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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega-CD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Domark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distributor: Time Warner Interactive (US) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marko's Magic Football, known simply as Marko in North America, is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Domark for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD and Sega Game Gear. The Mega-CD and Game Gear versions were released exclusively in Europe, though the Mega-CD port was unofficially brought to the US via Good Deal Games who started selling unlicensed reproductions sometime in the 2000s.
Contents
Gameplay
In Marko's Magic Football you play as Marko, a football player who uses his football to complete various platforming tasks.
History
Development
Marko's Magic Football was the idea of Domark's Mark Strachan (the "Mark" in "Domark") where it was tentatively titled Mark's Football Game
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[10]. Development was handled internally by Domark's development group, The Kremlin
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[10]. Much of the artwork was sketched out, then digitised on an Amiga 2000 running Deluxe Paint IV
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[10].
A Sega Master System version was reportedly in development at some stage too, although was cancelled.
Comic adaptation
Sonic the Comic included "Marko's Magic Football" comics strips. The single story arc was ruunning from issue #41 to issue #46. It's one of the few comic strips in Sonic the Comic that is based off 3rd party game.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Marko's Magic Football | Marko's Magic Football |
English (US) | Marko | Marko |
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Programming: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr
- Additional Programming: Chris West, Paul Margrave
- Game Engine: Warren Mills
- Animation: Jolyon Myers
- Backgrounds: Tony West
- Additional Backgrounds: Jolyon Myers, Matt Hicks
- Music Score: Jolyon Myers
- Sound Effects: Mike Ash, Jolyon Myers
- Music Conversion: Mike Ash
- Original Idea: Mark Strachan
- Game Design: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr, Jolyon Myers, Tony West, Jason Orbaum, Jaid Mindang
- Game Gear Team: Steve Pearce, Andy Taylor, Mike Adams, Jason Cunningham
- Utilities: Colin Carter, Paul Margrave, Warren Mills
- Marko Character Design: Tony West
- Character Designs: Jolyon Myers, Jaid Mindang
- QA Supervisors: Ken Jordan, Simon Huggins
- Quality Testers: Gary Patino, Tim Mawson, Steven Frazer
- Producers: Warren Mills, Jolyon Myers, Darren Anderson, Gary Patino
- PR: Anna Macario
- PR Porter: Jolyon Myers
- Marketing and Advertising: Brynn Gilmore, John Hendrick, Anna Macario, Tammy Williamson
- Management: Russel Ferrier, Jim Tripp, Matthew Timms, Brynn Gilmore
- Special Friends: Stefan Myers, Kate Jones, Paul Walker, Martin Oliver, Andy Walker, Julie and Nina, Andrea Taylor, Mark Walker, Warren Ragg, John Fermor, Nemisses, Sharon Winship, Sue and Chriss Brooks, Sean Doyle, Terrie and Mathew Ayling, Justine Chany, Barry Fermor, Dink and Ann, Andrew Selfrigde Soggy, Simon Lindsel, Sue and Chris Brooks, Ed Gien, Mr Zoot
- Special Thanks to: George Benson, Paul Daniels
Mega-CD version
- Programming: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr
- Additional Programming: Chris West, Paul Margrave
- Game Engine: Warren Mills
- CD Conversion: Andrew Oliver, Kev Brady
- Animation: Jolyon Myers
- Backgrounds: Tony West
- Additional Backgrounds: Jolyon Myers, Matt Hicks
- Music Score: Jolyon Myers
- Sound Effects: Mike Ash, Jolyon Myers
- Music Conversion: Mike Ash
- Original Idea: Mark Strachan
- Game Design: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr, Jolyon Myers, Tony West, Jason Orbaum, Jaid Mindang
- Game Gear Team: Steve Pearce, Andy Taylor, Mike Adams, Jason Cunningham
- Utilities: Colin Carter, Paul Margrave, Warren Mills
- Marko Character Design: Tony West
- Character Designs: Jolyon Myers, Jaid Mindang
- QA Supervisors: Ken Jordan, Simon Huggins
- Quality Testers: Gary Patino, Tim Mawson, Steven Frazer
- Producers: Warren Mills, Jolyon Myers, Darren Anderson, Gary Patino
- PR: Anna Macario
- PR Porter: Jolyon Myers
- Marketing and Advertising: Brynn Gilmore, John Hendrick, Anna Macario, Tammy Williamson
- Management: Russel Ferrier, Jim Tripp, Matthew Timms, Brynn Gilmore
- Special Friends: Stefan Myers, Kate Jones, Paul Walker, Martin Oliver, Andy Walker, Julie and Nina, Andrea Taylor, Mark Walker, Warren Ragg, John Fermor, Nemisses, Sharon Winship, Sue and Chriss Brooks, Sean Doyle, Terrie and Mathew Ayling, Justine Chany, Barry Fermor, Dink and Ann, Andrew Selfrigde Soggy, Simon Lindsel, Sue and Chris Brooks, Ed Gien, Mr Zoot
- Special Thanks to: George Benson, Paul Daniels
Magazine articles
- Main article: Marko's Magic Football/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[11]
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also published in:
- Mean Machines Sega (UK) #20: "June 1994" (1994-04-30)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[12]
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Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1994-07 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-04 | Cartridge (EU) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-03 | Page | ||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (EU) | |||||||||||
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1995-04-12 | Page |
References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 26
- ↑ File:MarkosMagicFootball GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 10
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 17
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 90
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 55
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 16
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 82
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 92
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 ', "" (; ), page 26
- ↑ ', "September 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 302
- ↑ ', "May 1994" (; 1994-04-15), page 19
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 123
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 26
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 30
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 130
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 55
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 329
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 125
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 112
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 82
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 16
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 106
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 6
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 37
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 132
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 1
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 94
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 34
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 20
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 75
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 11
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 109
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 95
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 91
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 133
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 96
- ↑ ', "Avril 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 114
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Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Passwords | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception | Region coding | Technical information | Bootlegs
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