Art Alive!

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Art Alive!

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Western Technologies, FarSight Technologies

Genre: Educational (JP box), Table (Sega of Japan master list — though it may turn out Sega combined the two, TODO)

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-03-27	¥3,8003,800	G-4069
US	1991	$39.9539.95^[3]	1703
EU	1992-03^[1]		1703
PT	1991		MDJ-1703-50
AU	199x
BR	1992-05^[4]

Art Alive! (アートアライブ) is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1991. It can be seen as a Sega alternative to Nintendo's Mario Paint on the Super NES, though Art Alive! debuted before Nintendo's game.

Gameplay

With the start of the game, you are given a blank canvas, so to speak, and it's your job to fill it in. There are various tools you can use to do the job with. There's a pencil for drawing single lines and there's even a button for drawing a circle. It's similar to MS Paint in that you just press the button where you want the circle to start, then move the cursor over to where you want the circle to end. Now just press the button again to confirm this circle. The button cancels the circle, and deletes it from the screen.

In addition, several stamps (like those seen in Wacky Worlds) of various Sega characters like Sonic the Hedgehog can be placed and animated throughout the picture.

With the help of emulators or a VCR, images created in Art Alive! can be saved for later viewing.

Production credits

Although Art Alive! doesn't have an ending, production credits can be shown by holding ++ when the Sega logo appears.

Programming: Jay Obernolte, Chris Ziomkowski
Adult Supervision: Jeff Fort, Scott Berfield
Art and Music: Eric Iwasaki
Program Design: Rand Siegfried, Jeff Fort, Jay Smith
Developed by: Western Technologies

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Art Alive!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Ação Games (BR) #14: "Junho 1992" (1992-06-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[11]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

63

^[12]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[13]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

79

^[14]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

35

^[5]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[16]

Game Players Sega Guide! (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[17]

Game Zone (UK)

PAL

51

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

50

^[6]

Joystick (FR)

75

^[7]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

51

^[19]

Mega (UK)

PAL

19

^[20]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

47

^[21]

Player One (FR)

68

^[8]

Power Up! (UK)

60

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

46

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

79

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

39

^[24]

Sega Force (UK)

70

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[25]

Supergame (BR)

88

^[4]

	58
Based on 22 reviews

Art Alive!

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f1b72cdd
MD5	a53f365fb6997a537dff807344995c51
SHA-1	2c57e38592a206a1847e9e202341595832798587

128kB

1991-08

Cartridge

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 7
↑ File:MegaTech UK 04.pdf, page 52
↑ File:GamePro US 030.pdf, page 74
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 File:Supergame BR 10.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 10.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 22 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p22" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:Joypad FR 007.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 007.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Joystick FR 026.pdf, page 124 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 026.pdf_p124" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:SegaForce UK 04.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 04.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 127
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 37
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
↑ Games-X, "5th-11th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 20
↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7
↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73
↑ Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 40
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 83
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 21, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-21), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 7

[:File:MegaTech_UK_04.pdf_p52-2] File:MegaTech UK 04.pdf, page 52

[:File:GamePro_US_030.pdf_p74-3] File:GamePro US 030.pdf, page 74

[:File:Supergame_BR_10.pdf_p31-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 File:Supergame BR 10.pdf, page 31 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 10.pdf_p31" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p22-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 22 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p22" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Joypad_FR_007.pdf_p76-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:Joypad FR 007.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 007.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Joystick_FR_026.pdf_p124-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Joystick FR 026.pdf, page 124 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 026.pdf_p124" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_020.pdf_p104-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_04.pdf_p72-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:SegaForce UK 04.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 04.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_06.pdf_p62-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 06.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-06.pdf_p127-12] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 127

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-04.pdf_p37-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 37

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p127-14] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127

[:File:GamesX_UK_45.pdf_p20-15] Games-X, "5th-11th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 20

[:File:GameInformer_US_003.pdf_p7-16] Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7

[:File:GPSG_US_0301.pdf_p73-17] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:GameZone_UK_07.pdf_p40-18] Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 40

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-06.pdf_p83-19] Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p19-20] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19

[:File:Micromania2_ES_052.pdf_p83-21] Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 83

[22] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 21, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-21), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_30.pdf_p58-23] Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-24] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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Art Alive!

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References