The Incredible Hulk

For the 2008 game, see The Incredible Hulk (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (Nintendo DS).

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The Incredible Hulk
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Developer: Probe Software
Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-07 $54.9554.95 T-79106 EU 1994-08 79106-50 EU (Kixx) 199x 79106-50 PT 1994 MD79106 UK 1994-08 £49.9949.99 79106-50 AU 1994 FHUL00SMC BR 199x EU 1994-06 29016-50 EU (Kixx) 199x 29016-50 AU 199x FHUL00SEC BR 199x 028500 US 1994-08 T-79078 EU 1994-06 79078-50 EU (Kixx) 199x 79078-50 PT 199x UK 1994-06 £29.9929.99 79078-50
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The Incredible Hulk is an action game made by Probe Entertainment and published by U.S. Gold for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear.

Story

Hulk

The Incredible Hulk is a green-skinned and muscular giant possessing incredible strength. He is the alter-ego of the physicist Bruce Banner, who gained the ability to transform into the Hulk following his accidental exposure to gamma rays.

The Hulk's nemesis, the Leader, begins a bid for world domination. He constructs a fortress base in a savage forest, manufactures a vast battalion of robots to march against the nations, and genetically engineers mutants to patrol and protect his fortress. Taking the Hulk's brute strength into account, he enlists the aid of several of the Hulk's arch-rivals.

Gameplay

The Incredible Hulk is a side-scrolling action game with platforming and beat-'em-up elements. The player controls the Hulk, who is tasked with searching for the Leader while defeating his troops. Levels contain hidden rooms and branching paths and sometimes require finding and hitting switches to advance. Each level contains a fight with the Hulk's nemesis Abomination and ends with a fight against another villain. The end level boss fights are timed; the Hulk loses a life if time runs out, but the player can collect Time Coins over the course of the level to increase the time provided.

The Hulk has four states of being that influence the moves at his disposal: Hulk, Super-Hulk, "Hulk-Out," and his human alter-ego Bruce Banner. The Hulk's state is determined by his amount of Gamma, which doubles as his health. The Hulk begins the game in Super-Hulk mode, with his Gamma meter in the light green range. Sustaining enemy attacks reduces his Gamma, and he is reduced to a regular Hulk mode if his Gamma drops into the medium green range. Falling into the dark green range transforms the Hulk into Bruce Banner, who cannot sustain any enemy attacks without dying. Finding Gamma Capsules increases the Hulk's Gamma. Collecting a Mega Gamma Capsule fully fills the Hulk's Gamma meter, placing it into the white range and transforming him into his "Hulk-Out" form, where he has enhanced strength and speed. However, his meter slowly drains while it is in the white range, limiting the time that the Hulk can spend in Hulk-Out form.

The Hulk walks with and , crouches with , and jumps with . He climbs ladders with and . He punches with . He does a downward slap with + and an uppercut with +. The Hulk can use his strength to destroy some walls and objects such as crates that contain items. He can pick up items with when standing over them. He can also pick up objects such as cars with and throw them at enemies with or set them down with . In Super Hulk form, he gains the Sonic Clap ability, clapping his hands together and damaging enemies in front of him, with ++, and the Foot Mash ability, smashing the ground and knocking enemies back, with . In Hulk-Out form, he smashes the ground after landing from a high jump.

He grabs enemies in close proximity, which he can then headbutt with , throw with , or drop with . In Super Hulk form, he can additionally throw enemies into the ceiling with . In Hulk-Out form, he crushes enemies with rather than headbutting them (unless moving), or he can piledrive them with +.

In his Banner form, his smaller size allows him to fit into smaller spaces than the Hulk and find hidden rooms. He can crawl in this form with and . Banner's only means of offense is finding laser guns, which only have two shots each. He fires with . The Hulk can find Transformation Capsules, that allow him to transform into his Bruce Banner form without losing Gamma by pausing the game with  START  and pressing . Banner transforms back into the Hulk after taking damage.

The game's difficulty setting can be adjusted in the options menu to Easy, Medium, or Arcade. There are three different endings depending on the difficulty level chosen.

