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For the unreleased Sega Game Gear version, see Spirou (Game Gear).

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Spirou

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Infogrames

Developer: Infogrames

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Datart International (CZ)

Licensor: Éditions Dupuis S.A., TF1, CinéGroupe

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

Français

English

Deutsch

Español

Release	Date	Code
EU	1995-09^[1]	T-151026-50
NL	1995	T-151026-55
PT	199x
UK	1995-09^[1]	T-151026-50
CZ	199x

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy IBM PC Super Game Boy Super NES Windows PC

Spirou is a 1995 action game for the Sega Mega Drive and Super NES by Infogrames based on the Spirou & Fantasio comic book series. It was only released in Europe.

Story

Spirou, a journalist who wears a bell boy's uniform, and his friend Fantasio visit New York for an international conference of scientific research. When the pair arrives at the conference, Count Champignac, their long-time friend and one of the inventors at the conference, has disappeared. It turns out that Cyanida, a maverick "gynoid" robot, has kidnapped the count. With Count Champignac's inventions, Cyanida's intention is to make robots rule the earth and make all humans into slaves. While Spirou tries to save Champignac and stop Cyanida, Fantasio gathers intel in order to help Spirou.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer played as Spirou, who is accompanied by his pet squirrel Spip. The goal of each level is to make it to the exit at the end. Spip occasionally points Spirou in the right direction or indicates important objects. Spirou walks with or and runs by holding . He can push objects by walking into them or pick up some items with . He ducks with while standing or slides with when running. He jumps with and leaps extra high with +. He enters doorways with and climbs ladders with and . He grabs the corners of ledges and high wires automatically (and jumps off with or pulls himself up to a platform with ).

After the third level, Spirou meets with Fantasio, who gives him a Micropulser, a gun resembling a hairdryer that shoots enemies to microscopic size. Spirou shoots the Micropulser with . The Micropulser can only be used when standing, not when ducking or jumping, but it can be aimed in diagonal directions with the D-Pad. He can shoot while on a ladder; he normally shoots away from the ladder, but he can shoot in a specific direction with + or +.

Spirou has a health bar, shown as bars behind his portrait in the top-left of the screen, which allows him to take six hits before he loses a life. If the player has extra lives left when losing a life, the level restarts completely; there are no checkpoints. If there are no extra lives left, the game is over.

The game has three difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard). It has a password system, but there is only one valid password (for halfway through the game).

Items

Platforming

	Hat
	Collect 50 for an extra life.
	Heart
	Restores one health point to Spirou.
	1 Up
	Gives the player an extra life.

Special

These are special items that appear in some levels.

	Snuffletrump
	An unusual creature sent by Count Champignac and Fantasio to deliver items to Spirou in the Mountain and Jungle levels.
	Zipline Pulley
	Allows Spirou to use a zipline. Dropped by flying robots after they are destroyed. Found in the Roofs level.
	Sandotron
	Turns a stone door into sand. Found in the Mountain level.
	Eye
	Opens a door when two eyes are placed in a stone face. Found in the Catacombs level.
	Bomb
	Blows up a platform or a door. Found in the Cave level.
	Phials of Zzi
	Causes a plant to grow very quickly. Found in the Jungle level.

Flying

These items are found in the Chase level.

	Flying Fish Robot
	Shoot down to release an item.
	Fuel
	Refuels Spirou's flying machine.

Levels

	The Street
	Spirou sets off in pursuit of Cyanida after she kidnaps Count Champignac.
	Toyshop 1
	Spirou catches up to Cyanida, but she shoots him with one of Count Champignac's inventions and shrinks him to ten centimeters tall. Spirou can hang on to the balloons released by some of the toys and ride on the toy airplanes.
	Toyshop 2

	The Subway
	Fantasio restores Spirou to normal size with a antidote he found in the Count's bedroom. Fantasio also gives Spirou a Micropulser gun that he found and tells him that Cyanida is building an army of robots in an abandoned factory in the north of the city.
	The Factory

	The Roofs
	Spirou must acquire pulley hooks from the flying robots to use the ziplines. At the end of the level, he faces Cyanida in a robotic contraption.
	The Chase
	Password:
	Spirou defeats Cyanida and recovers Count Champignac, but she escapes. Spirou gives chase in one of the Count's inventions. This level plays like a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up. Spirou moves in any direction using the D-Pad and shoots with , , or . The flying machine uses fuel as it flies, and it crashes if it runs out of fuel, but Spirou can collect fuel pick-ups. It also crashes if it collides with terrain (regardless of how much health Spirou has remaining).
	The Mountain
	Spirou crash-lands in the mountains. He does not have the Micropulser for this level. He must acquire the Sandotron from a Snuffletrump, a fantastic creature sent by Fantasio to aid him. The Sandotron, which resembles an umbrella, allows Spirou to transform stone into sand. He uses the Sandotron with .
	The Catacombs
	Spirou must place the eyes in the stone faces to open doors. He grabs an eye with and puts it in place with .
	The Cave
	Spirou swims using the D-Pad and . He has a limited amount of air underwater and drowns if he runs out. Some robots drop bombs that are used to collapse a platform and blow open a door. Spirou can also bait submarines into blowing up a door with their missiles.
	The Swamp

