Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad

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Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ocean Software
Developer: Neon Software
Planned release date(s): 1995-04[1], 1995-05[2]
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Source code leaked, later compiled by fans

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Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad, also known as Mr. Nutz 2 is a "sequel" to Mr. Nutz, developed by Neon Software and published by Ocean Software for the Commodore Amiga in 1994. It was due to be ported to the Sega Mega Drive, however this port was cancelled for unknown reasons. Had it been released, it would have arrived in Europe around April of 1995. Like its predecessor, no North American or Japanese Mega Drive versions were planned.

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad was developed by an entirely different team than Mr. Nutz, though the two projects worked in parallel. This gives the two games a radically different look and feel to each other - Hoppin' Mad is a much faster game inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario World, while the "regular" Mr. Nutz is a slower-paced adventure built with younger children in mind. Hoppin' Mad was not strictly a sequel though Ocean planned to market it as such.

The Mega Drive version of Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad was reportedly finished, though was scrapped shortly afterwards. This likely because, by developing two games in parallel, both were due to be completed by early 1995, and two Mr. Nutz games for the system being released around the same period may have caused confusion. Hoppin' Mad did, however, make it to the press for review. Mean Machines Sega suggested it would be sold for £44.95 in the UK[1].

Uncompiled source code of the game was leaked onto the internet in 2009. This was later compiled in 2012 to create a mostly finished prototype of the game.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
50 [3]
78 №12, p79
62
84 [4]
64 [5]
65 №66, p52
80 №53, p12
Sega Mega Drive
 69
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[6]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
50
[3]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
78
[7]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
60
[8]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
58
[9]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
62
[10]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[1]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
64
[11]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
65
[12]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
80
[13]
Todo Sega (ES)
70
[14]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[15]
Video Games (DE) PAL
48
[16]
Sega Mega Drive
 66
Based on
13 reviews

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad

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Artwork

  • European prototype cover

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 237fb077
MD5 b74864b53a7df70ef353171d6cd55c7f
SHA-1 b6277f7488244d03b1882910ef25b1db4e8d0ba3
1MB Compiled source code Best version; works on hardware Download.svg (685 kB) (info)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 74
  2. ↑ File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 35
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamesMaster, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-16), page 50
  4. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 74-76 (74)
  5. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1995" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 28
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 200
  7. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 79
  8. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 89
  9. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 52
  10. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 77
  11. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1995" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 28
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 52
  13. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "9th June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 12
  14. ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
  15. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 123
  16. ↑ Video Games, "10/95" (DE; 1995-09-27), page 106
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