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Hurricanes
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Game Gear
1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		79136-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-79138-50

Hurricanes is a 1994 platformer for various systems, including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear, by U.S. Gold based on DiC's Hurricanes cartoon. The MD and GG versions were only released in Europe (a SNES port developed by Probe was released in the US). Each version has different levels.

Gameplay

Instead of being a soccer simulator, the game is a platformer similar to Marko's Magic Football: you play as one of the players on the fictional Hurricanes football team as they use their football to destroy enemies through various platforming levels. C/1 kicks and A/2 jumps. The ball will always come back to you after you kick it.

In the Game Gear version, you play as the American player Cal, and the goal of each stage is to collect a certain amount of items to open up the exit to the next level (which is represented by a flag with the Hurricanes logo on it.) There are 12 stages which include a forest, an Incan temple, a mountain, and a locker room. After completing the game, you are treated to a one-screen ending with Winston Honeychurch saying, "You Win!" followed by the credits.

The Mega Drive version consists of 5 episodes (worlds), each with three stages. Also, four of the Hurricanes are playable and can be selected for each episode; Cal, Hiro, Amanda, and Rude. However, the characters only differ in appearance and have no different attributes (like jumping higher, running faster, etc.) Unlike the Game Gear version, you don't need to collect items to open up the exit. You just need to get to the end of the level and touch the golden Hurricanes logo. At the end of each episode is a boss (and a sub-boss in the second level of the game).

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Produced by: Arc Developments
  • Programming by: Derrick Owens
  • Graphics by: Darren Wakeman, Carl Entwistle, Craig Davison, Paul Walker, Gary Tonge
  • Level Mapping: Martin Smith, Carl Entwistle
  • Sprite Mapping: Martin Smith
  • Quality Control: Patrick Toner, Rude McKen, John Griffiths
  • Music Composer (uncredited): Andi McGinty


Game Gear version

  • Produced by: Arc Developments
  • Programming by: John Barber, Byron Nilsson
  • Graphics by: Darren Wakeman, Carl Entwistle, Craig Davison, Gary Noden, Paul Walker
  • Music by: Andi McGinty


Magazine articles

Main article: Hurricanes/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
42 №1995/02, p100[2]
60 №45, p10
Sega Mega Drive
 51
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
80
[4]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
50
[5]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
68
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
42
[2]
Play Time (DE)
45
[7]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
60
[8]
Todo Sega (ES)
73
[9]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
63
[10]
Video Games (DE) PAL
63
[11]
Sega Mega Drive
 57
Based on
10 reviews

Hurricanes

Mega Drive, EU
Hurricanes MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
72 №51, p107
Sega Game Gear
 72
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
34
[12]
Player One (FR) PAL
72
[13]
Play Time (DE)
38
[14]
Sega Game Gear
 48
Based on
3 reviews

Hurricanes

Game Gear, EU
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 deccc874
MD5 dd09e0d16f81167cf187b13bf11a9564
SHA-1 87ea7e663a0573f02440f9c5661b1df91b4d3ffb
2MB 1994-10 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ File:Mega UK 19.pdf, page 83
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 138
  4. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 119
  5. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 92
  6. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 52
  7. ↑ Play Time, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 108
  8. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "17th February 1995" (UK; 1995-02-04), page 10
  9. ↑ Todo Sega, "Abril 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
  10. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 87
  11. ↑ Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 94
  12. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 80
  13. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
  14. ↑ Play Time, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 105
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