Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

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Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console
Publisher: Interplay (US,EU,AU) Tec Toy (BR)
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-125066
Videogame Rating Council: MA-13
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-125066-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£54.9954.99[4][5] T-125066-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU
FBOO01SMC
OFLC: G
Sega Mega Drive
BR
047110
Tectoy: 13+
Sega Mega Drive
ZA
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800[7]
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800[6]
PEGI: 7+
Wii Virtual Console
AU
800pts800[9]
OFLC: General (G)
Non-Sega versions

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed and published by Interplay. First released in the United States in November 1994, and later brought to Europe, Australia, and Brazil the following year, the game is most remembered both for its juvenile premise, and its surprisingly-high production values (notably featuring extensive voice acting).

Story

The civic-minded Professor Stinkbaum has been secretly building a machine called Zap-o-Matic to save the world from pollution by transporting it to a place called Dimension X-Crement. While working in his lab above Takey Dump, he is visited by eccentric millionaire Snotty Ragsdale. After activating the machine, Ragsdale inhaled a cloud of pepper through his nose, causing him to let out a mighty sneeze. The power of the sneeze broke the machine, opening a portal. A mysterious giant arm popped out of the portal and stole the machine's main power source, the rare element Snotrium 357. Snotty changed into his alter ego, Boogerman, and jumped into the portal to retrieve the Snotrium 357.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling platformer with puerile humor themes. Boogerman moves with Left and Right and ducks with Down. He jumps with B and jumps off platforms with Down+B. He can defeat enemies by jumping on top of them and "butt whomping" them. Boogerman can enter toilets, which transport him to different areas (similar to pipes in Super Mario Bros.) by standing on top of them and pressing Down. He can rummage through trash piles by holding Down, which can uncover items. He poses heroically and proclaims "Booger!" with Z, which has no apparent gameplay effect.

Boogerman has a mucous meter and a gas meter for managing his special attacks. He flicks boogers as a short-range projectile attack with A, which expends the mucous meter. This attack can also be done while jumping or ducking. If Boogerman finds a milk item, his booger attacks are upgraded to loogies, which travel the full length of the screen. This effect lasts until he takes damage.

Boogerman can also attack enemies that are adjacent to him by burping with C, which expends the gas meter. This attack can be charged into a "super burp" by holding C until the gas meter flashes and then releasing the button. Super burps travel the full length of the screen and can break through certain barriers. If Boogerman is ducking, he instead farts with C. Similarly, this attack can be charged into a "super fart." If Boogerman finds a chili pepper item, his gas attacks become fiery and he gains the ability to fly by holding C while in midair (which also costs gas). This effect lasts until he takes damage.

Boogerman's health is represented by his cape, which changes from red to yellow when he takes damage from enemy attacks. His cape flashes quickly after he is hit to indicate that he is temporarily invulnerable. If he is hit while his cape is yellow, he loses a life. The game uses a password system for continuing.

Items

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Booger
Augments Boogerman's mucuous meter, which is used for flicking boogers.
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Beans
Augments Boogerman's gas meter, which is used for burping and farting.
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Plunger
Collect for bonus points at the end of the level. If Boogerman collects enough plungers in a single level, he earns an extra life.
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Pimple
Jump on to pop for bonus points at the end of the level. Like plungers, they contribute towards a chance for an extra life.
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Cape
Restores Boogerman's health. If he has a yellow cape, he is upgraded to a red cape. If he already has a red cape, his cape flashes slowly between red and yellow to indicate that he has an extra hit point.
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Milk
Upgrades Boogerman's mucous attacks to loogies, which lasts until he takes damage.
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Chili
Upgrades Boogerman's gas attacks to fiery attacks and allows him to fly, which lasts until he takes damage.
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Extra Try
Gives the player an extra life.

Worlds

Most of the worlds consist of four levels followed by a boss fight.

The Mucous Mountains and Nasal Caverns levels are interleaved, so the player plays Mucous Mountains 1, Nasal Caverns 1, Mucous Mountains 2, and Nasal Caverns 2 before proceeding to the boss fight with Deodor Ant.

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Flatulent Swamps
This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Hickboy.

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The Pits
This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Revolta.

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Boogerville
This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Flyboy.

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Mucous Mountains
This world contains two levels, alternating with Nasal Caverns.

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Nasal Caverns
This world contains two levels, alternating with Mucous Mountains, and a boss fight against Deodor Ant.

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Pus Palace
This world contains four levels and a boss fight against Boogermeister.

History

A port of Boogerman to the Sega 32X was once planned[10], but ultimately left undeveloped.

Legacy

Boogerman re-appeared as a playable character and the rival of Earthworm Jim in Interplay's ClayFighter 63⅓ for the Nintendo 64.

The Mega Drive version of the game was ported to the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console service by developer M2.

Two of the game's developers, Michael Stragey and Chris Tremmel, would later found developer Toy Ghost. On October 16, 2013, Toy Ghost launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a reboot titled Boogerman 20th Anniversary: The Video Game; the campaign failed to reach its funding goal and was unsuccessful.

Production credits

Interplay Credits
Lil' Gangster Credits
  • Production Managers: Chris Takami, Jay Francis
  • Director of Animation: Gabi Payn
  • Character Animators: Norland Tellez, Brenda Banks, Art Morales, Gabi Payn
  • Assistant Animators: Joel Hageman, Clete Shields, Brian Kindregan
  • Character Clean Up and Color: Pike Muniz, Mark Yarber, Roz Gibson, Steven Engels
  • Background Artists: Jason Magness, Brett Varon
Krisalis Credits
  • Managing Director: Tony Kavinaugh
  • Original Music and Effects: Matt Furniss
  • Sound Driver: Shawn Hollingworth
  • Special Thanks: Dennis, Alice, Hope, and Karen Stragey, Beth Tremmel, and to you
Source:
In-game credits
Boogerman MD credits.pdf
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Magazine articles

Main article: Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)
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Print advert in Sega Megazone (AU) #49: "March 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Ação Games (BR) #83: "Maio 1995" (1995-05-16)
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Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #15: "Novembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Television advertisements

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79 [13]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Digitiser (UK)
69
[14]
Sega Megazone (AU)
83
[15]
Sega Mega Drive
76
Based on
2 reviews

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
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PCB
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PCB
Mega Drive, SE (rental)
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, AU (Silver)
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Mega Drive, BR
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Mega Drive, ZA
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 1a7a2bec
MD5 265a10bf2ea2d1ee30e6cde631d54474
SHA-1 bb1d23ca4c48d37bf3170d320cc30bfbc2acdfff
3MB 1994-11 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 dbc4340c
MD5 7b144947f6e8842dd4419d5166cddff6
SHA-1 4fd33eeaf1e804d005793a6e1185122fd7e9a751
3MB 1994-11 Cartridge (EU)

External links

References


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