Taz-Mania (Game Gear)

For the Sega Mega Drive game, see Taz-Mania. For the Sega Master System game, see Taz-Mania (Master System).

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Taz-Mania
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: NuFX
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Warner Bros.
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1992-10 $34.9934.99 2413 EU 1992-12 2413 FR 199x UK 1992-12 £29.9929.99 2413 BR 199x 075250

Taz-Mania, also known as Taz-Maniz: The Search for the Lost Seabirds, is a platform game released in 1992 for the Sega Game Gear. It is based on the cartoon series with the same name. The game is notorious for its high difficulty, excessive slowdown, and dissonant soundtrack.

Story

Taz wants to find a Giant Seabird egg so he can make the biggest omelette in the world.

Gameplay

Score screen

The game is a platformer played as the Looney Tunes character Taz the Tasmanian Devil. Many of the levels are autoscrolling chase scenes, but there are also conventional platforming levels. Taz walks with and . He jumps with and jumps higher if the button is held longer. He can defeat enemies by jumping on top of them. Taz starts spinning into a tornado with and continues spinning until is pressed again. He is invulnerable and passes through enemies and hazards while spinning. Spinning drains energy, and Taz stops spinning if his energy is too low. He can spin in midair, which can be used to extend his jump distance.

Taz's energy goes down from taking damage from an enemy or hazard and from spinning. He loses a life if he runs out of energy. The player can view the score and the number of lives remaining by pausing the game with  START . Taz can replenish his energy by eating food items, which he can do by standing over them and pressing . The game ends if Taz runs out of lives.

Levels

	The Badlands
	The Mine
	Taz can slow the mine cart down with and raise it over obstacles with . He can switch tracks with at a junction.
	The Snowy Slopes
	Iceland
	The Iceman's Cavern
	This is the only boss fight in the game. Jumping and spinning near an icicle releases a flame from the vents on the floor, which damages the Abominable Snowman if he is standing over it. Spinning does not cost energy in this level.
	The Sky-Cross
	Taz can flap his wings and fly with , but doing so drains energy. He stops flapping and falls if he runs out of energy. He can replenish his energy by flying into the yellow clouds.
	The Jungle
	The Taztec Ruins
	The Giant Seabird Nest

Production credits

• Produced by: Mac Senour
• Game Design: NuFX, Inc., Mac Senour
• Programming: NuFX, Inc.
• Graphics: NuFX, Inc.

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Taz-Mania (Game Gear)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) 77 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 74 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 60 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 73 Hobby Consolas (ES) 89 Joypad (FR) 91 Joystick (FR) PAL 91 Mega Force (FR) PAL 80 Megazin (SI) 72 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) 72 Player One (FR) 50 Sega Power (UK) PAL 59 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 92 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 84 Sega Force (UK) PAL 84 User (GR) PAL 65 Video Games (DE) 61

	75
Based on 17 reviews

Taz-Mania (Game Gear)

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, FR (Blister pack)
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Game Gear, BR
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 36040c24 MD5 70220f584b2d4f69e5efa9a3268a4a88 SHA-1 0d0285bc5350146f365dae1f271ed0828971cf4d	256kB		Cartridge (US/EU)