Mallet Legend

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Mallet Legend/Whac-a-Critter
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Realtec
Developer: AV artisan
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1993 TW 1993

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Mallet Legend is an unlicensed action game for the Sega Mega Drive developed by AV artisan and published by Realtec in 1993. In the US it is known as Whac-a-Critter or Mallet Legend's Whac-a-Critter depending on the source. It is one of the more interesting unlicensed titles for the system, as it relies on a similarly unlicensed accessory, the Smash Controller, released by Innovation in the US.

In Taiwan, both the Smash controller and game cartridge were bundled together, however in the US the two were sold separately.

Gameplay

The game is a Whac-A-Mole clone — simply hit the button on the controller corresponding to the hole where a critter pops up before it disappears.

Hitting the princess will lower the percentage score, and hitting the 3 bombs that appear in each round makes everything explode. After getting a good score at the end of the round (55% in the first round, 65% in the 2nd, 75% in the 3rd, 80% in the 4th), you get a much harder bonus round as a "boss battle" before moving on to the next round. The 5th and last round is won by getting an 80% score.

The game can be played with a normal joypad, using the arrows to select one of the 8 peripheral holes to whack, or letting it rest to target the centre hole, and using to activate the mallet.

Magazine articles

Main article: Mallet Legend/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U 59 Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U 79 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 50

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Mallet Legend

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, TW
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Mallet Legend/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 1bdd02b8 MD5 7d20d74e81524773409f4f89e944cfaa SHA-1 4b45801b112a641fee936e41a31728ee7aa2f834	512kB	1993	Cartridge (US)