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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Core Design | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Astérix and the Great Rescue (known during development simply as Astérix) is a platforming game developed by Core Design and published by Sega and released in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in the US and Europe. It was the first Sega game to tie into the Asterix series of comic books and other media. A different such game was released for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.
Contents
Story
Gaul is almost completely occupied by the Roman Empire; the only plot of land remaining is the small town where Astérix and his friend Obelix live. While the town has been able to stalemate the Romans in the surrounding areas until then, the Romans did capture and imprison the town druid, Getafix, and their pet Dogmatix in Rome, and the two main characters must now set off to Rome to free them.
Gameplay
You can play as either Astérix or Obelix by selecting one before each level from a map screen. Both characters may jump with 
, punch with 
, and crawl by holding 
and a direction at the same time. Should a character collect a bag scattered about the levels, they receive a limited number of balls they can throw at enemies with 
. There are at least two types of balls; one is shot to destroy enemies, the other to create platforms you can stand on; choose with 
+.
Production credits
- Main Programming: Stef Walker
- Graphics and Game Design: Jerr O Carroll
- Music and Sound FX: Nathan McCree
- Level Design and Other Graphics: Richard Morton
- Presentation Code: Dan Scott
- Music Driver: Sean Dunlevy
- Gameplay: Bob
- Technical Support and Divine Help: Mac Avory
- Other Graphics: Billy Allison, Gary Bot Masey
- Producer: Ken Lockley
- Game Testing: Dazza, AJ, JJ, Buller, Rattle Snake, Lizzy, Yappa, Andy
- Special Thanks to: Chris Long, Simon Phipps, John Kirkland, Roberto Cirillo and Linda Taylor
Magazine articles
- Main article: Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
FI advert (1995)
Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #18: "Octubre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Hobby Consolas (ES) #25: "Octubre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[6]
Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #25: "Novembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #2: "November/Dezember 1993" (1993-11-03)
Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #19: "Noviembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Hobby Consolas (ES) #26: "Noviembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[7]
- Todo Sega (ES) #9: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)[8]
Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #20: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
Print advert in Freak (IL) #16: "2/94" (1994-xx-xx)
Print advert in Hacker (HR) #5: "03-04/1995" (1995-xx-xx)
Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1993-08-08[37] | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 31
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 23
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 91
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 120 (122)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 25
- ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 124
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 84
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 21
- ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 96
- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 70
- ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 80
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-10-xx), page 92
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 34
- ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78
- ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 34
- ↑ Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 16
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 30th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 12
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 56
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
- ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 105
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)/Hidden content#Build date
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