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| publisher=[[Sega]] | | publisher=[[Sega]] | ||
+ | | licensor=[[Warner Bros.]] | ||
| developer=[[Recreational Brainware]] | | developer=[[Recreational Brainware]] | ||
+ | | support={{company|[[Nu Romantic Productions]]|role=audio}}, {{company|[[Sega of America]]|role=assistance}} | ||
| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]] | | system=[[Sega Mega Drive]] | ||
| sounddriver=[[GEMS]] | | sounddriver=[[GEMS]] | ||
| peripherals= | | peripherals= | ||
| players=1 | | players=1 | ||
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− | + | '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (タズマニア) is a 1992 platform game developed by [[Recreational Brainware]] and released by [[Sega]] in 1992 for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It is based on the cartoon series with the [[wikipedia:Taz-Mania|same name]], and stars Taz the Tazmanian Devil on the search for seabird eggs. It is unrelated to the [[Super Nintendo]] and [[Game Boy]] games with the same name, aside from the Taz-Mania license. | |
''Taz-Mania'' was a fairly popular game, and received favorable reviews when it was released for being one of the first games to look like a Warner Bros. cartoon (previous attempts had been held back by hardware restraints). The game was followed by ''[[Taz in Escape from Mars]]''. | ''Taz-Mania'' was a fairly popular game, and received favorable reviews when it was released for being one of the first games to look like a Warner Bros. cartoon (previous attempts had been held back by hardware restraints). The game was followed by ''[[Taz in Escape from Mars]]''. | ||
Ironically, although the game was made by Sega of America and released in most countries in time for the Christmas season in 1992, it was first released in Europe in the summer of that year. | Ironically, although the game was made by Sega of America and released in most countries in time for the Christmas season in 1992, it was first released in Europe in the summer of that year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Story== | ||
+ | {{ScreenThumb|Taz-Mania, Introduction.png|width=200|Introduction}} | ||
+ | One evening, Hugh Tazmanian Devil was telling a story to his three children (Taz, his sister Molly and his brother Jake): | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once there were huge Giant Seabirds that laid giant eggs which could feed a family of Tazmanian devils for over a year. There are also legends that somewhere along the island of Tasmania, there is a Lost Valley where the Giant Seabirds still nest. Fascinated by the prospect of a potentially large omelette, Taz leaves in search of the Lost Valley. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
+ | {{ScreenThumb|Taz-Mania, Map.png|width=200|Map}} | ||
+ | The game is a platformer where players control Taz as he searches for the giant egg. Taz moves with {{left}} and {{right}}. He is able spin into a tornado with {{B}} and jump with {{C}}. Spinning into a tornado allows Taz to defeat most enemies, gain extra jump distance, knock away items, and get past certain obstacles unharmed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Taz can also eat various objects by walking into them, including health recovering food items, extra lives, and continues. Other items, such as bombs and weed killer, can be thrown at enemies but damage Taz if he eats them. Pressing {{A}} when next to an item picks it up and {{B}} throws it. {{A}} is also used to operate switches when next to them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Taz has a health bar that goes down as he takes damage from enemies and hazards. He loses a life if he runs out of health. The game ends if Taz runs out of lives, but it can be continued from the beginning of the level as long as the player has continues remaining. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Items=== | ||
+ | Taz eats items by walking into them. | ||
+ | {{InfoTable|imagewidths=50| | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Chili Peppers | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Allows Taz to breathe fire with {{A}} to defeat stronger enemies. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Water Jug | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=24 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Recovers health and awards points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Roast Chicken | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=48 | crop_x=48 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Recovers health and awards points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Frozen Fish | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=48 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=32}} | ||
+ | | desc=Recovers health and awards points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Fruit Plate | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=48}} | ||
+ | | desc=Recovers health and awards points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Bomb | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=48 | crop_x=80 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Bombs can be thrown at enemies to attack them but harm Taz if he eats them. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Star | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=48}} | ||
+ | | desc=Grants Taz temporary invincibility. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=No Weed | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=48}} | ||
+ | | desc=No Weed can be thrown at Weed-Ola in the Jungle to attack it but harms Taz if he eats it. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Photo 1 | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=80}} | ||
+ | | desc=Gives the player an extra life. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Photo 3 | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=32 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=80}} | ||
+ | | desc=Gives the player an extra continue. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Milestone | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=64 | crop_x=112 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Checkpoint where Taz is revived after losing a life. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Signpost | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Taz-Mania, Items.png | 1.5 | crop_width=48 | crop_height=48 | crop_x=96 | crop_y=64}} | ||
+ | | desc=Indicates the end of the level. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
===Levels=== | ===Levels=== | ||
− | {{InfoTable|imagewidths= | + | {{InfoTable|imagewidths=320| |
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=The Badlands | | title=The Badlands | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 1-1.png |
− | | desc= | + | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 1-2.png |
+ | | screenshot3=Taz-Mania, Stage 1-3.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=The boss is a truck driven by Bull Gator and Axl Gator. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=The Factory | | title=The Factory | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 2-1.png |
+ | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 2-2.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
| desc= | | desc= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=Iceland | | title=Iceland | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 3.png |
| desc= | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=The Jungle | ||
+ | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 4-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 4-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Taz-Mania, Stage 4-3.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=The boss is Francis X. Bushlad. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=The Mine | | title=The Mine | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 5-1.png |
+ | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 5-2.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=The Jungle | ||
+ | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 6-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 6-2.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
| desc= | | desc= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=The Taztec Ruins | | title=The Taztec Ruins | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 7-1.png |
+ | | screenshot2=Taz-Mania, Stage 7-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Taz-Mania, Stage 7-3.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
| desc= | | desc= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{InfoRow | {{InfoRow | ||
| title=The Giant Seabird Nest | | title=The Giant Seabird Nest | ||
− | | screenshot= | + | | screenshot=Taz-Mania, Stage 8.png |
| desc= | | desc= | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==History== | ||
+ | ===Development=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{quote|I was very excited about Taz. We knew that we had a lot to live up too with that license. We all worked in the same room, and the room was filled with Taz merchandise. Taz was so well defined that we didn’t have to guess how to make him fun, we just had to convey that in the limitations of the hardware. Taz has attitude, and is a brute. That means you can get away with a lot of character traits that don’t have to be so subtle. The toughest part of Taz was coming up with a way to have over two hundred frames of animation and still fit in a cart. This led to a layered sprite tool where we could use the same arm in several frames, the same head, etc etc, and just move them within the tool to get the animation. This saved a ton of space on the cart, and allowed for eight and twelve frame animations, giving the character a lot of fluidity. The other trick we did was to build different levels with the same artwork, and just use different palettes. You’ll notice the ice level and the sand level use the same tiles.|''[[David Foley]]''|ref={{intref|Interview: David Foley (2007-10-23) by Sega-16}}}} | ||
==Production credits== | ==Production credits== | ||
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{{creditstable| | {{creditstable| | ||
*'''Taz-Mania is Brought to You by:''' [[Sega|Sega of America, Inc.]] and [[Recreational Brainware]] | *'''Taz-Mania is Brought to You by:''' [[Sega|Sega of America, Inc.]] and [[Recreational Brainware]] | ||
