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Crystal's Pony Tale

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega of America

Developer: Artech Studios, Sega Girls Task Force

Brand: Sega Club

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-10^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	1544
US ▼ (Sega Channel)	1994^[3]	SUBsub
EU ▼ (Sega Channel)	1996	SUBsub
CA ▼ (Sega Channel)	1995	SUBsub
BR	1995		048070

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Crystal's Pony Tale is a Sega Mega Drive puzzle platform game developed by Artech Studios and published by Sega. Produced by the Sega Girls Task Force as one of the company's earliest female-targeted games, it was released exclusively in the United States in October 1994^[1] under Sega's child-friendly Sega Club label.

Production credits

Developed by: Artech Studios

Copyright & TM Sega 1994

Sega Producer: Cindy Claveran
Sega Product Manager: Charlie Altekruse
Artech Project Manager: Paul Butler
Designer by: Paul Butler, Rick Banks
Programming by: Larry Donais, Dan Fanthome
Artwork by: Grant Cambell
Animatons by: Grand Cambell
Musical Scores: Mark Mitchell
Sega Special Assistance: Keith Higashihara, Vince Nason
Pony Animations by: Colleen Holub
Sega Special Thanks: Mike Latham, Willie Mancero, Marilynn Churchill
Library Code: Larry Donais
Additional Programming: Andrew Szczeszynski, Michel De Breyne
Additional Design by: Mark Mitchell, Larry Donais
Sound Effects: Mark Mitchell
Sega Lead Tester: Crisi Albertson
Assistant Lead Testers: Janine Cook, Kim Rogers
Testers: Greg Becksted, Joe Cain, Cristine Watson, Conan Tigard, Jeff Kessler, Stan Weaver, Chris Sinclair, Manuel Sousa, Matt Underwood, Alexander Villagran, Lorne Asuncion, John Jansen, Ben Cureton
Extra Special Thanks: Aja, Alexandra, Alishka, Amy, Hartley, Jacqueline, Jonathan, Laurel, Lyra, Roger, Sugan

Uncredited

Assistance by: Alexander G. M. Smith^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Crystal's Pony Tale/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

45

^[5]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[6]

	53
Based on 2 reviews

Crystal's Pony Tale

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Crystal's Pony Tale/Technical information.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Times, "Volume 2 Number 9: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 6
↑ Press release: 1994-12-01: Sega Club's Berenstain Bears(TM) Camping Adventure and Crystal's Pony Tale(TM) are Parents' Choice approved
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBPuiPY8uY (Ghostarchive)
↑ http://web.ncf.ca/au829/OutlawSprintCars/index.html
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 47
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 128

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[:File:SonicTimes_US_1994-10.pdf_p6-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Times, "Volume 2 Number 9: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 6

[Press_release:_1994-12-01:_Sega_Club.27s_Berenstain_Bears.28TM.29_Camping_Adventure_and_Crystal.27s_Pony_Tale.28TM.29_are_Parents.27_Choice_approved-2] Press release: 1994-12-01: Sega Club's Berenstain Bears(TM) Camping Adventure and Crystal's Pony Tale(TM) are Parents' Choice approved

[https:.2F.2Fghostarchive.org.2Fvarchive.2FxhBPuiPY8uY-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBPuiPY8uY (Ghostarchive)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.ncf.ca.2Fau829.2FOutlawSprintCars.2Findex.html-4] ttp://web.ncf.ca/au829/OutlawSprintCars/index.html

[5] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 47

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p128-6] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 128

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+*'''Sega Product Manager:''' [[Charlie Altekruse]]
+*'''Artech Project Manager:''' Paul Butler
+*'''Designer by:''' Paul Butler, Rick Banks
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+*'''Artwork by:''' Grant Cambell
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+*'''Musical Scores:''' Mark Mitchell
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+*'''Pony Animations by:''' Colleen Holub
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+*'''Additional Programming:''' Andrew Szczeszynski, Michel De Breyne
+*'''Additional Design by:''' Mark Mitchell, Larry Donais
+*'''Sound Effects:''' Mark Mitchell
+*'''Sega Lead Tester:''' [[Crisi Albertson]]
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