Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)

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Asterix and the Great Rescue
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















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Astérix and the Great Rescue (known during development simply as Astérix) is a platforming game developed by Core Design and published by Sega and released in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in the US and Europe. It was the first Sega game to tie into the Asterix series of comic books and other media. A different such game was released for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.

Gaul is almost completely occupied by the Roman Empire; the only plot of land remaining is the small town where Asterix and his friend Obelix live. While the town has been able to stalemate the Romans in the surrounding areas until then, the Romans did capture and imprison the town druid, Getafix, and their pet Dogmatix in Rome, and the two main characters must now set off to Rome to free them.

You can play as either Asterix or Obelix by selecting one before each level from a map screen. Both characters may jump with A, punch with B, and crawl by holding Down and a direction at the same time. Should a character collect a bag scattered about the levels, they receive a limited number of balls they can throw at enemies with C. There are at least two types of balls; one is shot to destroy enemies, the other to create platforms you can stand on; choose with Up+C.

Production credits

Main Programming: Stef Walker
Graphics and Game Design: Jerr O Carroll
Music and Sound FX: Nathan McCree
Level Design and Other Graphics: Richard Morton
Presentation Code: Dan Scott
Music Driver: Sean Dunlevy
Gameplay: Bob
Technical Support and Divine Help: Mac Avory
Other Graphics: Billy Allison, Gary Boy Masey
Producer: Ken Lockley
Game Testing: Dazza, AJ, JJ, Buller, Rattle Snake, Lizzy, Yappa, Andy
Special Thanks To: Chris Long, Simon Phipps, John Kirkland, Roberto Cirillo and Linda Taylor

Promotional material

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    ES print advert 1

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    ES print advert 1 (Variation)

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    ES print advert 2

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Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #2: "November/Dezember 1993" (1993-11-03)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №24, p124/125/126
52
61
73
88
84 №14, p30/31
80 №8, p24
86
68 №23, p80/81
55 №14, p92/93[1]
65 №37, p152
78 №48, p48/49
73 №12, p12
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[2]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
67
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[4]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
52
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[7]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7 (RU)
70
[8]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
61
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[10]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
67
[11]
Hyper (AU)
81
[12]
Joypad (FR) PAL
88
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
59
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
84
[15]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
80
[16]
Mega Force (FR)
86
[17]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
71
[18]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
62
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
55
[1]
Player One (FR)
65
[20]
Sega Magazin (DE)
75
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
78
[22]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
74
[23]
Sega Force (SE) PAL
78
[24]
SuperGamePower (BR)
60
[25]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
70
[26]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[27]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
71
[28]
Video Games (DE) PAL
65
[29]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
40
[30]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
30 reviews

Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Asterix And The Great Rescue MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
  3. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 25
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 124
  5. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 84
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  7. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
  8. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
  9. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 46
  10. ↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
  11. ↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 21
  12. ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
  14. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 43
  15. ↑ Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30
  16. ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24
  17. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 96
  18. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 70
  19. ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 80
  20. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152
  21. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 34
  22. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78
  23. ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 34
  24. ↑ Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 16
  25. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
  26. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 30th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 12
  27. ↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 56
  28. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
  29. ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 105
  30. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70



Astérix games for Sega systems
Sega Master System
 Astérix (1991) | Astérix and the Secret Mission (1993) | Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
Sega Game Gear
 Astérix and the Secret Mission (1994) | Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994)
Sega Mega Drive
 Astérix and the Great Rescue (1993) | Astérix and the Power of the Gods (1995)
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