*'''Concept and Production:''' [[Scott Berfield]] | *'''Concept and Production:''' [[Scott Berfield]] | ||
− | *'''Design and Programming - Recreational Brainware:''' [[Burt Sloane]], [[Jonathan Miller]], Dave Foley | + | *'''Design and Programming - Recreational Brainware:''' [[Burt Sloane]], [[Jonathan Miller]], [[Dave Foley]] |
*'''Art:''' [[Alan J. Murphy|Alan Murphy]], [[Marilyn Churchill]] | *'''Art:''' [[Alan J. Murphy|Alan Murphy]], [[Marilyn Churchill]] | ||
*'''Music and Sound Effects - [[Nu Romantic Productions|Nu*Romantic Productions]]:''' [[Mark Steven Miller]], [[Jim Hedges]] | *'''Music and Sound Effects - [[Nu Romantic Productions|Nu*Romantic Productions]]:''' [[Mark Steven Miller]], [[Jim Hedges]] | ||
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:'''©1992 [[Recreational Brainware]]''' | :'''©1992 [[Recreational Brainware]]''' | ||
| source=In-game credits | | source=In-game credits | ||
+ | | pdf=Taz-Mania MD credits.pdf | ||
| console=MD | | console=MD | ||
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==Promotional material== | ==Promotional material== | ||
{{gallery | {{gallery | ||
+ | |{{gitem|Taz-Mania MD US TVAdvert.mp4|US TV advert}} | ||
+ | |{{gitem|Taz-Mania MD UK TVAdvert.mp4|UK TV advert}} | ||
|{{gitem|Taz-Mania MD AU TVAdvert.mp4|AU TV advert}} | |{{gitem|Taz-Mania MD AU TVAdvert.mp4|AU TV advert}} | ||
− | |{{gitem|Sega | + | |{{gitem|Suuri lelukirja FI 1992 Sega.jpg|FI advert (1992)}} |
− | |{{gitem| | + | |{{gitem|Simbas RU flyer Silver.png|Flyer (RU)}} |
|{{galleryPrintAd | |{{galleryPrintAd | ||
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+ | }} | ||
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+ | |sfsw|1992-02|32 | ||
+ | |sfsw|1993-01|2 | ||
+ | }} | ||
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|text=Mega Drive print advert | |text=Mega Drive print advert | ||
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==Physical scans== | ==Physical scans== | ||
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{{Scanbox | {{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=JP | ||
+ | | cover=Taz Mania MD JP Box.jpg | ||
+ | | cart=TazMania MD JP Cart.jpg | ||
+ | | carttop=TazMania MD JP CartTop.jpg | ||
+ | | manual=Taz Mania MD JP Manual.pdf | ||
+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
| console=Mega Drive | | console=Mega Drive | ||
| region=US | | region=US | ||
| cover=Taz Mania MD US Box.jpg | | cover=Taz Mania MD US Box.jpg | ||
| cart=Taz-Mania MD US Cart.jpg | | cart=Taz-Mania MD US Cart.jpg | ||
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| manual=Taz-Mania MD US Manual.pdf | | manual=Taz-Mania MD US Manual.pdf | ||
+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=US (Alt Cart) | ||
+ | | cover=Taz Mania MD US Box.jpg | ||
+ | | coversame=yes | ||
+ | | manual=Taz-Mania MD US Manual.pdf | ||
+ | | manualsame=yes | ||
+ | | cart=TazMania MD US Cart Alt.jpg | ||
+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=US (KA rating) | ||
+ | | cover=TazMania MD US Cover KARating.jpg | ||
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| cover=Taz Mania MD EU Box.jpg | | cover=Taz Mania MD EU Box.jpg | ||
| cart=TazMania MD EU Cart.jpg | | cart=TazMania MD EU Cart.jpg | ||
+ | | manual=TazMania MD EU Manual.jpg | ||
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| console=Mega Drive | | console=Mega Drive | ||
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− | | | + | | manual=Taz-Mania MD FR Manual.pdf |
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+ | | region=PT | ||
+ | | cover= | ||
+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=SE rental (HENT black) | ||
+ | | cover=Tazmania MD SE Rental Cover.jpg | ||
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| manual=Taz-Mania MD BR Manual.pdf | | manual=Taz-Mania MD BR Manual.pdf | ||
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+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=CA | ||
+ | | cover=TazMania MD CA Box.jpg | ||
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==Technical information== | ==Technical information== | ||
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 03:44, 22 July 2024
- For the Sega Master System game, see Taz-Mania (Master System). For the Sega Game Gear game, see Taz-Mania (Game Gear).
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Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Recreational Brainware | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Nu Romantic Productions (audio), Sega of America (assistance) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Warner Bros. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taz-Mania (タズマニア) is a 1992 platform game developed by Recreational Brainware and released by Sega in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. It is based on the cartoon series with the same name, and stars Taz the Tazmanian Devil on the search for seabird eggs. It is unrelated to the Super Nintendo and Game Boy games with the same name, aside from the Taz-Mania license.
Taz-Mania was a fairly popular game, and received favorable reviews when it was released for being one of the first games to look like a Warner Bros. cartoon (previous attempts had been held back by hardware restraints). The game was followed by Taz in Escape from Mars.
