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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Tengen | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: Tengen, Nu Romantic Productions | |||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: GEMS | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt! (オーサムポッサム) is a platform game released by Tengen in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive video game console. Inspired heavily by Sonic the Hedgehog and possibly Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, it features a possum named Awesome who must defeat the evil Dr. Machino and his army of robots.
The game has a strong environmental message, involving the destruction of rainforests and pollution. At the end of each stage the user is asked questions relating to the environment or the animal kingdom.
Contents
Gameplay
Controls are identical to Sonic the Hedgehog: 
, 
, and 
jump and pressing 
while running rolls.
After finishing a level (except the last one), the player must answer environment/ecology related questions by using the , or buttons.
Production credits
- Design and Programming: Richard L. Seaborne
- Associate Programming: May Yam
- Art and Animation: Jose Erazo, Doug Gray, Manuel Laguatan, Jules Marino
- Map Creation: Jose Erazo, Manuel Laguatan, Paul Lidberg
- Concepts: Richard L. Seaborne, Earl Vickers
- Music and Sound: Earl Vickers, Doug Brandon, Nu Romantic
- Voices: Walter Fields, Laura Amat, Douglas Lawrence
- Producers: Steve Calfee, Bill Hindorff
History
Critical reception
Awesome Possum was not released outside of Japan and North America, and was heavily criticized upon release for having poor physics and controls. The character of Awesome also also provides a running commentary while playing, which was often cited as being annoying.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 138
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 26
- ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 122
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 9
- ↑ GamesMaster, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 52
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 43
- ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 46
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 16
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 55
- ↑ Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 58
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 70
- ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 56
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
- ↑ Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 51
- ↑ VideoGames, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 86
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