Chiki Chiki Boys

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Chiki Chiki Boys

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega, Visco (sound)

Original system(s): Capcom CPS-1

Developer(s) of original games: Capcom

Sound driver: Visco/Kazuo Okabayashi

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-10-16	¥6,0006,000	G-4083
US	1993		1075
EU	1993		1075
DE	1993-04^[1]	DM 119,95119,95^[1]
AU	199x
BR	199x		044250
KR	199x		GM8077JG
AS	199x

Chiki Chiki Boys (チキチキボーイズ), also known as Mega Twins in some areas, is an arcade game by Capcom first released in 1990 and ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1992 by Sega and Visco. The game features two twins who are attempting to re-take control of their land, Alurea, after a monster unexpectedly attacks, destroying everything in its path.

Story

The people of Alurea have lived in peace for a thousand years and have forgotten how to fight, yet the land's only survivors, the twin sons of the king, must take up the challenge and return their kingdom to its former glory.

The two twins, aged around 15 at the time the game takes place, venture forth in search of a legendary stone known as "Dragon Blue Eyes," which is rumoured to be able to put everything back to rights.

Gameplay

The game takes the form of a scrolling platform/beat 'em up game, with the players controlling the characters of the twins. The game can be played alone (in which case only one of the twins is present), or with two players together controlling one twin each.

In addition to moving around, the players can jump () and also cling on to vertical walls, allowing them to climb to areas that would otherwise be out of reach. Each player is armed with a magic sword (), which is the main weapon used against the enemies in the game. Magic bombs can also be collected as the game progresses, each of which will cause damage to all enemies on the screen when fired (). Only a limited number of these bombs can be carried by the players at a time.

Each player has an energy bar which is depleted each time contact is made with an enemy or projectile. When the energy reaches zero, the player loses a life.

Chests are scattered throughout the game (some of which are hidden and must be discovered), the majority of which contain coins that add point to the players' scores, but some of them contain power ups and bonuses such as a pill that replenishes the players' energy bars and an enhanced magic sword.

Levels

The game is made up from nine levels, which are as follows:

	Round 1 - The Earth
	Consists of a forest section and a lava-filled cavern. The goddess Callia is encountered at the end of this level.
	Round 2 - The Heavens
	At the end, the Shrine of Meius, the god of the heavens, is reached.
	Round 3 - Under the sea
	The twins travel through a haunted sunken pirate ship.
	Round 4 stage 1
	Jungle/crystal caverns.
	Round 4 stage 2
	The underwater foundations.
	Round 4 stage 3
	The monster castle dungeon.
	Round 4 stage 4
	Into the sky.
	Round 4 stage 5
	Ascent to the top of monster castle.
	Round 5
	Escape to paradise.

The player is able to select to start on any of the first three levels, but the remaining levels can only be accessed sequentially.

Versions

The most conspicuous change in the Mega Drive version of Chiki Chiki Boys is the lack of the two-player mode found in the arcade version. Otherwise, it is relatively faithful, save for minor cutbacks in graphical quality (both in the form of fewer colours, less detailed backgrounds and foregrounds, and some minor visual effects). While the stages have the same layouts, in the Mega Drive version they are not continuous like the arcade; instead they are divided into sections which are separated by black screens, presumably as the console loads a new set of graphics. Also, the Mega Drive version also lacks the time limit seen in the arcade.

In the arcades, Chiki Chiki Boys runs on Capcom's CPS hardware with an internal resolution of 384x224, which is then squashed to fit a 4:3 monitor. As such, all of the graphics were purposely drawn wide by the original artists in the knowledge that the image would "correct" itself before being shown on screen. The Mega Drive version appears to borrow graphics from the arcade, however as the console renders the game at 320x224, this correction process does not occur and the majority of the visuals are therefore too wide.

