Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

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Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Tengen

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-12-25	¥8,8008,800	T-48153
US	1993-11^[1]	$69.9569.95^[1]	T-48226

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Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt! (オーサムポッサム) is a platform game released by Tengen in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive video game console. Inspired heavily by Sonic the Hedgehog and possibly Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, it features a possum named Awesome who must defeat the evil Dr. Machino and his army of robots.

The game has a strong environmental message, involving the destruction of rainforests and pollution. At the end of each stage the user is asked questions relating to the environment or the animal kingdom.

Gameplay

Controls are identical to Sonic the Hedgehog: , , and jump and pressing while running rolls. After finishing a level (except the last one), the player must answer environment/ecology related questions by using the , or buttons.

Production credits

Design and Programming: Richard L. Seaborne
Associate Programming: May Yam
Art and Animation: Jose Erazo, Doug Gray, Manuel Laguatan, Jules Marino
Map Creation: Jose Erazo, Manuel Laguatan, Paul Lidberg
Concepts: Richard L. Seaborne, Earl Vickers
Music and Sound: Earl Vickers, Doug Brandon, Nu Romantic
Voices: Walter Fields, Laura Amat, Douglas Lawrence
Producers: Steve Calfee, Bill Hindorff

History

Critical reception

Awesome Possum was not released outside of Japan and North America, and was heavily criticized upon release for having poor physics and controls. The character of Awesome also also provides a running commentary while playing, which was often cited as being annoying.

Magazine articles

Main article: Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[2]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-11: "November 1993" (1993-10-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-01: "January 1994" (1993-12-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[7]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[8]

Console Mania (IT)

82

^[9]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

62

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

40

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)

70

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[1]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC-U

57

^[14]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[15]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

48

^[16]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

49

^[17]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[18]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

51

^[19]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

25

^[20]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

76

^[21]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

35

^[22]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

48

^[23]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

67

^[24]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[25]

	57
Based on 20 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	1f07577f
MD5	3ad4ffc5046a21b6a7d7f5589c39dd76
SHA-1	a0fe802de7874c95c355ec12b29136651fe0af28

2MB

1993-07

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	8c64445e
MD5	34c5206f16d805873cea0907cd1d5913
SHA-1	a34a81e8601d18781b352c1febf9ded6a1c398db

2MB

1993-12

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	0158dc53
MD5	3d2e30dc3065ac1f2c7fcb3f03440091
SHA-1	8728f7d18c75e132b98917b96ade5d42c0d4a0cb

2MB

1993

Prototype

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf, page 26
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 78 (79)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 54/55 (55)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 26
↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 122
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 9
↑ GamesMaster, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 52
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 43
↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 46
↑ MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 16
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 55
↑ Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 70
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 56
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
↑ Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 51
↑ VideoGames, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 86

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p79-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p63-2] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 63

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf_p26-3] File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf, page 26

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-4] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p79_.2878.29-5] GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 78 (79)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p55_.2854.2F55.29-6] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 54/55 (55)

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf_p26-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 26

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_026.pdf_p49-9] Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_15.pdf_p122-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 122

[:File:EGM_US_052.pdf_p50-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 291

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 9

[14] GamesMaster, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 52

[15] Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 43

[:File:Mega_UK_17.pdf_p46-16] Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 46

[:File:MegaTech_UK_26.pdf_p16-17] MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 16

[:File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p55-18] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 55

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p58-19] Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_31.pdf_p70-20] Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 70

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p56-21] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 56

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-22] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[23] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-02.pdf_p51-24] Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 51

[:File:VideoGames_US_59.pdf_p86-25] VideoGames, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 86

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Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

History

Critical reception

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References