Joe & Mac
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| Joe & Mac | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||
| Publisher: Takara | |||||
Developer: Data East  | |||||
| Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth | |||||
| Genre: Action | |||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | |||||
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Joe & Mac, known as Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja in Europe and Joe & Mac: Caveman Fight (ジョーとマック 戦え原始人) in Japan, is a 1991 platforming action game by Data East, initially released for a DE-manufactured arcade board, but later ported to home consoles such as the Sega Mega Drive (ported by Takara).
You control Joe, a green-haired caveman, as he tries to rescue his and his blue-haired friend Mac's girlfriends, who have been kidnapped by enemy cavemen one night. Joe shoots a weapon by hitting 
; he can change the particular weapon by grabbing a new one when it appears (hammers and wheels, for example). 
and 
both jump, however has Joe jump higher and curled into a ball; is a shorter jump that can be used to crush enemies. There is also a 2 player mode that let the second player control Mac; while most ports use a menu at the title screen to select the mode, Takara requires you to hit START with the second controller at the title screen to play in 2P mode.
Production credits
- Written by: Tim Round
- Additional Code: Jason Stoat, Stuart Middleton
- Graphics by: Tim Round, Terry Baker, Stuart Middleton, Rob Thursfield, Lee Beckett, Rob Dorney
- Audio by: Krisalis Software Ltd
- Music by: Matt Furniss
- Music Driver by: Shaun Hollingworth
- Testing by: Phil Bradley, Lee Mather, David Fowler
- Special Thanks: Kinya Tago, Phil Bradley, Mike Brown, David Fowler, John Davies, David Powell
Promotional material
- JoeandMac MD US PrintAdvert.jpg
US print advert
Physical scans
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References
- ↑ File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 58
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 103
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 107
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 145
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 63
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-0x-xx), page 22
- ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 34
- ↑ MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 22
- ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 64
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 94
- ↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 92
- ↑ VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79
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