Items

	Transformation Capsule
	Allows the Hulk to transform into his Bruce Banner form without losing Gamma.
	Gamma Capsule
	Increases the Hulk's Gamma meter.
	Mega Gamma Capsule
	Fills the Hulk's Gamma meter, transforming him into his Hulk-Out form.
	Time Coin
	Gives the player extra time to complete the boss fight at the end of the level.
	Gun
	Arms Banner with a laser gun with two shots.
	Extra Life
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Continue Coin
	Gives the player an extra continue.

Levels

	City and Construction Site
	Bosses: Abomination and Rhino
	Tyrannus' Labyrinth
	Bosses: Abomination and Tyrannus
	Leader's Fortress
	Bosses: Abomination and Absorbing Man
	The Leader's Interior
	Bosses: Abomination and the Brain
	Final Confrontation
	Bosses: Abomination and the Leader

Production credits

Mega Drive version

• In Game Programming: Dave Collins
• Presentation Programming: David Shea, Dave Collins
• In Game Graphics: Eric Bailey
• Presentation Graphics: Arc Development, Eric Bailey
• Original Sound by: Steve Collett
• Sound Converted by: Mat Furniss
• Level Design: Nick Baynes
• Producer - Probe: Terry Haynes
• Producer - US Gold: Steve Fitton
• Testing: Dan, Griff, Nat, Jermaine
• Special Thanks: The Rooster, Big, Bod, Gem, Flo

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In-game credits

Master System and Game Gear versions

• Programmed by: Keith Burkhill
• Graphics by: Eric Bailey and Anthony Rosbottom
• Sound by: Matt Furniss
• Level Design by: Nick Baines
• Presentation by Arc Developments and Programmed by: Gary Priest
• Produced at Probe by: Gary Liddon, Terry Haynes
• Producer at U.S. Gold: Steve Fitton
• Tested by: Dan Llewellyn, Jermaine McKen, John Griffiths, Nat Leachman

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The Incredible Hulk/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: The Incredible Hulk/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 70 Alaab Alcomputtar (SA) 65 Consoles + (FR) 80 Cool Gamer (RU) 40 Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 52 Digitiser (UK) 56 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 83 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 55 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 70 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 50 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 83 Gamers (DE) 53 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 25 Games World (Teletext) (UK) 45 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 83 Joypad (FR) PAL 80 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 68 Mega (UK) PAL 82 Mega Force (FR) 75 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 55 MegaTech (UK) PAL 80 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 66 Player One (FR) 78 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 61 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 50 Sega Power (UK) PAL 90 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 80 Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL 90 Supersonic (FR) 82 Todo Sega (ES) 84 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 77 Video Games (DE) PAL 48 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

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The Incredible Hulk

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, EU (Kixx re-release)
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Mega Drive, AU
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Master System version

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Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) 80 Gamers (DE) 53 Joypad (FR) PAL 80 Mega Force (FR) PAL 71 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 62 Player One (FR) 80 Play Time (DE) 65 Play Time (DE) PAL 58 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 47 Todo Sega (ES) 70 Video Games (DE) PAL 48

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The Incredible Hulk

Master System, EU
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Master System, EU (Kixx re-release)
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Game Gear version

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Publication Version Score Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 68 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 43 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 75 Gamers (DE) 53 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 25 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 62 Player One (FR) 80 Play Time (DE) PAL 58 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 47 Todo Sega (ES) 79 Video Games (DE) PAL 48 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 90

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Based on 12 reviews

The Incredible Hulk

Game Gear, US
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Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
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Game Gear, EU (Kixx)
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Game Gear, PT
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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✔	CRC32 be9a7071 MD5 285d996c1d7dbf38458df61c28bbaa01 SHA-1 235ad7d259023610d8aa59d066aaf0dba2ff8138	512kB		Cartridge (EU/BR)
✔	CRC32 d7055f88 MD5 7b239c8ae257cb78c46a8affa9bc8226 SHA-1 0410dafce21e5f40263ccb39871188ca84f7dd22	512kB		Cartridge (US/EU)