Hurricanes

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Mega Drive Game Gear
Hurricanes
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Developer: U.S. Gold, Arc Developments
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code EU 1994-07 79136-50 AU 1994 FHUR00SMC EU 1994 T-79138-50 PT 199x GGJ79138

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Hurricanes is a 1994 platformer for various systems, including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear, by U.S. Gold based on DiC's Hurricanes cartoon. The MD and GG versions were only released in Europe (a SNES port developed by Probe Software was released in the US). Each version has different levels.

Gameplay

Instead of being a soccer simulator, the game is a platformer similar to Marko's Magic Football: you play as one of the players on the fictional Hurricanes football team as they use their football to destroy enemies through various platforming levels. / kicks and / jumps. The ball will always come back to you after you kick it.

In the Game Gear version, you play as the American player Cal, and the goal of each stage is to collect a certain amount of items to open up the exit to the next level (which is represented by a flag with the Hurricanes logo on it.) There are 12 stages which include a forest, an Incan temple, a mountain, and a locker room. After completing the game, you are treated to a one-screen ending with Winston Honeychurch saying, "You Win!" followed by the credits.

The Mega Drive version consists of 5 episodes (worlds), each with three stages. Also, four of the Hurricanes are playable and can be selected for each episode; Cal, Hiro, Amanda, and Rude. However, the characters only differ in appearance and have no different attributes (like jumping higher, running faster, etc.) Unlike the Game Gear version, you don't need to collect items to open up the exit. You just need to get to the end of the level and touch the golden Hurricanes logo. At the end of each episode is a boss (and a sub-boss in the second level of the game).

Production credits

Mega Drive version

• Produced by: Arc Developments
• Programming by: Derrick Owens
• Graphics by: Darren Wakeman, Carl Entwistle, Craig Davison, Paul Walker, Gary Tonge
• Level Mapping: Martin Smith, Carl Entwistle
• Sprite Mapping: Martin Smith
• Quality Control: Patrick Toner, Rude McKen, John Griffiths
• Music Composer (uncredited): Andi McGinty

Game Gear version

• Produced by: Arc Developments
• Programming by: John Barber, Byron Nilsson
• Graphics by: Darren Wakeman, Carl Entwistle, Craig Davison, Gary Noden, Paul Walker
• Music by: Andi McGinty

Promotional material

Main article: Hurricanes/Promotional material.

Magazine articles

Main article: Hurricanes/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 30 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU) 80 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 50 Mega Force (FR) PAL 68 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 42 Play Time (DE) 45 Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL 60 Todo Sega (ES) 73 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 63 Video Games (DE) PAL 63

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Hurricanes

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Game Gear version

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Publication Version Score Mega Fun (DE) PAL 34 Player One (FR) PAL 72 Play Time (DE) 38

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Hurricanes

Game Gear, EU
Cover

Game Gear, PT
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 deccc874 MD5 dd09e0d16f81167cf187b13bf11a9564 SHA-1 87ea7e663a0573f02440f9c5661b1df91b4d3ffb	2MB	1994-10	Cartridge (EU)
✔	CRC32 0a25eec5 MD5 2f36c3cea09a1d394273b9607ccd8c60 SHA-1 d4f0a691f11de7d91ede6ff95d26343a50840eb1	512kB		Cartridge (EU)