Panic!

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Panic!
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, PlayStation 2
Publisher: JP Sega US Data East
Developer: Sega office I
Peripherals supported: Sega Mouse
Genre: Other (box), Adventure (master list)
Release Date RRP Code
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Panic!, called Switch (スイッチ) in Japan, is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game by Sega for the Sega Mega-CD. You play as a cartoon boy who interacts with various different environments to save the world. Each object you interact with has a humorous/absurd effect. It is not related to Double Switch, a later Mega CD game.

It was later remade on the PlayStation 2 in Japan.

Production Credits

Mega CD Version

Panic! Staff Credits

Producer: Hajime Tabe
Graphics: Renzo Kinoshita
Music: Kei Tani
Human Sound Effects: Kent Flick
Production: Office 1
Musical Production: Milestone Music Publishing, Inc.
Voice Actors & Actresses: Fuyumi Shiraishi, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Rie Shibata, Masahiro Sato, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Masami Hisamoto
Game Design: Tomohiro Kondo, Katsuo Murata
Game Coordination: Tomohiro Kondo, Chie Yoshida
Tool Programming: Yuichiro Mine, Kenji Murayama
Tool Operation: Tomohiro Kondo, Katsuo Murata
System Programming: Akihito Wada, Yuichiro Mine, Hiroshi Okamoto
Game Programming: Yuichiro Mine, Akihito Wada, Hiroshi Okamoto, Kenji Murayama, Yasutomo Kamei, Hiroaki Sakamoto
Game Programming Assistants: Takayuki Iida, Kenji Sato, Kazuyuki Mukaida, Shin Futakawame, Ken-ichi Yokoo
Graphic Design: Chie Yoshida, Jina Ishiwatari, Katsufumi Yoshimori, Satoshi Yokokawa, Kiyomi Shimazawa, Masami Hayashi, Keiichi Matate, Masayuki Hasegawa, Kumi Hasegawa, Koichi Sasaki, Masahiro Unno, Hironori Saka, Kentaro Yoshida, Akinori Nishiyama, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Shiro Kinemura
Sound: Hiroshi Kubota, Masaru Setsumaru, Tomoko Sasaki, Shinji Kawahira
Sound Support: Masaki Araki (Agrex Co., Ltd.)
Testers: Mutsuhiro Fujii, Mitsutoshi Ozato, Tsuneo Shiga, Kei Takashima, Satoshi Tachibana
Supervisors: Makoto Oshitani, Toshinori Asai, Yukio Sato, Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, Tokuhiko Uwabo
Programming Cooperetion: Agrex Co., Ltd.
Design Cooperation: Es Yu Es Corporation, A WAVE Inc.
Music Cooperation: Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Solid Gold Co., Ltd., Locker Room Co., Ltd.

American Localization Team

Data East U.S.A., Inc.

Script: Ravi Gadhia
Project Coordinator: Peter Stern
Voice‑over Coordinator: David Hoffman

Sega of America

Project Supervisor: Adam Sevillia
Sound Engineer: Barry Blum
Translation: Yukimi Shimura
Writers: Adam Sevillia & David Albert
Voice Actors: Randy Merzon & Dennis McIntyre
Produced by: Sega Enterprises Co., Ltd., Office 1

Promotional Material

• Panic MCD US PrintAdvert.jpg

  US print advert

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games (UK) 87 №142, p88 Mega (UK) 50 №14, p58 Mega Action (UK) 85 №3, p30/31 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 70 №10, p54/55/56/57 Sega Power (UK) 55 №63, p72 Sega Pro (UK) 86 №22, p63 Sega Pro (UK) 42 №43, p44 Sega Force Mega (UK) 75 №3, p56/57

	69
Based on 8 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 73 Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-J 87 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 50 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 58 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 90 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 70 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 82 Game Power (IT) NTSC 70 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 40 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 11 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 22 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC 68 Mega (UK) NTSC-J 50 Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J 85 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J 90 Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J 70 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Sega Power (UK) PAL 55 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 86 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U 42 Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-J 75 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 73 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 90

	64
Based on 23 reviews

Panic!

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2 Version

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover

External Links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page on the PS2 version

File:SegaForceMega03.pdf, page 56

Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 25

Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 88

Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 116

Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 126

Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 39

Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62

Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 98

GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 51

Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

Game Informer, "February 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 80

MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 88

Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 58

Mega Action, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 30

MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 44

Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 54

Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101

Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 72

Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 59

Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 44

Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 118

Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 84