Astérix and the Great Rescue (Mega Drive)
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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 , punch with
, and crawl by holding
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
. 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
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Contents
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
- 1993 10 - Astérix.jpg
ES print advert 1
- AatGR MD ES PrintAdvert.jpg
ES print advert 1 (Variation)
- EstosSiQueSonReyes ES PrintAd 1993-12.jpg
ES print advert 2
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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2MB | 1993-08 | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 25
- ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 124
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 84
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 7, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 21
- ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 30
- ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 24
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 96
- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 70
- ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 80
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 34
- ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78
- ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 34
- ↑ Sega Force, "1/94" (SE; 1994-01-12), page 16
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 30th 1993" (UK; 1993-10-30), page 12
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 56
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
- ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 105
- ↑ VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 70
Astérix games for Sega systems | |
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Astérix (1991) | Astérix and the Secret Mission (1993) | Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994) | |
Astérix and the Secret Mission (1994) | Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994) | |
Astérix and the Great Rescue (1993) | Astérix and the Power of the Gods (1995) |
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