Art Alive!

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Art Alive!

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Western Technologies Inc.^[1], FarSight Technologies^[2]

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Educational^[3], Table^[4]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-03-27^[4]	¥3,8003,800	G-4069
US	1991	$39.9539.95^[5]	1703
EU	1992-03^[6]		1703
PT	1991		MDJ-1703-50
UK	1992-03^[6]	£29.9929.99^[7]^[6]	1703
SE (Rental)	199x
IT	199x		1703
AU	199x
BR	1992-05^[8]

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Art Alive! (アートアライブ) is a Sega Mega Drive paint program developed by Western Technologies and published by Sega. Released in 1991 to mostly warm reception, it was an early attempt to expand the 16-bit platform with non-game software, and would be largely overshadowed by Mario Paint one year later.

A spiritual successor, Wacky Worlds, was released in late 1994.

Gameplay

Starting with a blank canvas, players are given various paint and drawing tools to create their art, like numerous brushes, a spraycan, and a fill tool. Shapes and patterns can be utilized as well. Stamps of Sonic the Hedgehog, ToeJam & Earl, and others can be placed on the canvas and further animated.

Art Alive! lacks the capability to save images to the cartridge. The game’s manual advises players to record their creations to a VHS tape.^[9]

Production credits

Programming: Jay Obernolte, Chris Ziomkowski
Adult Supervision: Jeff Fort, Scott Berfield
Art and Music: Eric Iwasaki
Program Design: Rand Siegfried, Jeff Fort, Jay Smith
Developed by: Western Technologies

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Art Alive!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Ação Games (BR) #14: "Junho 1992" (1992-06-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[10]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

63

^[11]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[12]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

79

^[13]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

35

^[14]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[16]

Game Players Sega Guide! (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[17]

Game Zone (UK)

PAL

51

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

50

^[19]

Joystick (FR)

75

^[20]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

51

^[21]

Mega (UK)

PAL

19

^[22]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

47

^[23]

Player One (FR)

68

^[24]

Power Up! (UK)

60

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

46

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

79

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

39

^[28]

Sega Force (UK)

70

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[30]

Supergame (BR)

88

^[8]

	58
Based on 22 reviews

Art Alive!

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (Cart SEGA®)
Cover
Cart Manual Manual (back) PCB

Mega Drive, EU (Cart SEGA)
Cover
Cart Manual Manual (back) PCB

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (OziSoft)

Cart

Mega Drive, AU (Silver)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f1b72cdd
MD5	a53f365fb6997a537dff807344995c51
SHA-1	2c57e38592a206a1847e9e202341595832798587

128kB

1991-08

Cartridge

References

↑ File:ArtAlive MD Credits2.png
↑ http://www.farsightstudios.com/history.htm (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-01 17:24)
↑ File:Artalive md jp cover.jpg
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ GamePro, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 7
↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 52
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 31
↑ File:ArtAlive MD US Manual.pdf, page 15
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 127
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 37
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 22
↑ Games-X, "5th-11th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 20
↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7
↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73
↑ Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 40
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 76
↑ Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 124
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 83
↑ Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 104
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 21, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-21), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 62
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Force, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 72
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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[:File:ArtAlive_MD_Credits2.png_p-1] File:ArtAlive MD Credits2.png

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[:File:Artalive_md_jp_cover.jpg_p-3] File:Artalive md jp cover.jpg

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[:File:GamePro_US_030.pdf_p74-5] GamePro, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p7-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 7

[:File:MegaTech_UK_04.pdf_p52-7] MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 52

[:File:Supergame_BR_10.pdf_p31-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 31

[:File:ArtAlive_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p15-9] File:ArtAlive MD US Manual.pdf, page 15

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-06.pdf_p127-11] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 127

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-04.pdf_p37-12] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 37

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p127-13] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p22-14] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 22

[:File:GamesX_UK_45.pdf_p20-15] Games-X, "5th-11th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 20

[:File:GameInformer_US_003.pdf_p7-16] Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7

[:File:GPSG_US_0301.pdf_p73-17] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:GameZone_UK_07.pdf_p40-18] Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 40

[:File:Joypad_FR_007.pdf_p76-19] Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 76

[:File:Joystick_FR_026.pdf_p124-20] Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-06.pdf_p83-21] Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p19-22] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19

[:File:Micromania2_ES_052.pdf_p83-23] Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 83

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_020.pdf_p104-24] Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 104

[25] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 21, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-21), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_30.pdf_p58-26] Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_06.pdf_p62-27] Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-28] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SegaForce_UK_04.pdf_p72-29] Sega Force, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 72

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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Art Alive!

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References