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''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' is primarily aimed at younger children, being a compilation of five simple Disney-themed minigames. The game was developed by [[WayForward Technologies]] under supervision from [[Designer Software]].
 
''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' is primarily aimed at younger children, being a compilation of five simple Disney-themed minigames. The game was developed by [[WayForward Technologies]] under supervision from [[Designer Software]].
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==Story==
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Mickey is lying in bed reading a book of fairy tales. He thinks to himself how wonderful it would be to live on a far-away land in a magical castle. Mickey falls asleep and dreams that he learns of trouble in Beanswick. There is a strange rumbling over the castle and no one can explain it. Mickey (or Minnie) volunteers to investigate. He must go through a series of challenges in various rooms of the castle in order to collect magic beans and items.
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==Gameplay==
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===Characters===
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The player can play the game as either Mickey or Minnie.
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===Challenges===
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''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' is a puzzle game where players must complete challenges to beat the game. Players must go through a series of challenges in various rooms of the castle in order to collect magic beans and items.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Horace's Library
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| desc=Books are floating up and down in the library of the Beanswick castle and Mickey must sort them in alphabetical order by jumping on them. Depending on the difficulty, there are various numbers of books to be sorted and different patterns for the books to float in. Only a portion of the alphabet must be sorted. Once the books have been sorted, players receive a '''book of spells''' from Horace Horsecollar.
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| title=Donald's Wizard Tower
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| desc=Mickey is shrunk to a tiny size and placed on a chess-like game board. Potion bottles are on this board, as well as block obstacles that must be maneuvered around. The potion bottles are to be pushed into a magic mirror on the board. In more difficult games, there are more boards to play in increasing difficulty. Once all potions have been collected, the player returns to normal size and receives a '''pair of spectacles''' from Donald Duck (dressed as a wizard).
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Daisy's Art Gallery
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| desc=A timed, memory challenge. Mickey must dust off portraits hanging on the castle walls in matching pairs. Basically, it's the matching card game. He must complete this task before the lights in the castle dim to darkness. Depending on the difficulty, there are more or fewer pictures. For challenges with more pictures, more time is given. He is armed with a feather duster and a sliding ladder. Players must match up all the pictures before time and light runs out to receive a '''gold bar''' from Daisy Duck as a princess.
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| title=Hewey, Dewey, and Louie's Drawbridge
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| desc=Another memory game. Several pipes light up and make different noises in a pattern that builds every turn. Mickey must listen, remember, and repeat what he heard. He can do this by jumping on the top of the pipes and playing the notes back in the proper order. The pipes only play one melody, adding one note after every time Mickey successfully completes the previous one. The difficulty of gameplay determines the length of the melody. Players must play all the right pipes to receive a '''glass slipper''' from Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Goofy's Blacksmith Shop
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| desc=Goofy wants Mickey to guess what tools are in his toolbox. Mickey has seven attempts to successfully guess the tools and their order inside Goofy's toolbox. After each guess, a clue appears telling players how many and which tools they guessed in the correct order. In easier games, the hints will turn red or green to denote correctness. In more difficult games, a small quartered square of red and green pieces tells Mickey which ones are right. Players must correctly guess what is in Goofy's toolbox to earn a '''hammer''' from him.
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| title=Collecting the Magic Beans
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| desc=The segue of the game. The items Mickey collected were of no importance to their previous owners but would serve useful to others in Beanswick. Mickey must go back to all of the others in each challenge and give them the item that suits them: the '''pair of spectacles''' for Horace, the '''book of spells''' for Donald, the '''glass slipper''' for Daisy, the '''hammer''' for Hewey, Dewey, and Louie, and the '''gold bar''' for Goofy. In return for each item, Mickey receives a magic bean. Only after retrieving all five beans can Mickey use them. After returning the items to their respective owners, Mickey visits the well. The annoying rumbling occurs again and Mickey throws his beans near the well. Suddenly, a giant beanstalk grows straight up into the clouds. A curious Mickey climbs the beanstalk into the clouds.
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| title=Scrambled Picture
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| desc=Mickey encounters a giant up in the clouds. The giant is sound asleep and snoring. This massive snoring is the cause of all the trouble for Beanswick. There is a scrambled picture of an alarm clock standing next to the giant. Mickey must unscramble the picture by sliding the pieces and wake up the giant. After Mickey wakes up and talks to the giant, the troubles in Beanswick are solved.
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==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==

Revision as of 03:46, 29 December 2021

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Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System
Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions
Sega Master System
Tec Toy
Developer:
Licensor: The Walt Disney Company
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
GEMS
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-112046
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-112028
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Master System
BR 		028700
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Non-Sega versions

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Mickey's Ultimate Challenge is a video game starring Disney's Mickey Mouse, and was published by Hi-Tech Expressions for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear in 1994. It was also brought to the Sega Master System, though this version was released exclusively in Brazil and is a port of the Game Gear version by Tec Toy. Other versions of the game were exclusive to North America.

Mickey's Ultimate Challenge is primarily aimed at younger children, being a compilation of five simple Disney-themed minigames. The game was developed by WayForward Technologies under supervision from Designer Software.

Story

Mickey is lying in bed reading a book of fairy tales. He thinks to himself how wonderful it would be to live on a far-away land in a magical castle. Mickey falls asleep and dreams that he learns of trouble in Beanswick. There is a strange rumbling over the castle and no one can explain it. Mickey (or Minnie) volunteers to investigate. He must go through a series of challenges in various rooms of the castle in order to collect magic beans and items.

Gameplay

Characters

The player can play the game as either Mickey or Minnie.

Challenges

Mickey's Ultimate Challenge is a puzzle game where players must complete challenges to beat the game. Players must go through a series of challenges in various rooms of the castle in order to collect magic beans and items.

Horace's Library
Books are floating up and down in the library of the Beanswick castle and Mickey must sort them in alphabetical order by jumping on them. Depending on the difficulty, there are various numbers of books to be sorted and different patterns for the books to float in. Only a portion of the alphabet must be sorted. Once the books have been sorted, players receive a book of spells from Horace Horsecollar.
Donald's Wizard Tower
Mickey is shrunk to a tiny size and placed on a chess-like game board. Potion bottles are on this board, as well as block obstacles that must be maneuvered around. The potion bottles are to be pushed into a magic mirror on the board. In more difficult games, there are more boards to play in increasing difficulty. Once all potions have been collected, the player returns to normal size and receives a pair of spectacles from Donald Duck (dressed as a wizard).
Daisy's Art Gallery
A timed, memory challenge. Mickey must dust off portraits hanging on the castle walls in matching pairs. Basically, it's the matching card game. He must complete this task before the lights in the castle dim to darkness. Depending on the difficulty, there are more or fewer pictures. For challenges with more pictures, more time is given. He is armed with a feather duster and a sliding ladder. Players must match up all the pictures before time and light runs out to receive a gold bar from Daisy Duck as a princess.
Hewey, Dewey, and Louie's Drawbridge
Another memory game. Several pipes light up and make different noises in a pattern that builds every turn. Mickey must listen, remember, and repeat what he heard. He can do this by jumping on the top of the pipes and playing the notes back in the proper order. The pipes only play one melody, adding one note after every time Mickey successfully completes the previous one. The difficulty of gameplay determines the length of the melody. Players must play all the right pipes to receive a glass slipper from Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Goofy's Blacksmith Shop
Goofy wants Mickey to guess what tools are in his toolbox. Mickey has seven attempts to successfully guess the tools and their order inside Goofy's toolbox. After each guess, a clue appears telling players how many and which tools they guessed in the correct order. In easier games, the hints will turn red or green to denote correctness. In more difficult games, a small quartered square of red and green pieces tells Mickey which ones are right. Players must correctly guess what is in Goofy's toolbox to earn a hammer from him.
Collecting the Magic Beans
The segue of the game. The items Mickey collected were of no importance to their previous owners but would serve useful to others in Beanswick. Mickey must go back to all of the others in each challenge and give them the item that suits them: the pair of spectacles for Horace, the book of spells for Donald, the glass slipper for Daisy, the hammer for Hewey, Dewey, and Louie, and the gold bar for Goofy. In return for each item, Mickey receives a magic bean. Only after retrieving all five beans can Mickey use them. After returning the items to their respective owners, Mickey visits the well. The annoying rumbling occurs again and Mickey throws his beans near the well. Suddenly, a giant beanstalk grows straight up into the clouds. A curious Mickey climbs the beanstalk into the clouds.
Scrambled Picture
Mickey encounters a giant up in the clouds. The giant is sound asleep and snoring. This massive snoring is the cause of all the trouble for Beanswick. There is a scrambled picture of an alarm clock standing next to the giant. Mickey must unscramble the picture by sliding the pieces and wake up the giant. After Mickey wakes up and talks to the giant, the troubles in Beanswick are solved.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Designer Software Producer: Bill Bogenreif
  • Hi Tech Expressions Producer: Seth W. Rosenfeld
  • Disney Producer: Sam Palahnuk
  • License Manager: Sue Fuller
  • Programming by: Jimmy Huey
  • Music and Sound by: Jeff Avella, Voldi Way, Ken Bailey
  • Character Animations: Rob Buchanan
  • Backgrounds: Matt Bozon
  • Special Thanks: Steve Yaeger, Gregg Tavares
  • ...and a special thanks to the guys at Echidna for tUME, the Universal Map Editor.
Source:
In-game credits

