Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad

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Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ocean Software
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Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1

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Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad, also known as Mr. Nutz 2 is a "sequel" to Mr. Nutz, developed by Neon Software and published by Ocean Software for the Commodore Amiga in 1994. It was due to be ported to the Sega Mega Drive, however this port was cancelled for unknown reasons. Had it been released, it would have arrived in Europe around April of 1995. Like its predecessor, no North American or Japanese Mega Drive versions were planned.

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad was developed by an entirely different team than Mr. Nutz, though the two projects worked in parallel. This gives the two games a radically different look and feel to each other - Hoppin' Mad is a much faster game inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario World, while the "regular" Mr. Nutz is a slower-paced adventure built with younger children in mind. Hoppin' Mad was not strictly a sequel though Ocean planned to market it as such.

The Mega Drive version of Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad was reportedly finished, though was scrapped shortly afterwards. This likely because, by developing two games in parallel, both were due to be completed by early 1995, and two Mr. Nutz games for the system being released around the same period may have caused confusion. Hoppin' Mad did, however, make it to the press for review.

Uncompiled source code of the game was leaked onto the internet in 2009. This was later compiled in 2012 to create a mostly finished prototype of the game.

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
50 №29, p50
78 №12, p79
62
84 №31, p74-76[1]
65 №66
80 №53, p12
Sega Mega Drive
70
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
50
[3]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
78
[4]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
60
[5]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
58
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
62
[7]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[1]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
64
[8]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
65
[9]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
80
[10]
Todo Sega (ES)
70
[11]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[12]
Video Games (DE) PAL
48
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
66
Based on
13 reviews

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad