Animaniacs

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Animaniacs
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Sound driver: Konami/Vampire Killer
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    US
    T-95176
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU
    T-95176-50
    Sega Mega Drive
    DE
    DM 119,95119,95[5]
    Sega Mega Drive
    AU
    $109.95109.95[4]
    Sega Mega Drive
    BR
    048350

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    Animaniacs is a series of games developed by Konami as tie-ins to the Animaniacs television show. Games in the series were released for the Mega Drive, Game Boy, and SNES (only the GB and SNES versions were released in Japan). The Mega Drive and Game Boy versions play identically; the SNES version is a different game. The Mega Drive and SNES versions were released in 1994 (1997 for Japan), the Game Boy version in 1995.

    Gameplay

    The Mega Drive/Game Boy versions are platformers. You control Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the main characters of the TV show. You control only one at a time (switching with C); the others will follow you (or hide in the GB version). B jumps. A does a special move of the character: Yakko hits enemies with his paddleball, Wakko hits things with a mallet (which he can also use to spark bombs), and Dot shoots hearts from kisses. Yakko can also push objects by running into them. After getting through a level, you are taken to an overworld screen where you select a level by going in front of a building and hitting  START .

    Trivia

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    • The main ship of Konami's Gradius series, Vic Viper, can be seen in stage 2.

    Versions

    Unlike most other Konami releases, this games was partially PAL optimized. The music plays at the correct speed, the gameplay is slower. There is no known fix for this game.

    Production credits

    • Director: Harry Nitta
    • System Programmer: Koji Komata
    • System Program Adviser: Kenichiro Horio
    • SFX & Characters Programmer: Shousuke "Mac" Harada
    • Demo Story & Characters Programmer: Tsuyoshi Uoya
    • Sound Design: Kiyoshi "K-Mu" Murai
    • Graphic Designers: Teisaku Seki, Koji Yamada, Reika Bando, Kazue Tachinami, Junichi Murakami
    • Demo Story Written by: Jeremy Blaustein
    • Package & Manual Design: Kay Wolf Jones, Kevin O'Donohue, Randy Severin
    • Licensing Manager: Kathie McCarthy
    • Special Adviser: Michael Gallo, Allen Richardson, Jon Sloan
    • Special Thanks to: Kenji Hiraoka, Jun Narita, Masahiro Ueno, Kazuhiro "David" Ueda, Masa Otani, Steve Johnson, Sino & Shiro
    • Special Thanks to Warner Bros.: Holly Stein, Catherine Sollecito, Laetitia May, John Crumlish
    • Supervisor: Yutaka Haruki
    • Producer: Tomikazu Kirita
    Source:
    In-game credits

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Animaniacs/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in GamesMaster (UK) #23: "November 1994" (1994-10-20)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Joypad (FR) #36: "Novembre 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
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    Print advert in GamePro (DE) #1995-01: "Januar 1995" (1994-12-23)
    also published in:
    • MAN!AC (DE) #1995-03: "03/95" (1995-02-08)[5]
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    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    87
    89 [2]
    73
    83
    78 №24, p78
    85 №7, p14
    82
    87 №26, p66-68[1]
    60 №2, p99/100
    80 №47, p132/133
    80 №12, p86/87
    76 №62, p64
    80 №39, p64/65
    60 [9]
    Sega Mega Drive
    79
    Based on
    14 reviews
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
    70
    [10]
    Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
    78
    [11]
    Cool Gamer (RU)
    50
    [12]
    Computer & Video Games (UK)
    89
    [2]
    Digitiser (UK)
    76
    [13]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    73
    [14]
    Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
    70
    [15]
    Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)
    70
    [16]
    Freak (IL)
    80
    [17]
    Game Players (US) NTSC-U
    83
    [18]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    75
    [19]
    Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
    85
    [20]
    Joypad (FR) PAL
    82
    [21]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    80
    [22]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    87
    [1]
    Next Generation (US)
    50
    [23]
    Player One (FR)
    80
    [24]
    Play Time (DE) PAL
    83
    [25]
    Sega Magazin (DE)
    84
    [26]
    Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
    80
    [27]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    76
    [28]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    80
    [29]
    Svet Kompjutera (YU)
    84
    [30]
    Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
    74
    [31]
    Super Juegos (ES)
    89
    [32]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    88
    [33]
    Tricks 16 bit (RU)
    80
    [34]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    72
    [35]
    VideoGames (US)
    60
    [9]
    Sega Mega Drive
    77
    Based on
    29 reviews

    Animaniacs

    Mega Drive, US
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    Cart
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    Manual
    Mega Drive, US (Classics)

    Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

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    Mega Drive, EU
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    Cover
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    Mega Drive, BR
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    Technical information

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Sega Mega Drive
    CRC32 86224d86
    MD5 ce0a42a75a9e374cf5092f34bf6927b7
    SHA-1 7e9d70b5172b4ea9e1b3f5b6009325fa39315a7c
    1MB 1994-11 Cartridge (US)
    Sega Mega Drive
    CRC32 92b6f255
    MD5 85b4c7b4b839e5b3614ae7b218129e12
    SHA-1 c474d13afb04bfdb291cfabe43ffc0931be42dbc
    1MB 1994-11 Cartridge (EU)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 65 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p65" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p65" defined multiple times with different content
    3. File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 11
    4. File:Megazone AU 46.pdf, page 30
    5. 5.0 5.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-03.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1995-03.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content
    6. Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 132
    7. Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 148
    8. Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 106
    9. 9.0 9.1 VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 105
    10. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 19
    11. Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
    12. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 15
    13. Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-03)
    14. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
    15. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 289
    16. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
    17. Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
    18. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 114
    19. GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
    20. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
    21. Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 106
    22. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 120
    23. Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
    24. Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 132
    25. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 108
    26. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 24
    27. Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86
    28. Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 64
    29. Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 64
    30. Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
    31. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 13
    32. Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
    33. Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
    34. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
    35. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 42


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