Ironically, although the game was made by Sega of America and released in most countries in time for the Christmas season in 1992, it was first released in Europe in the summer of that year.
Contents
Story
One evening, Hugh Tazmanian Devil was telling a story to his three children (Taz, his sister Molly and his brother Jake):
Once there were huge Giant Seabirds that laid giant eggs which could feed a family of Tazmanian devils for over a year. There are also legends that somewhere along the island of Tasmania, there is a Lost Valley where the Giant Seabirds still nest. Fascinated by the prospect of a potentially large omelette, Taz leaves in search of the Lost Valley.
Gameplay
The game is a platformer where players control Taz as he searches for the giant egg. Taz moves with and . He is able spin into a tornado with and jump with . Spinning into a tornado allows Taz to defeat most enemies, gain extra jump distance, knock away items, and get past certain obstacles unharmed.
Taz can also eat various objects by walking into them, including health recovering food items, extra lives, and continues. Other items, such as bombs and weed killer, can be thrown at enemies but damage Taz if he eats them. Pressing when next to an item picks it up and throws it. is also used to operate switches when next to them.
Taz has a health bar that goes down as he takes damage from enemies and hazards. He loses a life if he runs out of health. The game ends if Taz runs out of lives, but it can be continued from the beginning of the level as long as the player has continues remaining.
Items
Taz eats items by walking into them.
Levels
The Badlands | |
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The boss is a truck driven by Bull Gator and Axl Gator. | |
The Factory | |
Iceland | |
The Jungle | |
The boss is Francis X. Bushlad. | |
The Mine | |
The Jungle | |
The Taztec Ruins | |
The Giant Seabird Nest | |
History
Development
“ | I was very excited about Taz. We knew that we had a lot to live up too with that license. We all worked in the same room, and the room was filled with Taz merchandise. Taz was so well defined that we didn’t have to guess how to make him fun, we just had to convey that in the limitations of the hardware. Taz has attitude, and is a brute. That means you can get away with a lot of character traits that don’t have to be so subtle. The toughest part of Taz was coming up with a way to have over two hundred frames of animation and still fit in a cart. This led to a layered sprite tool where we could use the same arm in several frames, the same head, etc etc, and just move them within the tool to get the animation. This saved a ton of space on the cart, and allowed for eight and twelve frame animations, giving the character a lot of fluidity. The other trick we did was to build different levels with the same artwork, and just use different palettes. You’ll notice the ice level and the sand level use the same tiles. | „ |
Production credits
- Taz-Mania is Brought to You by: Sega of America, Inc. and Recreational Brainware
- Concept and Production: Scott Berfield
- Design and Programming - Recreational Brainware: Burt Sloane, Jonathan Miller, Dave Foley
- Art: Alan Murphy, Marilyn Churchill
- Music and Sound Effects - Nu*Romantic Productions: Mark Steven Miller, Jim Hedges
- Testing: Steve Patterson, Doug Lanford, Conan Tigard, Vince Nason, Jeffrey Kessler, Vy Nong, Javone Alonzo, Casey Grimm, Scott Rhode
- Demos: Adam + Matt Sands
- Thank You for Playing Taz-Mania!
- ©1992 Recreational Brainware
Magazine articles
- Main article: Taz-Mania/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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- Sega Force (SE) #1993-01: "1/93" (1993-01-14)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[14]
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Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Taz-Mania/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:Taz Mania MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ File:TazMania MD KR Box.jpg
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 60
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ', "" (; ), page 41
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 39
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 ', "" (; ), page 7
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 ', "" (; ), page 10
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 14
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 38
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 32
- ↑ Interview: David Foley (2007-10-23) by Sega-16
- ↑ File:Taz-Mania MD credits.pdf
- ↑ ', "2/92" (; 1992-11-19), page 2
- ↑ ', "2/92" (; 1992-11-19), page 35
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 236
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 218
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 38
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 22
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 105
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 44
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 16
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 202
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 59
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 85
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 109
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 62
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 109
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 28
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 66
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 58
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 10
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 80
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 30
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 61
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 18
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 6
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 195
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 49
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 39
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 88
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 32
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