The Pirates of Dark Water

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The Pirates of Dark Water

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sunsoft

Developer: Iguana Entertainment

Licensor: Hanna-Barbera

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-06^[1]	$64.9964.99^[2]	T-15086
EU	1994-09^[3]		T-15086-50
PT	199x
UK	1994-09^[3]	£34.9934.99^[3]	T-15086-50
AU	1994		FPIR00SMC

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The Pirates of Dark Water is a side-scrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive based on Hanna-Barbera's 1991 cartoon series of the same name.

While released in the same rough period as a Super NES Pirates of Dark Water game, this Mega Drive version is unique to Sega's system. The SNES version, in comparison, is a arcade-style beat-'em-up game similar to Final Fight or Golden Axe.

Story

The alien world of Mer is being devoured by an evil substance known as Dark Water. Only Ren, a young prince, can stop it by finding the lost Thirteen Treasures of Rule. His loyal crew of misfits that help in his journey are ecomancer Tula, a monkey-bird Niddler, and treasure-hungry pirate Ioz. The evil pirate lord Bloth will stop at nothing to get the treasures for himself and provides many obstacles for Ren and his crew.

Production credits

Team Iguana

Programming: David Crummack
Additional Code: Carl Wade, Brian Watson
Assisted by: David Brevik
Producer: Darrin Stubbington
Production Management: J Moon, Pete Suarez
Executive Producer: Jeff Spangenberg
Project Leaders: Nigel Cook, Adrian Ludley
Art Director: Matt Stubbington
Music: Fox Productions
Opening Sequence: Adam McCarthy, Bill Yeatts, Matt Stubbington
Title Screen: Adrian Ludley
Heroes + Heroines: Jonathan Casco, Jools Watsham, Adrian Ludley, Matt Stubbington
Villains: Bill Yeatts
World Map of Mer: Mark Pitcher, Robbie Miller
Jungle of Pandawa: Adrian Ludley
Port of Pandawa: Adrian Ludley, Jools Watsham
Citadel: Matt Stubbington
Hobo Village: Adrian Ludley, Bill Yeatts
Bobo Mountain: Matt Stubbington
Caves of Andorus: Adrian Ludley, Jools Watsham
Temple of Andorus: Robbie Miller, Mark Pitcher
Stormy Bridge: Adrian Ludley
Lower Maelstrom Decks: Joanthan Casco, Bill Yeatts
Upper Maelstrom Decks: Mark Pitcher, Jools Watsham
Dark Dwellers Cave: Adam McCarthy, Robbie Miller
Dark Dweller: Bill Yeatts
End Sequence: Bill Yeatts, Adam McCarthy

Team Sunsoft

Executive Producer: David Siller
Executive Vice President Licensing: Rita Zimmerer
Producer: Dan MacArthur
Technical Manager: Al Artus
Chairman: Masami Maeda
Vice Chairman: Tad Shimamoto
Director, Sunsoft Japan: Kiharu Yoshida
Marketing Director: Karen Shadley
Debugging Manager: Sam Patel
Executive Assistant: Nanette Hyssong
Game Play Manual: Alison Quirion
Game Testing: Darin Horgan, Mario Zavala, Rene Boutin, Steve Rizor, Milo Stubbington, Paul Z. Suarez, Shawn Barney, Justin Siller
Customer Service: Kaz Harman, June Eckert, Julie Williams, Jamie Jorgensen, Erin Berry, Dawn Phillips
Special Thanks to: Bruce Reilly, Cathy Juby, Mark Luszsz, Toko Okano, Milo Stubbington, Connie Perez, Steve Gehrke, Kauaki Goto, Masato Kawai, Geoff Gillis, Tom Juarez, Karen Lillie, Akito Takeuchi, Sherry Ross, Jaupale Laster, Michelle Carlton, Kenji Yoshioka
Very Special Thanks to: David Kirschner

Source:

In-game credits^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: The Pirates of Dark Water/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[7]
GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)
also published in:

Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61: "xxxx xxxx" (2003-02-07)^[9]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[11]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

71

^[13]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[14]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[16]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[17]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[18]

FLUX (US)

90

^[19]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[2]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[20]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[21]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

53

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

66

^[3]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

76

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[24]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

42

^[25]

Sega Force (SE)

68

^[26]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

88

^[27]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

83

^[28]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

67

^[29]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[30]

	70
Based on 22 reviews

The Pirates of Dark Water

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: The Pirates of Dark Water/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	0c45b9f7
MD5	625aa64dbb0133e4c6f8fc453941ce75
SHA-1	a95eabc00ed9f4867f394c1e5e03afad0381843b

2MB

1994-01

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	0a62de34
MD5	eb0eda9027dd52008594b2755066df86
SHA-1	55496714f32eb7f57335201f90b3f437a1500c49

2MB

1994-05

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ Sunsoft US catalogue (Summer 1994), page 19
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 96
↑ File:Pirates of Dark Water MD credits.pdf
↑ GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 139
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 167
↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 135
↑ Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68
↑ GamesMaster, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156
↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 78
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 85
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
↑ FLUX, "Issue #1" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 81
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 12
↑ Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 71
↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 94
↑ Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 59
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 50
↑ Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 14
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 111
↑ Sonic the Comic, "31st March 1995" (UK; 1995-03-18), page 10
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

The Pirates of Dark Water
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[:File:Sunsoft_Catalogue_US_1994_Summer.pdf_p19-1] Sunsoft US catalogue (Summer 1994), page 19

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p48-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p96-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 96

[:File:Pirates_of_Dark_Water_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Pirates of Dark Water MD credits.pdf

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p97-5] GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p139-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 139

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p167-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 167

[:File:GamePro_US_060.pdf_p135-8] GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 135

[9] Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68

[10] GamesMaster, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 50

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 55

[12] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156

[:File:CVG_UK_154.pdf_p78-13] Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 78

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_20.pdf_p85-14] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 85

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_21.pdf_p78-15] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p38-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[17] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347

[18] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168

[19] FLUX, "Issue #1" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p46-20] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:GameInformer_US_016.pdf_p12-21] Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 12

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p71-22] Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 71

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p94-23] Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 94

[:File:SegaPower_UK_58.pdf_p59-24] Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 59

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p50-25] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 50

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_06.pdf_p14-26] Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 14

[27] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 111

[28] Sonic the Comic, "31st March 1995" (UK; 1995-03-18), page 10

[29] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p78-30] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

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The Pirates of Dark Water

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References