Earnest Evans

n/a

Earnest Evans

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

Publisher:

Renovation Products

Wolf Team

Developer: Wolf Team, Madhouse (animated cutscenes only)

Sound driver: Wolf Team sound driver

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-12-20^[1]	¥7,3007,300	T-32014
US	1992	$61.9961.99^[2]	49176

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).

A European Mega Drive release was planned by Ubisoft^[3] but it did not materialise.

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)^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Earnest Evans/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-11: "November 1991" (1991-10-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-12: "December 1991" (1991-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[5]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[7]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[2]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[9]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[11]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

76

^[12]

	60
Based on 9 reviews

Earnest Evans

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

76

^[14]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[15]

Games-X (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[16]

Game Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[17]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[18]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

80

^[19]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[20]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

91

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[22]

Sega Force (SE)

NTSC-J

76

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[24]

	69
Based on 13 reviews

Earnest Evans

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	a243816d
MD5	6a2d2ac410a424fcb66a72ec0dff9484
SHA-1	cb5a2a928e2c2016f915e07e1d148672563183f0

1MB

1991-12

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-04-19

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

592,751,040

CD (JP)

T-32014

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 56
↑ Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 10
↑ 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
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 50
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
↑ 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
↑ Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 162
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 62
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Force, "1/93" (SE; 1993-01-14), page 16
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:GamePro_US_033.pdf_p56-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:SegaForce_UK_01.pdf_p10-3] Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 10

[:File:EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-4] File:EarnestEvans_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66

[6] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70

[:File:EGM_US_034.pdf_p26-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26

[8] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309

[:File:MegaPlay_US_09.pdf_p60-9] Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:MegaTech_UK_03.pdf_p50-10] 10.0 ^10.1 MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 50

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-11] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[12] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p82-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 82

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_006.pdf_p64-14] Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0159.pdf_p40-15] Famitsu, "1992-01-03" (JP; 1991-12-20), page 40

[:File:GamesX_UK_40.pdf_p25-16] Games-X, "30th January-5th February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-30), page 25

[:File:GameZone_UK_05.pdf_p51-17] Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 51

[18] Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 98

[:File:Joystick_FR_024.pdf_p162-19] Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 162

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-03.pdf_p83-20] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p62-21] Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-22] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_01.pdf_p16-23] Sega Force, "1/93" (SE; 1993-01-14), page 16

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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Earnest Evans

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References