The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: BlueSky Software, Sega of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Nickelodeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention is a 1993 platform game for the Sega Mega Drive by BlueSky Software and Sega based on the Ren & Stimpy cartoon. The game is named after and loosely inspired by an episode of the series.
Contents
Story
Stimpy shows off his latest invention to Ren Hoëk, the Mutate-O-Matic, which is a machine that transforms ordinary household garbage into delicious food. Stimpy demonstrates it by turning it to its highest setting, which results in the machine overloading and exploding, scattering its pieces all over the place. To fix it, the duo must recollect the scattered parts, reassemble the machine, and switch it off.
Gameplay
The game is a platformer played as Ren and Stimpy simultaneously. When played with one player, the player controls one of the pair and the other follows. With two players, each controls a different character simultaneously. The duo finds a piece of Stimpy's machine in each level and then disables the machine in the last level by pushing four switches. The game has no conventional boss fights. The characters are moved with and and jump with . In single-player mode, the active character can be swapped by pausing the game and pressing any direction on the D-Pad or , , or .
The pair has a number of moves that they can perform as a team, which differ slightly depending on the lead character. Characters can attack with , which is a close-range attack when the pair is separated or a ranged attack when they are together. The ranged attack can be aimed with + or +. The pair can run by holding while moving or dash across obstacles by pressing when standing still. They can dig through certain terrain with +. They can fly a short distance in the air with +, allowing them to reach higher platforms. Some segments diverge from these basic controls, such as the flying or bicycle segments.
Characters have a health bar at the bottom of the screen and lose a life when the bar is depleted. The game ends if players run out of lives, but it has unlimited continues. In single-player games, the inactive character is invincible and can be used as a shield. If the inactive character falls off screen, Powdered Toast Man rescues him and brings him back to the active character. In two-player games, both players share a health bar and lives, and both characters are needed to scroll the screen. There are numerous item pick-ups that award bonus points, and extra lives are awarded for collecting 50,000 points.
Items
Ice Cream Cone | |
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Worth 250 points. | |
Jar of Spit | |
Worth 250 points. | |
Glazed Ham | |
Worth 500 points. | |
Gritty Kitty Litter | |
Worth 500 points. | |
Money Bag | |
Worth 1,000 points. | |
Happy Happy Joy Joy Album | |
Worth 1,000 points. | |
Powdered Toast Jar | |
Worth 2,000 points. Also restores a small amount of health. |
Levels
Neighborhood | |
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The Zoo | |
The City | |
The Pound | |
The Outdoors | |
The Mutate-O-Matic | |
Production credits
- Developed by: BlueSky Software
- ID: Paradigm
- Project Coordinator: Jennifer Haney
- Product Manager: France Tantiado
- Produced by: Jesse Taylor
- Lead Programmers: Ron Thompson, Barbara Michalec, Scott Lafollette
- Programming Team: Keith Freiheit, Rich Karpp, Karl Robillard
- Art Director: Dana Christianson
- Lead Designer: Jerry Huber
- Art Team: Marty Davis, Jeff Jonas, Geoff Knobel, Mark Lorenzen, Tom Moon, John Roy, Rick Schmitz, Joe Shoopack, Doug Tennapel
- Sound & Music: Sam Powell
- Lead Tester: Ben Szymkowiak
- Testers: Blair Bullock, Janine Cook, Jason Epps, Alex Fairchild, Julio Martinez, Heather Meigs, Bill Person, Conan Tigard
- Special Thanks to: Karyn Mason, Sharie Lynn
Magazine articles
Promotional material
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Physical scans
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Based on 31 reviews |
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1MB | Page |
References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 75
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 62
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 18
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 18
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 41
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ File:Stimpy's Invention MD credits.pdf
- ↑ ', "January 1994" (; 199x-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ ', "Enero 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ ', "Mayo 1994" (; 1994-0x-xx), page 22
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 187
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 33
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 112
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-04-05)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 352
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 191
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 65
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 70
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 102
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 122
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 94
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