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Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck, called just Chuck Rock II (チャックロックII) in Japan, is the sequel to Chuck Rock and stars Chuck's six month old son who must rescue his kidnapped father. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD, Sega Game Gear, and Sega Master System between 1993 and 1994.
Contents
Story
Introduction
The story takes up a little while after the end of the first game. After Chuck Rock rescued his wife, Ophelia Rock, from Gary Gritter, Chuck and Ophelia had a son named Chuck Junior.
Chuck Senior works in a factory, where he develops great skill at carving automobiles out of stone. A rival manufacturer, named Brick Jagger (a pun on Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger) becomes jealous of Chuck's abilities and kidnaps him, leaving it up to Junior to rescue his father.
Gameplay
The game is a platformer played as the baby Chuck Jr. He walks with 
and 
and jumps with 
. He can attack by swinging his club with 
, which gives him longer reach than his father. He can attack while jumping. He can stand on his club by holding 
to avoid enemies or obstacles. Instead of carrying objects like his father, Chuck Jr. can move them by attacking with the club. He can also mount some small dinosaurs with and ride them or use them as platforms.
Health is indicated by a baby bottle; the bottle empties as Chuck Jr. takes damage. He loses a life when he runs out of health, though he revives in place after a moment. Chuck Jr. can replenish his health by collecting baby bottles. There are bonus stages between some of the stages; the player is rewarded 5,000 bonus points and an extra life for completing one successfully.
Items
| Baby Bottle | |
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| Fully replenishes Chuck Jr.'s health. | |
| Candy | |
| Gives the player bonus points. |
Stages
| Stone Age Suburbs I | |
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| Stone Age Suburbs II | |
| Stone Age Suburbs III | |
| The Apple Tree | |
| A bonus stage where Chuck Jr. tries to knock all of the apples out of the tree so the dinosaur can eat it. Chuck Jr. can use the dinosaur as a platform with to reach the apples.
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| Dippy the Dinosaur | |
| Butterfly Grove I | |
| Butterfly Grove II | |
| Wacky Waterfalls | |
| Watch Out for Ozric's Tentacles | |
| The River Race | |
| A bonus stage where Chuck Jr. races down a river. He moves by alternately pressing and rapidly.
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| Lively Lava | |
| The Spooky Cave | |
| Going Up the Tree | |
| Going Down the Tree | |
| The Lava Tree | |
| Statue Carving | |
| A bonus stage where Chuck Jr. chisels a statue of his father with his club. | |
| The Fruit Mountain | |
| Snow Problem | |
| Meet Morgan Moose | |
| Sergei the Sea Slug | |
| In the Smelly Sewers | |
| The Car Factory | |
| Uh Oh Brick Jagger and His Robot | |
History
It appears some code and graphics (such as small cubic rocks) were also used for Wonder Dog. Unlike the original Chuck Rock game, which was ported to the SNES and Game Boy, Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck was not ported to any Nintendo systems.
Versions
The Sega Mega-CD version differs slightly from Sega Mega Drive version, not only by featuring animated cutscenes and Red Book audio, but also by using the systems sprite scaling ability.
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| English | Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck | Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck |
| English (US) | Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck | Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck |
| Japanese | チャックロックII | Chuck Rock II |
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Graphics: Lee Pullen
- Design: Bob Churchill
- Programming: Chris Long
- Quality Assurance: Lisa Fegraus, Adam Ryan, Noah Tool, Paul Shoener, Scott Manning, Jared Brinkley
- Original Music: Martin Iveson
- Music Conversions: Krisalis Software
- Thanks to: Dan Scott, Richard Morton, Ian Sabine, Tim Swann, Barry Irvine, and everyone else at Core
- The Management: Jeremy Smith, Richard Barclay, Sharon Gordon, Lydia Philips
- Also thanks to: Doug Mathieson of Ontario for the feedback
- Finally: Thanks to you for playing the game through to the finish
Mega-CD version
- Graphics: Jeremy Smith
- Programmer: Chris Long
- Design: Bob Churchill
- FMV Programmer: Mac Avory
- Music and SFX: Martin Iveson, Nathan McCree
- Producer: Jeremy Heath-Smith
- Virgin Games: Neil Young, Lisa Fegraus, Paul Shoener, Craig McCoy, Eric Harshman, Jim Getz, Mitch Feldman
Intro Sequence
- Coordinator: Billy Allison
- Tony Garth Animation Ltd.
- Animation: Mark Mason
- Design: Jez Hall
- Storyboard: Vince James
- Ink 'N' Paint: Billy Allison, Jim Bot-Masey, Simon Phipps, Stu Atkinson, Adrian Mannion
- Music: Nathan McCree
- Dream Sequence: Helen Byrne
- Chocolate: Mark Price
- Thanks to: Dan Scott, Ian Sabine, Barry Irvine, and everyone at Core
- Also thanks to: Doug Mathieson of Ontario for the feedback
- Finally: Thanks to you for playing through to the finish
Master System and Game Gear versions
- Producer: Jeremy Smith
- Programmer: Ian Sabine
- Design: Bob Churchill
- Graphics: Richard Morton, Lee Pullen
- Original Music and SFX: Martin Iveson
- Music and SFX Converted by: Krisalis Software
- Playtest: Barry Irvine, Tim Swann
- Special Thanks: Chris Long, Dan Scott, and everyone else at Core Design
Magazine articles
- Main article: Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Game Gear US print advert
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[20]
- Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)[21]
Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #21: "Octobre 1993" (1993-10-08)
Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #2: "November/Dezember 1993" (1993-11-03)
Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[22]
Print advert in Freak (IL) #16: "2/94" (1994-xx-xx)
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[23]
- Game Players (US) #0705: "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (1994-0x-xx)[24]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[25]
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
- Main article: Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:ChuckRockII GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 53
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 19
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 61
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sega Master Force, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 35
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 50
- ↑ Megazone, "November 1993" (AU; 1993-11-03), page 31
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 154
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Sega Master Force, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 37
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 93
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 56
- ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 29
- ↑ Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43
- ↑ File:Chuck Rock II MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Chuck Rock II MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Chuck Rock II SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 99
- ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 119
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 25
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 23
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 209
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-0x-xx)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 47
- ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 18
- ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 128
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 103
- ↑ Famitsu, "1994-07-01" (JP; 1994-06-17), page 1
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 9: August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 68
- ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 88
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138
- ↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 52
- ↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 18
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 104
- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 88
- ↑ MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 52
- ↑ Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 5, Januar 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 37
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 87
- ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 30, 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 1
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 66
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 60
- ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 52
- ↑ Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 54
- ↑ Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 14
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "November 27th 1993" (UK; 1993-11-27), page 10
- ↑ Supergame, "Novembro 1993" (BR; 1993-11-xx), page 22
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 43
- ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 106
- ↑ Console Mania, "Marzo 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 34
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
- ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 20
- ↑ Hyper, "May 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 28
- ↑ Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 48
- ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 96
- ↑ Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 8
- ↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 121
- ↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 161
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 62
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 19
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 96
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 60
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 54
- ↑ Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 62
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 132
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 130
- ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 140
- ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 70
- ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 31
- ↑ Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 25
- ↑ Sega Master Force, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 22
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 164
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 147
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 160
- ↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 80
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 143
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 41
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 55
- ↑ Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 82
- ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 51
- ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 40
- ↑ Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 27
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