Animaniacs

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Animaniacs
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-95176
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-95176-50
Sega Mega Drive
DE
DM 119,95119,95[3]
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
048350

Animaniacs is a series of games developed by Konami as tie-ins to the Animaniacs television show. Games in the series were released for the Mega Drive, Game Boy, and SNES (only the GB and SNES versions were released in Japan). The Mega Drive and Game Boy versions play identically; the SNES version is a different game. The Mega Drive and SNES versions were released in 1994 (1997 for Japan), the Game Boy version in 1995.

Gameplay

The Mega Drive/Game Boy versions are platformers. You control Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the main characters of the TV show. You control only one at a time (switching with C); the others will follow you (or hide in the GB version). B jumps. A does a special move of the character: Yakko hits enemies with his paddleball, Wakko hits things with a mallet (which he can also use to spark bombs), and Dot shoots hearts from kisses. Yakko can also push objects by running into them. After getting through a level, you are taken to an overworld screen where you select a level by going in front of a building and hitting  START .

Trivia

The main ship of Konami's Gradius series, Vic Viper, can be seen in stage 2.

Versions

Unlike most other Konami releases, this games was partially PAL optimized. The music plays at the correct speed, the gameplay is slower. There is no known fix for this game.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamesMaster (UK) #23: "November 1994" (1994-10-20)
also published in:
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Print advert in GamePro (DE) #1995-01: "Januar 1995" (1994-12-23)
also published in:
  • MAN!AC (DE) #1995-03: "03/95" (1995-02-08)[3]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
87
89 №157, p65[1]
73
83
78 №24, p78
85 №7, p14
82
87 №26, p66-68[5]
60 №2, p99/100
80 №47, p132/133
80 №12, p86/87
76 №62, p64
80 №39, p64/65
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[6]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
78
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
89
[1]
Digitiser (UK)
76
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
73
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[11]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)
70
[12]
Freak (IL)
80
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
83
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[15]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
82
[17]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
80
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[5]
Next Generation (US)
50
[19]
Player One (FR)
80
[20]
Play Time (DE) PAL
83
[21]
Sega Magazin (DE)
84
[22]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
76
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[25]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
84
[26]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
74
[27]
Super Juegos (ES)
89
[28]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[29]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[30]
Video Games (DE) PAL
72
[31]
VideoGames (US)
60
[32]
Sega Mega Drive
77
Based on
29 reviews

Animaniacs

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

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Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Mega Drive, BR
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 86224d86
MD5 ce0a42a75a9e374cf5092f34bf6927b7
SHA-1 7e9d70b5172b4ea9e1b3f5b6009325fa39315a7c
1MB 1994-11 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 92b6f255
MD5 85b4c7b4b839e5b3614ae7b218129e12
SHA-1 c474d13afb04bfdb291cfabe43ffc0931be42dbc
1MB 1994-11 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 65 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p65" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 11
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-03.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-03.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 106
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 19
  7. Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
  8. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 15
  9. Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-03)
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 289
  12. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
  13. Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  14. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 114
  15. GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
  16. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
  17. Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 106
  18. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 120
  19. Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
  20. Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 132
  21. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 108
  22. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 24
  23. Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86
  24. Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 64
  25. Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 64
  26. Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
  27. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 13
  28. Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
  29. Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
  30. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
  31. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 42
  32. VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 105