Game Gear version

  • Designer Software Producer: Bill Bogenreif
  • Hi Tech Expressions Producer: Seth W. Rosenfeld
  • Disney Producer: Nancy Berman
  • License Manager: Sue Fuller
  • Programming by: Brian Maxson, Dave Yann, Yoldi Way, Ken Bailey, Rick Richard, Rick Moghadam
  • Music and Sound by: Jeff Avella, Dave Yann
  • Character Animations: Rob Buchanan
  • Backgrounds: Matt Bozon
  • Special Thanks: Gregg Tavares, Kelli Norden, Erin Bell, Paul Einbund, Ethan Hurd, Kevin Bailey, Troy Bargatze, Mark Bozon, Matt & Carolyn
  • ...and a special thanks to the guys at Echidna for tUME, the Universal Map Editor.
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Mickey's Ultimate Challenge/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[1]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
69
[2]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
57
[3]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
72
[4]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
57
[5]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
71
[6]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
40
[7]
Sega Mega Drive
 61
Based on
7 reviews

Mickey's Ultimate Challenge

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart

Game Gear version

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge GG US Manual.pdf
Manual

Master System version

Master System, BR
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Cover
Mickeysuc sms br manual.pdf
Manual
Master System, BR (INMETRO sticker)
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 30b512ee
MD5 34b498ba6ea5caf365cbaf6dd8c7be65
SHA-1 def06da570df4ff73df36591ef05cce6d409b950
1MB 1993-11 Cartridge (US)
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 25051dd5
MD5 d2ce453953f406d36850f452768d5580
SHA-1 7253b4df642c56f266e5542a60065ca2c00ad0df
256kB Cartridge (BR)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 eccf7a4f
MD5 66e41e9f596eeec8127d12426f928791
SHA-1 f62c129b5142d3dac66392b521003111b9291b3e
256kB Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
  2. ↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 40
  3. ↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 54
  4. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 62
  5. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 50
  6. ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 50
  7. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 114


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Sega Mega Drive
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) | World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) | Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) | The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Mickey Mania (1994) | Donald in Maui Mallard (1995) | The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (unreleased) | Mickey Mania 2 (unreleased) | Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased)
Sega Master System
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
Sega Game Gear
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
Sega Pico
 Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) | Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) | Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) | Donald no TV Show (1995) | Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) | Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) | Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) | Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) | Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) | Fishing Pico: Donald no Adventure Fishing (2000) | Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
Sega Saturn
 Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Gurujia Ou no Hihou (1998) | Maui Mallard and the Lost City Of Dread (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
 Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Windows PC
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
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