Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings

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Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$59.9559.95[2] T-79156
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-79156-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ79156
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		T-79156-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$99.9599.95[4] FIZZ00SMC
Non-Sega versions

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Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings is a platform game developed by Alexandria and published by U.S. Gold for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive. It features Izzy, the mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics, hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Izzy has to collect the five olympic rings, which have been captured by various enemies across the world.

Production credits

  • Produced for U.S. Gold by: Brian Schorr
  • Produced for Alexandria by: Neil Balthaser
  • Alexandria Associate Producer: Matt Powers
  • Art Director: Phillip Trumbo
  • Game Play Designed by: Bill Anderson
  • Concept Design by: Paul O'Connor
  • Music and SFX by: Orca Games
  • Engineering: Matt Powers, Todd Johnson
  • Artists: Gerilyn Wilhelm, Kristine Trumbo, Phillip Trumbo, Rich Neves, Scott Rogers, Klee Miller, Athanassios Vakalis, Jeff Sturgeon, Anne Pickard, Jean Nelson
  • Morph Masters Quality Assurance: Brian Schorr, Tom Marx, Mike Schmitt, Frank Hom, Dan Wong, Wallace Lee
  • Special Thanks to: Craig Ewert, Russ Stireman, Julie Schorr, Film Roman, Robert Botch, US Gold Staff Worldwide
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[5]
576 KByte (HU)
83
[6]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
34
[2]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[8]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
53
[9]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
80
[10]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
62
[11]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
83
[12]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[13]
Sega Magazin (DE)
71
[14]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
67
[15]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
49
[16]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[17]
Sega Mega Drive
 62
Based on
14 reviews

Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Manual
Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, AU

Unreleased versions

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Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
System(s): Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Planned release date(s):

Sega Game Gear
Q1 1995

Sega 32X
1995-06[1]

Sega Game Gear and Sega 32X versions were planned, but cancelled. In the US, the Game Gear version was set to be released around the same period as the Mega Drive port (in Q1 1995), with a price tag of $49.95 USD.

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 77b416e4
MD5 012e2512633c6c1b5ca8dcfbf0e878f7
SHA-1 0f05e0c333d6ee58a254ee420a70d6020488ac54
2MB 1995-01-27[18] Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 149
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 35
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 33
  5. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 143
  6. ↑ 576 KByte, "Április 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  7. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
  8. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 48
  9. ↑ Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 20
  10. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 78
  11. ↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 71
  12. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 98
  13. ↑ Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 101
  14. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1996" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 18
  15. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 79
  16. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 92
  17. ↑ VideoGames, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
  18. ↑ File:IQftOR MD HiddenMenu.png


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