	The Jungle
	With Spirou stuck in the jungle, the Count sends another Snuffletrump to deliver phials of Zzi, a superstrength fertilizer. Spirou must place the phial by a plant (indicated by Spip) with and shoot it with the Micropulser to make the plant grow.
	The Secret Base
	After destroying the energy source in the base, Spirou has 60 seconds to leave.
	The Final Fight
	Spirou fights Cyanida.

Production credits

Programmed by: Frédéric Bibet, Lionel Laissus, Frederic O'Rourke
Tools programmers: Yannic Turbé, Vincent Pourieux
Graphics: Pascal Casolari, Frédéric Jaquemoud, David Hamblin, Laurence Billon, Céline Fillon, Delphine Personnaz, Etranges Libellules
Sound & Music: Frédéric Mentzen, Thierry Caron
Design: Rodolphe Furykiewicz
Executive Producer: Edith Protière
Production: Bruno Bonnel
Thanks to : Patrick Pinchard, Stéphane Donnet et les Editions Dupuis, Stéphane Baudet, Nicolas Pothier, Nadège de Bergevin, Olivier Robin, Sylvain Branchu and all the testing department.

Source:

EU manual^[2]

Magazine articles

Main article: Spirou/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Power Pegasus + Spirou as a prize in the quiz show PL

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

85

^[4]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

77

^[5]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

74

^[6]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

87

^[7]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

65

^[8]

Player One (FR)

PAL

85

^[9]

Sega Magazin (DE)

80

^[10]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

56

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

69

^[12]

Sega Megazone (AU)

59

^[13]

Super Juegos (ES)

80

^[14]

Todo Sega (ES)

85

^[15]

Top Consoles (FR)

PAL

70

^[16]

Top Secret (PL)

100

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

83

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

69

^[19]

	74
Based on 17 reviews

Spirou

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual Reg Card Poster PCB

Mega Drive, EU (Re-Issue)
Cover
Cart Manual Reg Card Poster

Mega Drive, NL
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, CZ (Datart)
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Spirou/Technical information.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Games World: The Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
↑ File:Spirou MD EU Manual.pdf, page 59
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 220
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 59
↑ Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 82
↑ Mega Fun, "09/95" (DE; 1995-08-23), page 70
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 114
↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 28
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 84
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-10), page 64
↑ Sega Megazone, "Summer '95/'96" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Top Secret, "Luty 1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 59
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 173
↑ Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 98

Spirou
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[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_15.pdf_p38-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Games World: The Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:Spirou_MD_EU_Manual.pdf_p59-2] File:Spirou MD EU Manual.pdf, page 59

[3] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 220

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_045.pdf_p108-4] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_047.pdf_p76-5] Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:Joypad_FR_044.pdf_p59-6] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 59

[:File:MegaForce_FR_41.pdf_p82-7] Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 82

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-09.pdf_p70-8] Mega Fun, "09/95" (DE; 1995-08-23), page 70

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_056.pdf_p114-9] Player One, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 114

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_21.pdf_p28-10] Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 28

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_20.pdf_p84-11] Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 84

[:File:SegaPro_UK_49.pdf_p64-12] Sega Pro, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-10), page 64

[:File:Megazone_AU_56.pdf_p38-13] Sega Megazone, "Summer '95/'96" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_040.pdf_p58-14] Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:TodoSega_ES_29.pdf_p52-15] Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_04.pdf_p112-16] Top Consoles, "Julliet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 112

[17] Top Secret, "Luty 1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 59

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 173

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-09.pdf_p98-19] Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 98

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-*'''Executive Producer:''' Edith Protiere
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-*'''Design:''' Ruben Gomez, Rodolphe Furykiewicz
-*'''Developed by [[Bit Managers]] and IWP:''' Isidro Gilabert, [[Alberto Gonzalez]], Ruben Gomez, Ricardo Fernandez, Sergio Palacios, Daniel Lopez, Alberto Pleguezuelos
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-A somewhat different [[Sega Game Gear]] version was also developed and completed by [[Bit Managers]], slated for a 1996 release, but its release was cancelled by [[Infogrames]]; a late prototype ROM containing the full game circulates around the Internet; it is very similar to the 1996 released [[Game Boy]] version.
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 ==Technical information==