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Neither the Mega Drive or Game Gear versions of ''S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!'' were released in North America or Japan. They remained exclusives for Europe and Australia, although a US version was advertised by [[GameTek]].
 
Neither the Mega Drive or Game Gear versions of ''S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!'' were released in North America or Japan. They remained exclusives for Europe and Australia, although a US version was advertised by [[GameTek]].
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[https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/ManOverboard-GG-GG2SMS An Sega Master System GG2SMS hacks was released in January 2017.]
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==

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S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Codemasters
Developer:
Original system(s): Amiga
Developer(s) of original games: Zeppelin Games
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
Sound Images v1.2
Genre: Puzzle[1]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-120076-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MD14005
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£39.9939.99[3][4] T-120076-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		FMAN00SMC
OFLC: G
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-120088-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Game Gear
UK 		£27.9927.99[3][5] T-120088-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Game Gear
AU
OFLC: G
Non-Sega versions

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S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! is a platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear in 1994. Originally developed by Zeppelin Games for the Amiga, it was ported to Sega's consoles by Odysseus Software and published by Codemasters. Non-Sega versions of the game are called Sink or Swim, as was the Mega Drive version during development[6].

Neither the Mega Drive or Game Gear versions of S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! were released in North America or Japan. They remained exclusives for Europe and Australia, although a US version was advertised by GameTek.

An Sega Master System GG2SMS hacks was released in January 2017.

Gameplay

The game has you play as Kevin Codner, rescue mariner extraordinaire tasked with saving passengers from the S.S. Lucifer. Similar to Lemmings, this requires guiding the passengers to an exit by interacting with the environment. If the player takes too long the room will be flooded.

History

Development

Working title for the Sega versions were Kevin Codner[7] and Man Overboard!.

Magazine articles

Main article: S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
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Print advert in Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[9]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
73
[11]
Digitiser (UK)
83
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU)
80
[14]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[15]
Joypad (FR) PAL
80
[16]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
52
[17]
Mega (UK) PAL
75
[4]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
82
[18]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
63
[19]
Player One (FR)
75
[20]
Play Time (DE)
75
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
69
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
69
[23]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
84
[24]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[25]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
69
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
19 reviews

S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!

Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, AU
SSLMO MD AU back.jpgNospine.pngSSLMO MD AU cover.jpg
Cover

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
74
[11]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
68
[27]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
60
[28]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
69
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[5]
Player One (FR)
82
[20]
Play Time (DE)
75
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
73
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[31]
Todo Sega (ES)
83
[32]
Sega Game Gear
 74
Based on
10 reviews

S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!

Game Gear, EU
ManOverboard GG EU back.jpgNospine.pngManOverboard GG EU front.jpg
Cover
ManOverboard GG EU cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, AU
ManOverboard GG AU Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 cae0e3ac
MD5 ae6c1618e6f98d3101b1b91d3835ebac
SHA-1 36c66a1cbf44f4019b84538a6bf452c369239bc9
1MB 1994-08 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 d9a7f170
MD5 d369dcc7c7317b88d401cd7dd54ad951
SHA-1 b167fda9f0e7a6a47027f782a08149e8d4f46e0c
256kB 1994-08-09 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ File:ManOverboard GG EU back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 88
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 81
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 36
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 96
  6. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 22
  7. ↑ Megazone, "May 1994" (AU; 1994-04-20), page 17
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117
  9. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 197
  10. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 128
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 49
  12. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-01)
  13. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 355
  14. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 237
  15. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 15
  16. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
  17. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 63
  18. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 104
  19. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 74
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 98
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Play Time, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-05), page 107
  22. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 58
  23. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 62
  24. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "November 11th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 11
  25. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  26. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 150
  27. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 22
  28. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 114
  29. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 77
  30. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 73
  31. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 66
  32. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 57


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