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Johnny Bazookatone

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: U.S. Gold (US, Europe), Soft Vision (Japan)

Developer: Arc Developments

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-26^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-7302G
US	1996-02-28^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	T-7909H
EU	1996-02		T-7909H-50
DE	1996-02		T-7909H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-02^[5]	£39.9939.99^[6]	T-7909H-50
PL	1996

Non-Sega versions
3DO IBM PC PlayStation

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Johnny Bazookatone, known as Johnny Bazooka (ジョニー・バズーカ) in Japan, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Arc Developments and published by U.S. Gold and Soft Vision for the Sega Saturn (and other platforms) in 1996.

The game was notable for shipping with a music CD with tracks from the game.

Gameplay

Worlds

	Prison

	Hotel

	Restaurant

	Hospital

	Penthouse

	El Diablo's Domain

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Johnny Bazookatone	Johnny Bazookatone
English (US)	Johnny Bazookatone	Johnny Bazookatone
Japanese	ジョニー・バズーカ	Johnny Bazooka

Production credits

An Arc Developments and U.S.Gold Production

Published by: U.S. Gold
Based on an Original Idea by: Craig Davison
Programming Team: Chibsy, Leigh Davies, Derrick Owens, Dan Thomas, Kieren Gracie, Adrian Smith, Mark Dow, Richard Underhill
Graphics Team: Paul Walker, David Percival, Darren Wakeman, Martin Povey, Carl Entwistle, Dan Cook, Attila Roth, Gaz Tonge, Pat Toner, Neil Pettitt
Design and Mapping: Patrick Toner, Rich Carless
Music and SFX: Andi McGinty
Music Production: Des Tong
Guitarist: Mike Hehir
Saxophonist: Chris (Snake) Davis
Test Team: Richard Hancock, Craig Jarvis, John Story, Adrian Bolton
Producer: Ken Lockley
Special Thanks: Geoff Brown, Byron Nilsson, N. Ishihara, James Farnhill

Source:

In-game credits^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Johnny Bazookatone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #82: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #40: "February 1996" (1995-12-xx)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #4: "February 1996" (1996-01-24)^[10]

Print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #13: "Janvier 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

CD Consoles (FR) #15: "Mars 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[11]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

60

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[14]

GameFan (US)

83

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

61

^[17]

Hacker (HR)

72

^[18]

Intelligent Gamer's Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

83

^[20]

LeveL (CZ)

71

^[21]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

61

^[22]

Maximum (UK)

0

^[23]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

90

^[24]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

79

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

47

^[6]

Player One (FR)

PAL

95

^[26]

Power Unlimited (NL)

85

^[27]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[28]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

94

^[29]

Sega Magazin (DE)

73

^[30]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

64

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

53

^[33]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[34]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

28

^[35]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

65

^[36]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

40

^[37]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

78

^[38]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[39]

	67
Based on 29 reviews

Johnny Bazookatone

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Technical information

Main article: Johnny Bazookatone/Technical information.

References

Johnny Bazookatone
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[:File:JohnnyBazookatone_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:JohnnyBazookatone Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230509.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FHXTbJwB93Tw.2Fm.2FNnjjZVMHS8IJ-3] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/HXTbJwB93Tw/m/NnjjZVMHS8IJ

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0902.pdf_p60-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p10-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 10

[:File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf_p89-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-28), page 89

[:File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-7] File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_082.pdf_p87-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 87

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p48-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p100-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 100

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p41-11] CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 41

[12] GamesMaster, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-14), page 66

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p66-13] CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 66

[14] Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0403.pdf_p13-15] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 3: March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:GamePro_US_080.pdf_p60-16] GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:GameInformer_US_034.pdf_p50-17] Game Informer, "February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50

[18] Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:IGFusion_US_0208.pdf_p60-19] Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: March 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:Joypad_FR_051.pdf_p72-20] Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[21] LeveL, "Červen 1996" (CZ; 1996-06-01), page 58

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-04.pdf_p72-22] MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_04.pdf_p141-23] Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 141

[:File:MegaForce_FR_48.pdf_p36-24] Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-03.pdf_p76-25] Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 76

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p58-26] Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_031_199604.pdf_p42-27] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-28] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p14-29] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_29.pdf_p72-30] Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72

[:File:SegaPower_UK_77.pdf_p44-31] Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p46-32] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 46

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p74-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf_p231-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 231

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p34-36] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 34

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_17.pdf_p76-37] Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 76

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-03.pdf_p84-38] Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 84

[:File:VideoGames_US_87.pdf_p63-39] VideoGames, "April 1996" (US; 1996-03-19), page 63

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-| square=yes
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 ==Technical information==
-===ROM dump status===
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 ==References==

Difference between revisions of "Johnny Bazookatone"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 16:35, 14 October 2024

Contents

Gameplay

Worlds

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

References