Joe & Mac

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Joe & Mac

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Takara

Developer: Eden Entertainment Software/Elite Systems

Developer(s) of original games: Data East

Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-01^[1]	$59.9559.95^[1]	T-103036
BR	1994		044960

VRC

Tectoy

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 Mega Drive (ported by Takara).

Gameplay

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.

Production credits

Written by: Tim Round
Additional Code: Jason Stoat, Stuart Middleton
Graphics by: Tim Round, Terry Baker, Stuart Middleton, Rob Thursfield, Lee Beckett, Rob Dorney
Audio by: Krisalis Software Ltd
Music by: Matt Furniss
Music Driver by: Shaun Hollingworth
Testing by: Phil Bradley, Lee Mather, David Fowler
Special Thanks: Kinya Tago, Phil Bradley, Mike Brown, David Fowler, John Davies, David Powell

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[2]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[3]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[4]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU)

70

^[5]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[7]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

65

^[8]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

62

^[10]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

45

^[11]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

69

^[12]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

64

^[13]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

66

^[14]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[15]

	64
Based on 14 reviews

Joe & Mac

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	85bcc1c7
MD5	9800244038a6235c6d437582aa75f52f
SHA-1	d238ecdbc76affb0b92946a1ee984399b6e8fe27

1MB

1993-11

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 58
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 103
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 107
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 145
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
↑ GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 56
↑ MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 63
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 34
↑ MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 22
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 64
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 94
↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 92
↑ VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p58-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 58

[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 103

[3] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 107

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p48-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48

[5] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 145

[:File:GameFan_US_0201.pdf_p27-6] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p56-7] GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-06.pdf_p63-8] MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 63

[9] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:Mega_UK_17.pdf_p34-10] Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 34

[:File:MegaTech_UK_30.pdf_p22-11] MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 22

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p64-12] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 64

[13] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 94

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p92-14] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 92

[:File:VideoGames_US_62.pdf_p79-15] VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79

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Joe & Mac

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References