Earnest Evans

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Earnest Evans
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Renovation,
Sega Mega-CD
Wolf Team
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥7,3007,300 T-32014
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$61.9961.99[1] 49176

Earnest Evans (アーネストエバンス) is a 1991 platforming action game developed by Wolf Team for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD released in the US and Japan as exclusives for the respective consoles. It is the second in the trilogy following El Viento and followed by Anetto Futatabi — plotwise, however, it comes first in Japan and second in the US for some reason.

Earnest Evans III is on a quest to complete his grandfather's mission of saving the Earth from destruction by hiding three ancient idols with that power from evil hands, in Earnest Evans III's case the bounty hunter Brady Tresidder. Along the way, you meet Annet Myer, your companion through the wilderness, and Sigfried, who knows a lot about the history of the idols.

Gameplay

Gameplay is typical and controls are simple: A attacks, B jumps, C changes weapon. By default you have a long-range whip, but will pick up other weapons later. Pressing Down and Up switches between standing/running, crouching, and crawling.

Each level contains items you must find to open the boss room; after defeating a boss you must flee its chamber and go to a specified point in the level to clear it.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Produced by Masaaki Uno
  • Directed by Bugtarou
  • Programmed by Bugtarou
  • Graphics by Tosio Yamamoto, Masayuki Kaneda, Kazuhiro Nagata, Jun Hoyano
  • Music Composed by Motoi Sakuraba
  • Executive Producer: Masahiro Akishino
  • Cooperation by Ryota Furuya, Jun Hoyano
  • Thanks to Chikaaki Tokuhiro, Fumiaki Fukaya, Hiroshi Ogawa, Jo Asanuma
  • Special Thanks to Kazuyuki Fukushima
  • All Produced by Wolf Team
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Earnest Evans/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76 №33, p54[1]
72 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 74
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[2]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
76
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[6]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
55
[7]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
50
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[8]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
72
[9]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[10]
Sega Mega Drive
 60
Based on
9 reviews

Earnest Evans

Mega Drive, US
EarnestEvans MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
EarnestEvans MD US Manual.pdf
Manual

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
53 №159
76 №6, p64/65
90 №5, p51
60 №40
80 №24, p162[11]
50 №3, p50-52[12]
91 №5, p62/63[13]
75 №18, p74
76 №1/93, p16[14]
Sega Mega-CD
 72
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
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[15]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
76
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[16]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
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[17]
Games-X (UK) NTSC-J
60
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[18]
Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J
90
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[19]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
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[20]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
80
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[21]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
74
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[22]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
50
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[23]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
91
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
75
[24]
Sega Force (SE) NTSC-J
76
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[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[26]
Sega Mega-CD
 69
Based on
13 reviews

Earnest Evans

Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
EarnestEvans MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
EarnestEvans MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 a243816d
MD5 6a2d2ac410a424fcb66a72ec0dff9484
SHA-1 cb5a2a928e2c2016f915e07e1d148672563183f0
1MB 1991-12 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:GamePro US 033.pdf, page 56
  2. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
  3. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26
  5. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309
  6. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 56
  7. ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 60
  8. ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 50
  9. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  10. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
  11. ↑ File:Joystick FR 024.pdf, page 162
  12. ↑ File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf, page 50
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ File:SegaForce SE 1993 01.pdf, page 16
  15. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 82
  16. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 64
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 40
  18. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 25
  19. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 51
  20. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 98
  21. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 162
  22. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
  23. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 50
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  25. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 16
  26. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
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