Joe & Mac
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| Joe & Mac |
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| System(s): Arcade, Super NES, Mega Drive, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Amiga, DOS, Zeebo |
| Publisher: Data East |
| Developer: Data East (MD port: Takara) |
| Genre: 2D Platform |
Joe & Mac, known as Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja in Europe and Joe & Mac: Caveman Fight (ジョーとマック 戦え原始人) in Japan, is a 1991 platforming action game by Data East, initially released for a DE-manufactured arcade board, but later ported to home consoles such as the Sega Genesis (ported by Takara).
You control Joe, a green-haired caveman, as he tries to rescue his and his blue-haired friend Mac's girlfriends, who have been kidnapped by enemy cavemen one night. Joe shoots a weapon by hitting 
; he can change the particular weapon by grabbing a new one when it appears (hammers and wheels, for example). 
and 
both jump, however has Joe jump higher and curled into a ball; is a shorter jump that can be used to crush enemies. There is also a 2 player mode that let the second player control Mac; while most ports use a menu at the title screen to select the mode, Takara requires you to hit START with the second controller at the title screen to play in 2P mode.