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Wonder Dog

Publisher: Victor Musical Industries

Developer: Core Design

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-09-25^[2]	¥7,200 (7,416)7,200e^[3]	T-60074
US	1992-12^[4]	$49.9549.95^[5]	T-6402
EU	199x		4428
DE	199x	DM 119.00119.00^[8]	4428
UK	1994-01^[6]	£44.9944.99^[7]	4428

Non-Sega versions
Amiga

Wonder Dog (ワンダードッグ) is a platform game for the Sega Mega-CD by Core Design featuring Wonder Dog, a mascot for Victor and the Wondermega during the early 1990s. Core Design later ported it to the Amiga for a Europe-only release.

Story

The peaceful dog-ruled planet K-9 finds itself under attack by the evil Pit Bully empire. In a last-ditch effort to save his world, Dr. Kibble fast tracks the Wonder Dog project, an experiment to create a super-powered dog. Running out of time, he tests the serum on his newborn son and sends him to Earth with a special outfit called the Wonder Suit. His son crash lands on the planet and immediately befriends a boy. However, the two are separated as the boy's father won't let him keep the dog. The dog then returns to the ship, dons the Wonder Suit and becomes Wonder Dog, who must save the planet K-9 from the Pit Bully invasion.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer with controls similar to the Super Mario Bros. games. and move Wonder Dog around and runs. Wonder Dog can jump with and defeat enemies by jumping on them. He can jump farther and higher by running. Holding in mid-air allows Wonder Dog to use his ears to glide. + performs the Spin Dig, which digs into certain terrain. Wonder Dog can also shoot stars with for a ranged attack. The speed, distance, and trajectory of the stars fired depends on the Star Power gauge, which is increased by firing multiple stars in quick succession or by holding the fire button.

If Wonder Dog is hit by an enemy, he loses one hit point. He has three total, which can be replenished by finding a Wings item. If he loses all of his hit points, he loses a life. Lives are limited but can be found throughout the game or when 100 Bones are collected. The game ends when the player runs out of lives but can be continued from the start of the current stage.

The goal of the game is to make it to the end of the stage. Stages are mostly linear, but each stage has several hidden areas containing bonus items. There are two hidden stages that can be discovered as well. Many stages contain invisible platforms, which can be revealed by finding a Smiley item.

Stages

	Stage 1: Bunny Hop Meadow
	3 Zones, plus hidden stage Underground
	Stage 2: Dogsville
	Password: `MYSTIC`
	2 Zones
	Stage 3: Scrapyard
	Password: `ANKLES`
	2 Zones
	Stage 4: Loony Moon
	Password: `LEDZEP`
	3 Zones, plus hidden stage Moon Mines
	Stage 5: Planet Weird
	Password: `REEVES`
	3 Zones
	Stage 6: Planet Foggia
	Password: `PIXIES`
	1 Zone
	Stage 7: Planet Kninus
	Password: `WOOPIE`
	4 Zones, called Planet K-9 in some versions

Items

	Bone
	Increases the player's bone count. Awards an extra life when 100 are collected.
	Wings
	Restores the player's hit points to full.
	Blue Diamond
	Awards the player with 1,000 points.
	Green Diamond
	Awards the player with 2,000 points.
	Red Diamond
	Awards the player with 5,000 points.
	1-Up
	Awards the player with an extra life.
	Smiley
	Reveals hidden platforms in the current stage.
	Invulnerability
	Transforms Wonder Dog into a tornado, during which he is impervious to damage.
	Restart Flag
	Checkpoint where Wonder Dog is revived after losing a life.

Production credits

Oversea version

Graphics: Lee Pullen
Programming: Chris Long
Design: Bob Churchill
Music and SFX: Martin Iveson
Support Programmer: John Kirkland, Ged Keaveney
Intro Animation: Billy Allison
Intro Programmer: Sean Dunlevy
Font Design: Simon Phipps
Game Help: Rob Toone
Extra Sound: Stew Perkins
Directors: Takeshi Minagawa, Toshiyuki Nagai
Mega-CD Help: Yoshiaki Iwasawa
Promoter: Kaku Maetani
Thanks to: Kaoru Tomiyama
Big Boss: Jeremy Smith
Producer: Isamu Senda
Executive Producer: Satoshi Honda

Japanese version

Graphics: Lee Pullen
Programming: Chris Long
Design: Bob Churchill
Music and SFX: Martin Iveson
Support Programmer: John Kirkland, Ged Keaveney
Intro Animation: Billy Allison
Intro Programmer: Sean Dunlevy
Font Design: Simon Phipps
Game Help: Rob Toone
Project Manager: Takeshi Minagawa
Mega-CD Help: Yoshiaki Iwasawa
Promoter: Kaku Maetani
Thanks to: Toshiyuki Nagai, Kaoru Tomiyama
Big Boss: Jeremy Smith
Producer: Satoshi Honda

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[9]

Core Design Staff

Main Programmer: Chris Long
Assistant Programmer: John Kirkland, Ged Keaveney
Main Graphics: Lee Pullen
Game and Map Design: Bob Churchill
Intro Graphics: Billy Allison
Intro Programming: Sean Dunlevy
Music: Martin Iveson
Play-testing: Mark and Darren Price
Producer: Jeremy Smith

Victor M.I. Staff

Executive Producer: Satoshi Honda
Producer: Isamu Senda
Director: Toshiyuki Nagai, Takeshi Minagawa
Marketing: Katsumi Arai, Harunobu Komori, Toshimichi Kawamura, Shunji Nishizawa, Kouki Minami, Kaku Maetani, Yae Uchida, Katsura Iino
Package Design: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. Design Center
Manual: Comix Brand (Takayuki Minegishi, Takuji Hikino), Etsuko Matsuoka

Source:

JP manual^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Wonder Dog/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Wonder Dog/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[11]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[12]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

84

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

82

^[7]

Electric Brain (UK)

75

^[15]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[16]

GameFan (US)

99

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[18]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

86

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

84

^[21]

Joystick (FR)

86

^[22]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

88

^[23]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

88

^[24]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

52

^[25]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-U

91

^[26]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

86

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

83

^[28]

Mega Machines (UK)

PAL

70

^[29]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[30]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[31]

Player One (FR)

80

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[33]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[34]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

89

^[35]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[36]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

80

^[37]

Supergame (BR)

91

^[38]

Todo Sega (ES)

86

^[39]

	78
Based on 30 reviews

Wonder Dog

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US (Red)
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US (Green)
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

590,707,152

CD (JP)

T-60074

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

600,442,080

CD (US)

T-6402

References

[:File:WonderDog_MCD_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-1] File:WonderDog MCD JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-10.pdf_p10-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-08), page 10

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.2Fc.2FQuLdzl-h2SA.2Fm.2FYgUgdW8Vfk4J-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/QuLdzl-h2SA/m/YgUgdW8Vfk4J

[:File:GamePro_US_042.pdf_p73-5] GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf_p8-6] Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 8

[:File:CVG_UK_140.pdf_p38-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-15), page 38

[:File:PlayTime_DE_Sonderheft_1994-01.pdf_p22-8] Play Time, "Sonderheft 1/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 22

[:File:Wonderdog_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-9] File:Wonderdog_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:Wonderdog_mcd_jp_manual.pdf_p14-10] File:Wonderdog mcd jp manual.pdf, page 14

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 266

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-07.pdf_p35-12] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-08), page 35

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_015.pdf_p100-13] Consoles +, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 100

[:File:CVG_UK_140.pdf_p108-14] Computer & Video Games, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-15), page 108

[:File:ElectricBrain_UK_35.pdf_p18-15] Electric Brain, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-26), page 18

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0200.pdf_p41-16] Famitsu, "1992-10-16" (JP; 1992-10-02), page 41

[:File:GameFan_US_0101.pdf_p6-17] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6

[:File:GamePro_US_042.pdf_p72-18] GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 72

[19] Hippon Super, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-04), page 47

[:File:Joypad_FR_013.pdf_p48-20] Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 48

[:File:Joypad_FR_024.pdf_p94-21] Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Joystick_FR_032.pdf_p164-22] Joystick, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 164

[:File:MDAG_UK_04.pdf_p16-23] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 16

[:File:MDAG_UK_09.pdf_p52-24] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:Mega_UK_03.pdf_p54-25] Mega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-19), page 54

[:File:MegaAction_UK_02.pdf_p28-26] Mega Action, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 28

[:File:MegaAction_UK_09.pdf_p42-27] Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 42

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-09.pdf_p38-28] Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 38

[:File:MegaMachines_UK_04.pdf_p54-29] Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 54

[:File:MegaTech_UK_12.pdf_p46-30] MegaTech, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-20), page 46

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_01.pdf_p121-31] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-xx), page 121

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_039.pdf_p104-32] Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:SegaPro_UK_14.pdf_p64-33] Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-34] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaForce_UK_13.pdf_p76-35] Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-36] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[37] Sonic the Comic, "January 21st 1994" (UK; 1994-01-08), page 11

[:File:Supergame_BR_21.pdf_p23-38] Supergame, "Abril 1993" (BR; 1993-04-xx), page 23

[:File:TodoSega_ES_11.pdf_p44-39] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 44

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 ==Gameplay==
-Controls are similar to the ''Super Mario Bros.'' games. {{A}} shoots a star, {{B}} runs, and {{C}} jumps. The speed, distance, and trajectory of the stars fired depends on the Star Power gauge, which is increased by firing multiple stars in quick succession or by holding the fire button. Holding {{C}} in mid-air allows Wonder Dog to use his ears to glide. {{Down}}+{{C}} performs the Spin Dig, which digs into certain terrain.
+The game is a platformer with controls similar to the ''Super Mario Bros.'' games. {{left}} and {{right}} move Wonder Dog around and {{B}} runs. Wonder Dog can jump with {{C}} and defeat enemies by jumping on them. He can jump farther and higher by running. Holding {{C}} in mid-air allows Wonder Dog to use his ears to glide. {{Down}}+{{C}} performs the Spin Dig, which digs into certain terrain. Wonder Dog can also shoot stars with {{A}} for a ranged attack. The speed, distance, and trajectory of the stars fired depends on the Star Power gauge, which is increased by firing multiple stars in quick succession or by holding the fire button.
-If Wonder Dog is hit by an enemy, he loses one hit point. He has three total, which can be replenished by finding a Wings item.
+If Wonder Dog is hit by an enemy, he loses one hit point. He has three total, which can be replenished by finding a Wings item. If he loses all of his hit points, he loses a life. Lives are limited but can be found throughout the game or when 100 Bones are collected. The game ends when the player runs out of lives but can be continued from the start of the current stage.
 The goal of the game is to make it to the end of the stage. Stages are mostly linear, but each stage has several hidden areas containing bonus items. There are two hidden stages that can be discovered as well. Many stages contain invisible platforms, which can be revealed by finding a Smiley item.
@@ Line 105: / Line 105: @@
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Bone
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Bone.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
-| desc=Increases the player's bone count, awards an extra life when 100 are collected.
+| desc=Increases the player's bone count. Awards an extra life when 100 are collected.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Wings
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Wings.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=16}}
 | desc=Restores the player's hit points to full.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Blue Diamond
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Blue_Diamond.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=32}}
 | desc=Awards the player with 1,000 points.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Green Diamond
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Green_Diamond.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=48}}
 | desc=Awards the player with 2,000 points.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Red Diamond
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Red_Diamond.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=64}}
 | desc=Awards the player with 5,000 points.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=1-Up
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_1-Up.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=80}}
 | desc=Awards the player with an extra life.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Smiley
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Smiley.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}}
 | desc=Reveals hidden platforms in the current stage.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Invulnerability
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Invulnerability.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=18 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=16}}
 | desc=Transforms Wonder Dog into a tornado, during which he is impervious to damage.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Restart Flag
-| sprite=[[File:Wonder_Dog,_Items,_Restart_Flag.png]]
+| sprite={{sprite | Wonder Dog, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=96 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}}
 | desc=Checkpoint where Wonder Dog is revived after losing a life.
 }}

Difference between revisions of "Wonder Dog"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 16:46, 16 January 2022

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Stages

Items

Production credits

Oversea version

Japanese version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References