Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

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Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console
Publisher: Interplay (US,EU,AU) Tec Toy (BR)
Developer: Interplay M2
Supporting companies: Krisalis Software (audio)
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-11-18 T-125066 EU 1995-02 T-125066-50 UK 1995-02 £54.9954.99 T-125066-50 SE (Rental) 199x AU 1994-11 $99.9599.95 FBOO01SMC BR 1995 047110 ZA 199x US ▼ 2008-11-24 800pts800 EU ▼ 2008-12-12 800pts800 AU ▼ 2008-12 800pts800
Non-Sega versions Super NES

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed and published by Interplay. First released in the United States in November 1994, and later brought to Europe, Australia, and Brazil the following year, the game is most remembered both for its juvenile premise, and its surprisingly-high production values (notably featuring extensive voice acting).

Story

The civic-minded Professor Stinkbaum has been secretly building a machine called Zap-o-Matic to save the world from pollution by transporting it to a place called Dimension X-Crement. While working in his lab above Takey Dump, he is visited by eccentric millionaire Snotty Ragsdale. After activating the machine, Ragsdale inhaled a cloud of pepper through his nose, causing him to let out a mighty sneeze. The power of the sneeze broke the machine, opening a portal. A mysterious giant arm popped out of the portal and stole the machine's main power source, the rare element Snotrium 357. Snotty changed into his alter ego, Boogerman, and jumped into the portal to retrieve the Snotrium 357.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling platformer with puerile humor themes. Boogerman moves with and and ducks with . He jumps with and jumps off platforms with +. He can defeat enemies by jumping on top of them and "butt whomping" them. Boogerman can enter toilets, which transport him to different areas (similar to pipes in Super Mario Bros.) by standing on top of them and pressing . He can rummage through trash piles by holding , which can uncover items. He poses heroically and proclaims "Booger!" with , which has no apparent gameplay effect.

Boogerman has a mucous meter and a gas meter for managing his special attacks. He flicks boogers as a short-range projectile attack with , which expends the mucous meter. This attack can also be done while jumping or ducking. If Boogerman finds a milk item, his booger attacks are upgraded to loogies, which travel the full length of the screen. This effect lasts until he takes damage.

Boogerman can also attack enemies that are adjacent to him by burping with , which expends the gas meter. This attack can be charged into a "super burp" by holding until the gas meter flashes and then releasing the button. Super burps travel the full length of the screen and can break through certain barriers. If Boogerman is ducking, he instead farts with . Similarly, this attack can be charged into a "super fart." If Boogerman finds a chili pepper item, his gas attacks become fiery and he gains the ability to fly by holding while in midair (which also costs gas). This effect lasts until he takes damage.

Boogerman's health is represented by his cape, which changes from red to yellow when he takes damage from enemy attacks. His cape flashes quickly after he is hit to indicate that he is temporarily invulnerable. If he is hit while his cape is yellow, he loses a life. The game uses a password system for continuing.

Items

	Booger
	Augments Boogerman's mucuous meter, which is used for flicking boogers.
	Beans
	Augments Boogerman's gas meter, which is used for burping and farting.
	Plunger
	Collect for bonus points at the end of the level. If Boogerman collects enough plungers in a single level, he earns an extra life.
	Pimple
	Jump on to pop for bonus points at the end of the level. Like plungers, they contribute towards a chance for an extra life.
	Cape
	Restores Boogerman's health. If he has a yellow cape, he is upgraded to a red cape. If he already has a red cape, his cape flashes slowly between red and yellow to indicate that he has an extra hit point.
	Milk
	Upgrades Boogerman's mucous attacks to loogies, which lasts until he takes damage.
	Chili
	Upgrades Boogerman's gas attacks to fiery attacks and allows him to fly, which lasts until he takes damage.
	Extra Try
	Gives the player an extra life.

Worlds

Most of the worlds consist of four levels followed by a boss fight.

The Mucous Mountains and Nasal Caverns levels are interleaved, so the player plays Mucous Mountains 1, Nasal Caverns 1, Mucous Mountains 2, and Nasal Caverns 2 before proceeding to the boss fight with Deodor Ant.

	Flatulent Swamps
	This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Hickboy.
	The Pits
	This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Revolta.
	Boogerville
	This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Flyboy.
	Mucous Mountains
	This world contains two levels, alternating with Nasal Caverns.
	Nasal Caverns
	This world contains two levels, alternating with Mucous Mountains, and a boss fight against Deodor Ant.
	Pus Palace
	This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Boogermeister.

History

A port of Boogerman to the Sega 32X was once planned, but ultimately left undeveloped.

Legacy

Boogerman re-appeared as a playable character and the rival of Earthworm Jim in Interplay's ClayFighter 63⅓ for the Nintendo 64.

The Mega Drive version of the game was ported to the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console service by developer M2.

Two of the game's developers, Michael Stragey and Chris Tremmel, would later found developer Toy Ghost. On October 16, 2013, Toy Ghost launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a reboot titled Boogerman 20th Anniversary: The Video Game; the campaign failed to reach its funding goal and was unsuccessful.

Production credits

Interplay Credits

• President: Brian Fargo
• Executive Producer: Alan Pavlish
• Producer and Programmer: Michael Stragey
• Designed by: Chris Tremmel and Michael Stragey
• Level Design: Chris Tremmel
• Sewer Levels: Matt Findley
• Artwork: Eddie Rainwater, Scott Bieser
• Lead Tester: Ryan Rucinski
• Testers: David Simon, Jason Suinn, Jim Boone
• Voice Editing: Larry Peacock
• Voice Direction: Charles Deenen, Michael McConnohie

Lil' Gangster Credits

• Production Managers: Chris Takami, Jay Francis
• Director of Animation: Gabi Payn
• Character Animators: Norland Tellez, Brenda Banks, Art Morales, Gabi Payn
• Assistant Animators: Joel Hageman, Clete Shields, Brian Kindregan
• Character Clean Up and Color: Pike Muniz, Mark Yarber, Roz Gibson, Steven Engels
• Background Artists: Jason Magness, Brett Varon

Krisalis Credits

• Managing Director: Tony Kavinaugh
• Original Music and Effects: Matt Furniss
• Sound Driver: Shawn Hollingworth

• Special Thanks: Dennis, Alice, Hope, and Karen Stragey, Beth Tremmel, and to you

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:

• Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in Sega Megazone (AU) #49: "March 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in Ação Games (BR) #83: "Maio 1995" (1995-05-16)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #15: "Novembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Television advertisements

File:Boogerman MD US TVAdvert(Alt).mp4

US

File:Boogerman MD US TVAdvert(Alt).mp4

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 79

	79
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Digitiser (UK) 69 Sega Megazone (AU) 83

	76
Based on 2 reviews

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, SE (rental)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU (Silver)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, ZA
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 1a7a2bec MD5 265a10bf2ea2d1ee30e6cde631d54474 SHA-1 bb1d23ca4c48d37bf3170d320cc30bfbc2acdfff	3MB	1994-11	Cartridge (US)
✔	CRC32 dbc4340c MD5 7b144947f6e8842dd4419d5166cddff6 SHA-1 4fd33eeaf1e804d005793a6e1185122fd7e9a751	3MB	1994-11	Cartridge (EU)

External links

• Interplay webpage: Mega Drive
• Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU