^[12]	34287
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[11]	$1.351.35^[12]	34287

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Ecco Jr. (エコーＪｒ．) is a spin-off from the Ecco the Dolphin series, aimed at younger children. It was released in 1995 for the Sega Mega Drive as part of the Sega Club line of educational video games. A similar Sega Pico title named Ecco Jr. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! was also made available. A 32X version of Ecco Jr.seems to have been in development at some point, maybe with largely finished music by May 1995, but was never released.^[13]

Ecco the Dolphin had been a huge success for Sega and Novotrade, but both it and its sequel are often regarded as very challenging and often confusing video games meaning they are unsuitable for the young market. Despite this, Ecco was bought with young children in mind, which prompted the creation of Ecco Jr. which would attempt to appeal to a younger audience with the extreme difficulty removed. Unlike other games in the series, it is impossible for Ecco (or his friends) to die, and the focus is placed on completing simple tasks and on educational material about dolphins.

Ecco Jr. has been re-released as part of the PlayStation 2/PlayStation Portable title Sega Mega Drive Collection (where it saw its first European release). It was also released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service (where it saw its first Japanese release).

Production credits

Producer: Ed Annunziata
Assistant Producer: Marianne Arotzarena
Developer: Novotrade Interactive
Technical Director: László Mérö
Software Director: Attila Bús
Consultant: Don Walters
Main Artist: Eszter Páris
Main Programmer: József Bánsági
Programmer: László Zsiga
Artist: Edit Matis
Music: Andy Armer (DMP), Gábor Foltán, László Fazekas
Programming Aid: Balázs Pápai, Gyöngyi Mezei
Hardware Support: Lajos Szabó
Lead Tester: Christine Watson
Assistant Lead Tester: Sean Doidge, Sean McInnes
Testers: Chrisi Albertson, Rachel Bristol, Dana Green, Richie Hideshima, Jeff Kessler, Jeff Martin, Edward Riel, Adrien Szabó, Vera Mérö
Special Thanks: Sarah Rome, Whitney Rome, Andrea Eszterhai

Source:

In-game credits^[14]

Producer: Ed Annunziata
Assistant Producer: Marianne Arotzarena
Product Manager: Chrissie Huneke-Kremer
Assistant Product Marketing Support: Eleni Koros, Clint Dyer
Developer: Novotrade Interactive
Technical Director: Laszlo Mero
Consultant: Don Walters
Software Director: Attila Bus
Main Artist: Eszter Paris
Main Programmer: Jozsef Bansagi
Programmer: Laszlo Zsiga
Artist: Edit Matis
Music: Gabor Foltan, Laszlo Fazekas, Andy Armer (DMP)
Programming Aid: Balazs Papai, Gyongyi Mezei
Hardware Support: Lajos Szabo
Test Lead: Christine Watson
Assistant Test Lead: Sean Doidge, Sean McInnes
Testers: Chrisi Albertson, Jeff Martin, Rachel Bristol, Richie Hideshima, Dana Green, Jeff Kessler, Edward Riel, Adrien Szabo, Vera Mero
Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw, Neil Hanshaw
Manual Art: Brian Ransom
Special Thanks: Sarah Rome, Whitney Rome, Andrea Eszterhai, Christine Bertoglio, Charlie Altekruse, John Gillin

Source:

US manual^[15]

Digital manuals

Steam manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Ecco Jr./Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[16]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[17]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[18]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[2]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[20]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[21]

Tricks (RU)

78

^[22]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[23]

	69
Based on 9 reviews

Ecco Jr.

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Ecco Jr./Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	3c517975
MD5	ca8c0a6917554496bf6a08d8f00fb317
SHA-1	636d2fb5f865f916e4a9fe0ff1819fcbc61b4258

1MB

1995-03

Cartridge

✔

CRC32	6c6f4b89
MD5	ca7fa198e67d77b348111d57a6ad9df1
SHA-1	0b493ef23874f82606d4fd22c2380b289247aa9f

1MB

1995-02

Cartridge

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU
Ecco Jr. on Steam

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/05.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:22)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_eccojr/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-04 10:12)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/qtY6chMeI7TEfsyat7LrLq5o2alHXr-y (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:43)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ecco_jr (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 23:13)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Ecco-Jr--277083.html (archive.today)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19738&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:02)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 https://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-08 21:54)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 http://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:00)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 ^11.7 ^11.8 ^11.9 https://steamdb.info/app/34287/history/?changeid=5755298
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 ^12.6 ^12.7 ^12.8 ^12.9 http://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-08 21:54)
↑ http://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-10 01:29)
↑ File:Ecco Jr MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Ecco Jr MD US Manual.pdf, page 17
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 70
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 73
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 311
↑ Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 20
↑ Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 96
↑ Tricks, "3/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 11
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

Ecco Jr.
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Ecco the Dolphin series
Ecco the Dolphin (3D) (1992) \| Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) \| Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (2000)
Spin-offs and others
Ecco the Dolphin (LCD) (1994) \| Ecco Jr. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! (1994) \| Ecco Jr. (1995) \| Ecco the Dolphin CD (1995)
Unreleased
Ecco the Dolphin (32X) \| Ecco the Dolphin (Saturn) \| Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe‎
Ecco the Dolphin related media
	Ecco: Songs of Time (1996)
	Ecco: The Tides of Time Official Strategy Guide (1994) \| Official Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future Perfect Guide (2000)

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p118-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 118

[:File:GamePro_US_070.pdf_p52-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180305232242.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp.2Fwii.2Fvc.2Fsoftware.2F05.html-3] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/05.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:22)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20071104101218.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fvc.sega.jp:80.2Fvc_eccojr.2F-4] ttp://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_eccojr/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-04 10:12)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20101123004327.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fdetail.2FqtY6chMeI7TEfsyat7LrLq5o2alHXr-y-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/qtY6chMeI7TEfsyat7LrLq5o2alHXr-y (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:43)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170626231356.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fmegadrive.2Fecco_jr-6] 6.0 ^6.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ecco_jr (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 23:13)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FuooAm-7] ttps://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Ecco-Jr--277083.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120403020217.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.au.2Findex.php.3Faction.3Dcatalogue.26prodcat_id.3D41.26prod_id.3D19738.26pageID.3D4-8] ttp://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19738&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:02)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190908215407.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34287.2F-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 https://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-08 21:54)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130522200027.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34287.2F-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 http://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:00)

[https:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34287.2Fhistory.2F.3Fchangeid.3D5755298-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 ^11.7 ^11.8 ^11.9 https://steamdb.info/app/34287/history/?changeid=5755298

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190908215407.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34287.2F-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 ^12.6 ^12.7 ^12.8 ^12.9 http://steamdb.info/app/34287/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-08 21:54)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20001210012900.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.rotation.com.2Fmainpage.html.23projects-13] ttp://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-10 01:29)

[:File:Ecco_Jr_MD_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Ecco Jr MD credits.pdf

[:File:Ecco_Jr_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p17-15] File:Ecco Jr MD US Manual.pdf, page 17

[16] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 70

[17] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 73

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_34.pdf_p72-18] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

[19] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 311

[:File:GameInformer_US_025.pdf_p20-20] Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 20

[:File:NextGeneration_US_04.pdf_p96-21] Next Generation, "April 1995" (US; 1995-03-21), page 96

[22] Tricks, "3/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 11

[23] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

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Ecco Jr.

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Contents

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References