Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















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Captain Planet and the Planeteers is a 1992 platformer for the Sega Mega Drive by Sega based on the Captain Planet and the Planeteers television series. The game has a total of 5 stages. The first 4 are played with a randomly chosen Planeteer, the last stage is played with Captain Planet.

Game design is very basic in design, with hit detection issues and sometimes unavoidable enemy attacks.

Gameplay

C jumps, B fires a weak shot, A fires a strong shot. As planet power is limited, one has to use it sparingly. When running out of planet power, shots can only be fired at a very low rate, similar to Rolling Thunder 2 Defeated enemies sometimes drop health items or planet power.

Each of the 4 first stages has it's own mission:

  • Destroy all computers
  • close all valves
  • Destroy the mining devices
  • Reach the end of the stage

A boss awaits at the end of each mission

The final stage is an extended boss fight. C button has no function as Captain Planet can levitate and is controlled with the arrow keys.

Rather than featuring a limited amount of continues, the game has an overal time limit. Remaining time is added to the total score at the end of the game.

Version Differences

The PAL version displays health and planet power through numbers, while the NTSC-U version uses symbols.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
53 №19, p108/109
27 №140, p83
30 №11, p58/59
58 №10, p52
30 №2, p25
31 №9, p88-90[1]
56 №33, p98
44 №46, p56/57
59 №21, p67
45 №1, p54/55[2]
Sega Mega Drive
 43
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
53
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
27
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
30
[6]
Joypad (FR)
80
[7]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
30
[8]
Mega (UK) PAL
58
[9]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
30
[10]
Mega Force (FR)
78
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
31
[1]
Player One (FR)
56
[12]
Play Time (DE) PAL
71
[13]
Power Up! (UK)
65
[14]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
44
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
59
[16]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
45
[2]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
34
[17]
Sega Mega Drive
 49
Based on
17 reviews

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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Mega Drive, AU

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Mega Drive, Asia
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 108
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-15), page 83
  6. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 30
  7. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 82
  8. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 58
  9. ↑ Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 52
  10. ↑ Mega Action, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 25
  11. ↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 100
  12. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 98
  13. ↑ Play Time, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-04), page 108
  14. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 22, 1993" (UK; 1993-05-22), page 1
  15. ↑ Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 56
  16. ↑ Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 67
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38
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