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Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts^[1]

Developer: Realtime Associates^[1]

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-03	$49.9549.95^[2]	720401
EU	1994-03^[3]^[4]		E285SMXI
ES	199x
UK	1994-03^[3]^[4]	£44.9944.99^[4]^[5]	E285SMXI
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	1994

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Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed by Realtime Associates and published by Electronic Arts. Based on the 1985 Norman Keith Robinson comic strip series Making It^[6]^[7], it was first released in the United States and Europe in March 1994, and was also eventually brought to Australia.

A Japanese version, set to be published by Electronic Arts Victor, was planned for December 1993^[8], but was cancelled.

Story

Creator Norman Keith Robinson posing with a Making It promotional display.

Gameplay

You play as Normy, a beach bum, who discovers a UFO stealing the girls on the beach he spends most of his time near and sends them to random times in the history of Earth. Aided by a special "Space 'n' Time" suntan lotion found near a toxic dump (which conveniently pops up shortly after the kidnapping), you must rescue these girls.

dashes forward quickly, jumps, and uses your weapon. You start out with a simple spring-loaded boxing glove (collected near the beginning of the first level) but acquire more weapons as the game progresses which replace the one you already have. You lose your weapon after completing a level. crouches; you can use your weapon while crouching.

Levels

	New Jersey, 65,000,047 B.C.

	England, 1447

	The Jungle, 1932

	Transylvania, 1973

	Planet X-Y+Z, 2447

	Heck, Whenever

History

Development

Production credits

Vagabond Programmers: Michael 'The Weasel' DiMambro, Chris 'School of Fish' MacDonald, Rick 'The Genuis' Koenig
Design: Keith 'Normy' Robinson, David 'The Big W' Warhol, Ann 'The Little L' Lediaev
Original Concept: Keith 'Normy' Robinson, David 'The Big W' Warhol, Ann 'The Little L' Lediaev
Background Artwork: Ellen 'The Timid' Drucker, Connie 'The Animal' Goldman
Animation: Lance 'Haun Rogue' Hutto, Darin 'Kiwihead' Hilton, Jeff 'Magic Chef' Cook, Jeffrey 'Bert' Berting, Barbara 'Lefty' Lipton-Hull, Laura 'Rainforest' Raines Smith
Level Layout and Design: Scott 'Beavis' Stoabs
Music: Eric 'FM' Swanson
Foley Artist: Eric 'FM' Swanson
Game Tuning and Testing: Scott 'Beavis' Stoabs, Robert 'Smith' Arellano, Antonio 'Ego-Maniac' Barnes, John 'Blade' D. Boerio, Steve 'Smoothy' Imes
Weasel Training: Alan 'Nine Fingers' Hickey
Producer: David 'Monkeyboy' Bean
Executive Producer: David 'The Bigger W' Warhol
Producer for EA: Scott Berfield
Assistant Producer for EA: Michael 'Skippy' Anthony Lubuguin

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[9]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

58

^[10]

Console Mania (IT)

PAL

85

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

53

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

46

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

54

^[2]

Gamers (DE)

33

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

83

^[15]

Mega (UK)

PAL

48

^[5]

Mega Action (UK)

74

^[16]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[17]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

38

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

53

^[4]

Player One (FR)

82

^[20]

Play Time (DE)

70

^[21]

Power Up! (UK)

62

^[22]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

70

^[23]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

56

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

31

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[26]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

73

^[27]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

62

^[28]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

26

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

40

^[30]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[31]

	59
Based on 26 reviews

Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Technical information

Main article: Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	b56a8220
MD5	62146cdc28437a346fb4816877e56a91
SHA-1	286d4f922fa9a95740e791c284d141a49983d871

1MB

1993-12

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Realtime_Associates
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 59
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sega Pro, "April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 41
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-28), page 68
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 49
↑ https://easyreadernews.com/robinson-video-game-maker-making-beach-cartoonist/
↑ The Cutting Room Floor: Normy%27s Beach Babe-O-Rama
↑ Sega '93 Winter Catalogue: TV Game World, page 24
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 156
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1994" (DE; 1994-06-06), page 34
↑ Console Mania, "Aprile 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 102
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 49
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 22
↑ Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 109
↑ Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 76
↑ MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 46
↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 94
↑ Play Time, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-06), page 137
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 23, 1994" (UK; 1994-04-23), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 85
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 98
↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 64
↑ Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 42
↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 10th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 11
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 184
↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 86
↑ VideoGames, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82

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[:File:ASM_DE_1994-07.pdf_p34-10] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1994" (DE; 1994-06-06), page 34

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_029.pdf_p72-11] Console Mania, "Aprile 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p102-12] Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 102

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p34-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p49-14] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 49

[:File:Joypad_FR_029.pdf_p120-15] Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:MegaAction_UK_11.pdf_p22-16] Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 22

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-03.pdf_p109-17] Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 109

[:File:MegaPower_UK_08.pdf_p76-18] Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 76

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p46-19] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 46

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_040.pdf_p94-20] Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 94

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-05.pdf_p137-21] Play Time, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-06), page 137

[22] Power Up!, "Saturday, April 23, 1994" (UK; 1994-04-23), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_04.pdf_p85-23] Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 85

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_03.pdf_p98-24] Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 98

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p46-25] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_30.pdf_p64-26] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 64

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p42-27] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 42

[28] Sonic the Comic, "June 10th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 11

[29] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 184

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p86-30] Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 86

[:File:VideoGames_US_67.pdf_p82-31] VideoGames, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Levels

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References