Production credits

The Original Crew

Game Design: Bully Duck
Director: Poo, Kihaji
Object Design: Manbou, Ikusan Z, Unicorn Mayumi
Scroll Design: Zummy & Ziggy
Sound Design: Hifumi
Hard Design: Kuccan
Special Thanks: Ozzy, Kame, Satochin, Genie
Programming: Blbon, Meijin, Saikou Yuki

The Mega Drive Crew

Graphic Design: Minoyan, Banana
Sound Arrange: Junchan
Support: Sakura, Kineo, Ozuka Akuzo, Zin Ryu
Special Thanks: Ohno chan, Chiki Room
Programming: Winza

Magazine articles

Main article: Chiki Chiki Boys/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-11: "November 1992" (1992-10-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[12]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

67

^[13]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

59

^[2]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

85

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

48

^[16]

GameFan (US)

88

^[17]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[18]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

80

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

81

^[21]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

80

^[22]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

28

^[23]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

44

^[8]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-U

85

^[24]

Mega Force (FR)

85

^[25]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

71

^[26]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

86

^[27]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

95

^[28]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[29]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[30]

Player One (FR)

84

^[31]

Play Time (DE)

67

^[32]

Power Up! (UK)

68

^[33]

Power Unlimited (NL)

NTSC

60

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

56

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

44

^[36]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

44

^[37]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[38]

Sega Force (UK)

NTSC

83

^[39]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[40]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[41]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

67

^[42]

Video Games (DE)

70

^[43]

	71
Based on 35 reviews

Chiki Chiki Boys

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR

Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	813a7d62
MD5	b89406ff3537d74f77a4f7e5e71b25b7
SHA-1	3cbeb068751c39790116aa8f422dd6f333be42e0

1MB

1992-10

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32	06918c17
MD5	e91cc2771c7801e8669117a0c2e06e40
SHA-1	77191eaee3775a425147ae7140ddf6ed3b6b41d2

1MB

1992-06

Cartridge (JP/KR)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Chiki Chiki Boys

[:File:SegaPro_DE_06.pdf_p21-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (DE; 1993-03-26), page 21

[:File:CVG_UK_139.pdf_p97-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 97

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-10.pdf_p23_.2821.29-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-08), page 21 (23)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p31-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 31

[:File:GameFan_US_0102.pdf_p8-6] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 2: December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 8

[:File:Joypad_FR_015.pdf_p102_.28102-103.29-7] Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 102-103 (102)

[:File:Mega_UK_04.pdf_p57-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 57

[:File:MeanMachinesSega04UK.pdf_p50_.2850-52.29-9] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 50-52 (50)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_030.pdf_p60_.2860-63.29-10] Player One, "Avril/Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-04-10), page 60-63 (60)

[:File:SegaForce_UK_16.pdf_p40_.2840-42.29-11] Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 40-42 (40)

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-08.pdf_p41-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 41

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-10.pdf_p23-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-08), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_016.pdf_p108-15] Consoles +, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0199.pdf_p39-16] Famitsu, "1992-10-09" (JP; 1992-09-25), page 39

[:File:GameFan_US_0102.pdf_p9-17] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 2: December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 9

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-01.pdf_p96-18] Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 96

[19] Hippon Super, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-03), page 46

[:File:Joypad_FR_015.pdf_p102-20] Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 102

[:File:Joypad_FR_019.pdf_p159-21] Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 159

[:File:Joystick_FR_033.pdf_p167-22] Joystick, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 167

[:File:MDAG_UK_08.pdf_p60-23] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p47-24] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 47

[:File:MegaForce_FR_16.pdf_p82-25] Mega Force, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 82

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-06.pdf_p41-26] Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 41

[:File:MegaTech_UK_13.pdf_p70-27] MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 70

[:File:Micromania2_ES_059.pdf_p44-28] Micromanía (segunda época), "Abril 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_02.pdf_p107-29] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 107

[:File:MeanMachinesSega04UK.pdf_p50-30] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 50

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_030.pdf_p60-31] Player One, "Avril/Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-04-10), page 60

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-04.pdf_p112-32] Play Time, "4/93" (DE; 1993-03-10), page 112

[33] Power Up!, "Saturday, May 08, 1993" (UK; 1993-05-08), page 1

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_001_199307.pdf_p38-34] Power Unlimited, "Nummer 1, Juli 1993" (NL; 1993-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:SegaPower_UK_39.pdf_p46-35] Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_16.pdf_p56-36] Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-37] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SegaZone_UK_03.pdf_p56-38] Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 56

[:File:SegaForce_UK_16.pdf_p40-39] Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 40

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:TodoSega_ES_01.pdf_p26-41] Todo Sega, "Abril 1993" (ES; 1993-03-15), page 26

[42] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 43

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-01.pdf_p57-43] Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 57

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Chiki Chiki Boys

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Levels

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References