Marko's Magic Football

n/a

Marko's Magic Football

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Domark

Developer: Domark,

The Cartoon Mavericks, The Kremlin^[1]

Sound driver:

GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-09^[4]		T-88086
EU	1994		T-88086-50
UK	1994-07^[2]	£44.9944.99^[3]
AU	1994	$129.95129.95^[5]	FMAR04SMC
BR	199x		046630
EU	1994		T-88025-50
EU	1994		T-88078-50

VRC

ELSPA

OFLC

Tectoy

Marko's Magic Football, known simply as Marko in North America, is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Domark for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD and Sega Game Gear. The Mega-CD and Game Gear versions were released exclusively in Europe, though the Mega-CD port was unofficially brought to the US via Good Deal Games who started selling unlicensed reproductions sometime in the 2000s.

Gameplay

In Marko's Magic Football you play as Marko, a football player who uses his football to complete various platforming tasks.

History

Development

Marko's Magic Football was the idea of Domark's Mark Strachan (the "Mark" in "Domark") where it was tentatively titled Mark's Football Game^[1]. Development was handled internally by Domark's development group, The Kremlin^[1].

Much of the artwork was sketched out, then digitised on an Amiga 2000 running Deluxe Paint IV^[1].

A Sega Master System version was reportedly in development at some stage too, although was cancelled.

Comic adaptation

Sonic the Comic included "Marko's Magic Football" comics strips. The single story arc was ruunning from issue #41 to issue #46. It's one of the few comic strips in Sonic the Comic that is based off 3rd party game.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Marko's Magic Football	Marko's Magic Football
English (US)	Marko	Marko

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Programming: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr
Additional Programming: Chris West, Paul Margrave
Game Engine: Warren Mills
Animation: Jolyon Myers
Backgrounds: Tony West
Additional Backgrounds: Jolyon Myers, Matt Hicks
Music Score: Jolyon Myers
Sound Effects: Mike Ash, Jolyon Myers
Music Conversion: Mike Ash
Original Idea: Mark Strachan
Game Design: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr, Jolyon Myers, Tony West, Jason Orbaum, Jaid Mindang
Game Gear Team: Steve Pearce, Andy Taylor, Mike Adams, Jason Cunningham
Utilities: Colin Carter, Paul Margrave, Warren Mills
Marko Character Design: Tony West
Character Designs: Jolyon Myers, Jaid Mindang
QA Supervisors: Ken Jordan, Simon Huggins
Quality Testers: Gary Patino, Tim Mawson, Steven Frazer
Producers: Warren Mills, Jolyon Myers, Darren Anderson, Gary Patino
PR: Anna Macario
PR Porter: Jolyon Myers
Marketing and Advertising: Brynn Gilmore, John Hendrick, Anna Macario, Tammy Williamson
Management: Russel Ferrier, Jim Tripp, Matthew Timms, Brynn Gilmore
Special Friends: Stefan Myers, Kate Jones, Paul Walker, Martin Oliver, Andy Walker, Julie and Nina, Andrea Taylor, Mark Walker, Warren Ragg, John Fermor, Nemisses, Sharon Winship, Sue and Chriss Brooks, Sean Doyle, Terrie and Mathew Ayling, Justine Chany, Barry Fermor, Dink and Ann, Andrew Selfrigde Soggy, Simon Lindsel, Sue and Chris Brooks, Ed Gien, Mr Zoot
Special Thanks to: George Benson, Paul Daniels

Mega-CD version

Programming: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr
Additional Programming: Chris West, Paul Margrave
Game Engine: Warren Mills
CD Conversion: Andrew Oliver, Kev Brady
Animation: Jolyon Myers
Backgrounds: Tony West
Additional Backgrounds: Jolyon Myers, Matt Hicks
Music Score: Jolyon Myers
Sound Effects: Mike Ash, Jolyon Myers
Music Conversion: Mike Ash
Original Idea: Mark Strachan
Game Design: Warren Mills, Michael A Carr, Jolyon Myers, Tony West, Jason Orbaum, Jaid Mindang
Game Gear Team: Steve Pearce, Andy Taylor, Mike Adams, Jason Cunningham
Utilities: Colin Carter, Paul Margrave, Warren Mills
Marko Character Design: Tony West
Character Designs: Jolyon Myers, Jaid Mindang
QA Supervisors: Ken Jordan, Simon Huggins
Quality Testers: Gary Patino, Tim Mawson, Steven Frazer
Producers: Warren Mills, Jolyon Myers, Darren Anderson, Gary Patino
PR: Anna Macario
PR Porter: Jolyon Myers
Marketing and Advertising: Brynn Gilmore, John Hendrick, Anna Macario, Tammy Williamson
Management: Russel Ferrier, Jim Tripp, Matthew Timms, Brynn Gilmore
Special Friends: Stefan Myers, Kate Jones, Paul Walker, Martin Oliver, Andy Walker, Julie and Nina, Andrea Taylor, Mark Walker, Warren Ragg, John Fermor, Nemisses, Sharon Winship, Sue and Chriss Brooks, Sean Doyle, Terrie and Mathew Ayling, Justine Chany, Barry Fermor, Dink and Ann, Andrew Selfrigde Soggy, Simon Lindsel, Sue and Chris Brooks, Ed Gien, Mr Zoot
Special Thanks to: George Benson, Paul Daniels

Magazine articles

Main article: Marko's Magic Football/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega Drive/Game Gear FR print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #150: "May 1994" (1994-04-15)
also published in:

Mean Machines Sega (UK) #20: "June 1994" (1994-04-30)^[7]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #42: "Avril 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[11]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

82

^[12]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

67

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

86

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

60

^[3]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[17]

Gamers (DE)

47

^[18]

Gamestar (AU)

82

^[5]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[19]

Hyper (AU)

83

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

86

^[21]

Mega (UK)

PAL

85

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

92

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[24]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

73

^[25]

Megazin (SI)

74

^[26]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

64

^[27]

Player One (FR)

83

^[28]

Play Time (DE)

82

^[29]

Power Up! (UK)

81

^[30]

Sega Magazin (DE)

85

^[31]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

61

^[32]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

58

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[35]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

56

^[36]

Sega Force (SE)

83

^[37]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[38]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

79

^[39]

Todo Sega (ES)

PAL

74

^[40]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

82

^[41]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

79

^[42]

	75
Based on 34 reviews

Marko's Magic Football

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

59

^[43]

Play Time (DE)

55

^[44]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[45]

Todo Sega (ES)

71

^[46]

Top Consoles (FR)

50

^[47]

	61
Based on 5 reviews

Marko's Magic Football

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[49]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

75

^[50]

Player One (FR)

77

^[51]

	75
Based on 3 reviews

Marko's Magic Football

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	2b8c8cce
MD5	74e2d605309f3d23174d6ac15d7c9608
SHA-1	b73d01599d8201dc3bd98fdc9cc262e14dbc52b4

2MB

1994-07

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	2307b905
MD5	62854ed2fcf40402785eb9e3a6aa0137
SHA-1	717e924db1ac7cfd099adb6031a08606fcb30219

2MB

1994-04

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	0273e564
MD5	dc6d5e720794bcdc98852184cac9c268
SHA-1	42b871c3a91697e1d7b8c6f1eae9d2a8b07a0fca

2MB

1994-03

Page

?

CRC32	22c418bf
MD5	ba846684a66e90372c3c234955ee28bc
SHA-1	f255d7ea194d88a1588a2bf3ff34926de17c7ff1

512kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 26
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 17
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 55
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 10
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 82
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 302
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 19
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 56/57 (56)
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 26-28 (26)
↑ Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88/89 (86)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 123
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 26
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30
↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 130
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 329
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 125
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 40
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 16
↑ Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 26
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 40
↑ MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 6
↑ Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 6/7, Junij/Julij 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 37
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 56
↑ Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 132
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, August 06, 1994" (UK; 1994-08-06), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 26
↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 90
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 94
↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 34
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 46
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 42
↑ Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 20
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 75
↑ Sonic the Comic, "July 8th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-25), page 11
↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 109
↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 95
↑ ^43.0 ^43.1 Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 91
↑ Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106
↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 92
↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 133
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 112 (114)
↑ GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 51
↑ Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 96
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 114

[:File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p26-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 26

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p17-2] Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 17

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p55-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 55

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p10-4] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 10

[:File:Gamestar_AU_05.pdf_p82-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p302-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 302

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p19-7] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 19

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p56_.2856.2F57.29-8] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 56/57 (56)

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p26_.2826-28.29-9] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 26-28 (26)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_043.pdf_p86_.2888.2F89.29-10] Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88/89 (86)

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 123

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_1995-06.pdf_p26-12] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 26

[:File:ASM_DE_1995-01.pdf_p30-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1994-12-05), page 30

[14] Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 130

[15] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 329

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0711.pdf_p125-16] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 125

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p112-17] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p40-18] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 40

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_02.pdf_p16-19] Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 16

[:File:Hyper_AU_008.pdf_p46-20] Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:Joypad_FR_032.pdf_p106-21] Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p26-22] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 26

[23] Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf_p40-24] Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 40

[:File:MegaTech_UK_30.pdf_p6-25] MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 6

[:File:Megazin_SI_030607.pdf_p37-26] Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 6/7, Junij/Julij 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 37

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p56-27] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 56

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_043.pdf_p88-28] Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-07.pdf_p132-29] Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 132

[30] Power Up!, "Saturday, August 06, 1994" (UK; 1994-08-06), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p26-31] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 26

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p90-32] Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 90

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p94-33] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 94

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p34-34] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 34

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p46-35] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 46

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p42-36] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 42

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_05.pdf_p20-37] Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 20

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p75-38] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 75

[39] Sonic the Comic, "July 8th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-25), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_14.pdf_p62-40] Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 62

[41] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 109

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p95-42] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 95

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-04.pdf_p91-43] 43.0 ^43.1 Mega Fun, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 91

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-05.pdf_p106-44] Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_21.pdf_p92-45] Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 92

[:File:TodoSega_ES_27.pdf_p52-46] Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p133-47] Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 133

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p114_.28112.29-48] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 112 (114)

[:File:GamePro_US_072.pdf_p51-49] GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:MegaForce_FR_41.pdf_p96-50] Mega Force, "Été 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p114-51] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 114

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Marko's Magic Football

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Comic adaptation

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References