Johnny Bazookatone

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Johnny Bazookatone

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: U.S. Gold, Soft Vision (JP)

Developer: Arc Developments

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-26	¥6,8006,800	T-7302G
US	1996-02		T-7909H
EU	1995-12^[1]		T-7909H-50

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Johnny Bazookatone, known as Johnny Bazooka (ジョニー・バズーカ) in Japan, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Arc Developments and published by U.S. Gold and Soft Vision for the Sega Saturn (and other platforms) in 1996.

The game was notable for shipping with a music CD with tracks from the game.

Production credits

An Arc Developments and U.S.Gold Production

Published by: U.S. Gold
Based on an Original Idea by: Craig Davison
Programming Team: Chibsy, Leigh Davies, Derrick Owens, Dan Thomas, Kieren Gracie, Adrian Smith, Mark Dow, Richard Underhill
Graphics Team: Paul Walker, David Percival, Darren Wakeman, Martin Povey, Carl Entwistle, Dan Cook, Attila Roth, Gaz Tonge, Pat Toner, Neil Pettitt
Design and Mapping: Patrick Toner, Rich Carless
Music and SFX: Andi McGinty
Music Production: Des Tong
Guitarist: Mike Hehir
Saxophonist: Chris (Snake) Davis
Test Team: Richard Hancock, Craig Jarvis, John Story, Adrian Bolton
Producer: Ken Lockley
Special Thanks: Geoff Brown, Byron Nilsson, N. Ishihara, James Farnhill

Source:

In-game credits^[2]

Magazine articles

Main article: Johnny Bazookatone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #82: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[4]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #4: "February 1996" (1996-01-24)

Print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #13: "Janvier 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

CD Consoles (FR) #15: "Mars 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

60

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

GameFan (US)

83

^[12]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[14]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

61

^[15]

Hacker (HR)

72

^[16]

Intelligent Gamer's Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

83

^[18]

LeveL (CZ)

71

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

61

^[20]

Maximum (UK)

0

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

90

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

79

^[23]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

47

^[7]

Player One (FR)

PAL

95

^[24]

Power Unlimited (NL)

85

^[25]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[26]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

94

^[27]

Sega Magazin (DE)

73

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

64

^[29]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

53

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

28

^[10]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

65

^[33]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

40

^[34]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

78

^[35]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[36]

	67
Based on 29 reviews

Johnny Bazookatone

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

References

↑ File:SSM UK 04.pdf, page 100
↑ File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 87
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 48
↑ CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 41
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 15.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 15.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf, page 89 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf_p89" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_04.pdf, page 74
↑ File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf, page 231
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 3: March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60
↑ GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Game Informer, "February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: March 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
↑ LeveL, "Červen 1996" (CZ; 1996-06-01), page 58
↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72
↑ Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 141
↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 76
↑ Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 58
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 42
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14
↑ Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72
↑ Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 44
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 46
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 231
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 34
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 76
↑ Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 84
↑ VideoGames, "April 1996" (US; 1996-03-19), page 63

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p100-1] File:SSM UK 04.pdf, page 100

[:File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-2] File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_082.pdf_p87-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 87

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p48-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p41-5] CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 41

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p66-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 15.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 15.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf_p89-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf, page 89 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega41UK.pdf_p89" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p74-8] File:SSM_UK_04.pdf, page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf_p231-9] File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf, page 231

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content

[11] Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0403.pdf_p13-12] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 3: March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0902.pdf_p60-13] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:GamePro_US_080.pdf_p60-14] GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:GameInformer_US_034.pdf_p50-15] Game Informer, "February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50

[16] Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:IGFusion_US_0208.pdf_p60-17] Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: March 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:Joypad_FR_051.pdf_p72-18] Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[19] LeveL, "Červen 1996" (CZ; 1996-06-01), page 58

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-04.pdf_p72-20] MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_04.pdf_p141-21] Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 141

[:File:MegaForce_FR_48.pdf_p36-22] Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-03.pdf_p76-23] Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 76

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p58-24] Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_031_199604.pdf_p42-25] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-26] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p14-27] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_29.pdf_p72-28] Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72

[:File:SegaPower_UK_77.pdf_p44-29] Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p46-30] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 46

[:File:SSM_UK_04.pdf_p74-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf_p231-32] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 231

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p34-33] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 34

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_17.pdf_p76-34] Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 76

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-03.pdf_p84-35] Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 84

[:File:VideoGames_US_87.pdf_p63-36] VideoGames, "April 1996" (US; 1996-03-19), page 63

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Johnny Bazookatone

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References