Art Alive!

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Art Alive!
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Educational[1], Table[2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥3,8003,800 G-4069
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$39.9539.95[3] 1703
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1703
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ-1703-50
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£29.9929.99[5][4] 1703
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR

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Art Alive! (アートアライブ) is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1991. It can be seen as a Sega alternative to Nintendo's Mario Paint on the Super NES, though Art Alive! debuted before Nintendo's game.

Gameplay

With the start of the game, you are given a blank canvas, so to speak, and it's your job to fill it in. There are various tools you can use to do the job with. There's a pencil for drawing single lines and there's even a button for drawing a circle. It's similar to MS Paint in that you just press the A button where you want the circle to start, then move the cursor over to where you want the circle to end. Now just press the A button again to confirm this circle. The B button cancels the circle, and deletes it from the screen.

In addition, several stamps (like those seen in Wacky Worlds) of various Sega characters like Sonic the Hedgehog can be placed and animated throughout the picture.

With the help of emulators or a VCR, images created in Art Alive! can be saved for later viewing.

Production credits

Although Art Alive! doesn't have an ending, production credits can be shown by holding Left+A+C when the Sega logo appears.

  • Programming: Jay Obernolte, Chris Ziomkowski
  • Adult Supervision: Jeff Fort, Scott Berfield
  • Art and Music: Eric Iwasaki
  • Program Design: Rand Siegfried, Jeff Fort, Jay Smith
  • Developed by: Western Technologies
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Art Alive!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Ação Games (BR) #14: "Junho 1992" (1992-06-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
55 [7]
63 [8]
35 [9]
60 №45
51 №7, p40-41
50 [10]
75 [11]
19 №9, p19
68 [13]
70 [14]
46 [15]
79 [16]
39 №18, p64
88 [6]
Sega Mega Drive
 57
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[17]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
63
[18]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
55
[19]
Console XS (UK) PAL
79
[20]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
35
[9]
Games-X (UK)
60
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
80
[22]
Game Players Sega Guide! (US) NTSC-U
60
[23]
Game Zone (UK) PAL
51
[24]
Joypad (FR)
50
[25]
Joystick (FR)
75
[11]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
51
[26]
Mega (UK) PAL
19
[27]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
47
[28]
Player One (FR)
68
[13]
Power Up! (UK)
60
[29]
Sega Power (UK)
46
[30]
Sega Pro (UK)
79
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
39
[31]
Sega Force (UK)
70
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[8]
Supergame (BR)
88
[6]
Sega Mega Drive
 58
Based on
22 reviews

Art Alive!

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Art Alive MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Artalive md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
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Cover
ArtAlive md us cart.jpg
Cart
ArtAlive MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Artalive md eu cover.jpg
Cover
ArtAlive md eu cart.jpg
Cart
ArtAlive MD EU pcb.jpg
PCB
Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega Drive, AU
ArtAlive MD AU cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, AU (OziSoft)

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Cart
Mega Drive, AU (Silver)
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Art Alive md br manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 f1b72cdd
MD5 a53f365fb6997a537dff807344995c51
SHA-1 2c57e38592a206a1847e9e202341595832798587
128kB 1991-08 Cartridge

References

  1. ↑ File:Artalive md jp cover.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. ↑ GamePro, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 7
  5. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 52
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 31
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 35 (37)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 22
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 76-77 (76)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Joystick, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 124
  12. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 52-54 (52)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 104
  14. ↑ Sega Force, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 72-73 (72)
  15. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58-59 (58)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 62
  17. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
  18. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 127
  19. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 37
  20. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
  21. ↑ Games-X, "5th-11th March 1992" (UK; 1992-03-05), page 20
  22. ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7
  23. ↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 73
  24. ↑ Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 40
  25. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 76
  26. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
  27. ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 19
  28. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 83
  29. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 21, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-21), page 1
  30. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 58
  31. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  32. ↑ Sega Force, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 72
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