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. All the animated cutscenes were made by Madhouse (Mega CD version only).
Story
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, he meet Annet Myer, his companion through the wilderness, and Sigfried, who knows a lot about the history of the idols.
Gameplay
Gameplay is typical and controls are simple:
attacks,
jumps,
changes weapon. By default you have a long-range whip, but will pick up other weapons later. Pressing
and
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
Mega-CD version
Staff
- Producer: Masaaki Uno
- Director and Main Programmer: Bug太郎
- Mega-CD Assistant Programmer: Chikaaki Tokuhiro
- Visual Support Progammer: Jun Hoyano, Osamu Watanabe, Hiroshi Ogawa, Bug太郎
- Main Graphics and Character Design: Tosio Yamamoto
- Stage Map Graphics: Tosio Yamamoto, M. Kaneda, Kazuhiro Nagata
- Visual Chief: Jun Hoyano
- Visual Graphics: Jun Hoyano, Masayuki Matsushima, Kiyoka Tajima, Mari Kimura, Yumiko Nishitani, Takeharu Isogai, Keiichi Fujita, Go Tsukasa, Hidetoshi Nakajima, Yuhji Ushijima, Mitsutoshi Yasumori, Masayuki Kaneda, Tosio Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Nagata
- Music Composer: Hiroki Itou, Motoi Sakuraba
- Sound Effect: Ryota Furuya
- Executive Producer: Masahiro Akishino
Visual Staff
- Cast
- アーネスト: Kazuki Yao
- アネット: Yuko Minaguchi
- ジーク・フリート: Ryo Hoirikawa
- シャルロット: Hiromi Tsuru
- アル・カポネ: Hideyuki Tanaka
- ウルリッヒ: Masaharu Satou
- Production and Picture continuity: Katsuhisa Yamada
- Visual Director: Tetsurou Aoki
- Visual Establishment: Hisaya Takabayashi
- Animation Works: MAD HOUSE
- CD-Sound Editor: Video Company Mitomo
- Thanks: Jo Asanuma, Fumiaki Fukaya, Z.Ando, Tadashi Hamada, Kimito Iijima, Junichiro Shibata, Uchida, Nakamura, Hisao Kunimatsu, Black kamakura
- Special thanks: Kazuyuki Fukushima
- This game is created by: Wolf Team
Source: In-game credits (JP)[2]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Earnest Evans/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in
GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Mega Drive, US
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![EarnestEvans MD US Box.jpg](/images/thumb/5/58/EarnestEvans_MD_US_Box.jpg/189px-EarnestEvans_MD_US_Box.jpg) Cover
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![Earnestevans md us cart.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e8/Earnestevans_md_us_cart.jpg/50px-Earnestevans_md_us_cart.jpg) Cart ![EarnestEvans MD US Manual.pdf](/images/thumb/2/24/EarnestEvans_MD_US_Manual.pdf/page1-29px-EarnestEvans_MD_US_Manual.pdf.jpg) Manual
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Mega-CD version
Mega-CD, JP
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![EarnestEvans MCD JP Box Back.jpg](/images/thumb/6/68/EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg/101px-EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg) ![EarnestEvans MCD JP Box Front.jpg](/images/thumb/5/52/EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_Box_Front.jpg/80px-EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_Box_Front.jpg) Cover
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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Build Date |
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✔
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CRC32
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a243816d
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MD5
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6a2d2ac410a424fcb66a72ec0dff9484
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SHA-1
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cb5a2a928e2c2016f915e07e1d148672563183f0
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1MB
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1991-12
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Cartridge (US)
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✔
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592,751,040
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CD (JP)
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T-32014
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:GamePro US 033.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309
- ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 60
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 50 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:Joystick FR 024.pdf, page 162 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:SegaForce SE 1993 01.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 82
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ Famitsu, "1992-01-03" (JP; 1991-12-20), page 40
- ↑ Games-X, "30th January-5th February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-30), page 25
- ↑ Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 51
- ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 98
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87