Bonkers

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Bonkers
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		1055
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1055-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ1055
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		048050

Bonkers is a 1994 action game by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive tying into Disney's Bonkers cartoon. It was released under the Sega Club brand.

The game consists of a series of missions with varying gameplay styles, for instance throwing donuts at criminals a la target practice or navigating a maze looking for pieces of clothes to identify a criminal based on a sketch.

Production credits

  • Developed By: Sega Interactive Development Division
  • Lead Programmer: Matthew Arrington
  • Lead Artist: Kathleen Bruno
  • Sega of America Producer: Rhonda Van
  • Assistant SOA Producer: Erik Wahlberg
  • Disney Producers: Noah Dudley, Gary Graeper
  • Sidd Producer: Jason Lewis
  • Programmers: Kevin Burley, Ala Diaz, Roy Glover, Mike Terlecki, Pravin Wagh
  • Aritsts: Bob Barrett, Michael Chung, Larry Flores, Maureen Kringen, Kevin Lee, Michael Tamura, Art Wong
  • Character Animators: Ed Olson, Greg Peters
  • Technical Animation Assistant: Bryan Wilkinson
  • Technical Manager: Mike Terlecki
  • Art Director: Maureen Kringen
  • Assistant Art Director: Kevin Lee
  • Music Director: Tristan Des Pres
  • Music and Sound Effects: Dave Delia, Paul Gadbois, Mike Larkin, Dwight Stone, Jeffrey Glenn Tveraas
  • Graphics Utilities: Claude Foucault, Alex Suzdaltsev
  • Technical Support: Hooell Monleon
  • Gameplay Consultation: Jack Loh, Paul Norman
  • Lead Tester: Joe Cain
  • Assistant Lead: Marc Dawson
  • Testers: Crisi Albertson, Aaron Bandur, Mo Berry, John Brien, Blair Bullock, Derek Carmichael, Donald Carmichael, Pete Clark, Dan Cohen, Chris Colon, Steve Fallas, Arnold Galano, Aaron Holmes, Kwame Jeffers, Kavin Johnson, Jeff Junio, Jeffrey Kessler, Amine Khoury, Jay Lee, Jay Mijares, Chris Sinclair, Steve Smith, Manuel Sousa, Gregg Vogt, Christine Watson, Mike Williams, Daniel Wong, David Wood
  • Additional Game Design: Joe Cain, Keith Higashihara, Vy Nong
  • Special Thanks: Mark Nausha, James Brandstetter, Michael Arrington, Steve Apour


Magazine articles

Main article: Bonkers/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • 1995 05 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

    ES Print Advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №42, p130
59 №159, p90[1]
74 №9, p12
55 №28, p42/43
70 №53, p104
59 №64, p48
74 №41, p50/51
70 №71, p130[2]
Sega Mega Drive
 68
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
85
[4]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
59
[1]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
74
[6]
Joypad (FR)
74
[7]
Mega (UK) PAL
55
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
50
[9]
Player One (FR)
70
[10]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
68
[11]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
59
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
74
[13]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[14]
Top Consoles (FR)
60
[15]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[16]
VideoGames (US)
70
[2]
Sega Mega Drive
 66
Based on
16 reviews

Bonkers

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
Bonkers MD PT Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
Bonkers MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 d1e66017
MD5 9b7b171a649415d2750e81337d641ad3
SHA-1 938642252fdb1c5aedc785bce2ba383fc683c917
1MB 1994-09 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 159.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 159.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 130 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p130" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 35
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 130
  5. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 38
  6. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-26), page 12
  7. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 53
  8. ↑ Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 42
  9. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 71
  10. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104
  11. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 100
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-19), page 48
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 50
  14. ↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
  15. ↑ Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104
  16. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 28
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