Joe & Mac

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Joe & Mac
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Data East
Developer:
Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

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).

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 B; he can change the particular weapon by grabbing a new one when it appears (hammers and wheels, for example). A and C both jump, however A has Joe jump higher and curled into a ball; B 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, Robert 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

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
Sega Mega Drive
Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
70
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU)
70
[4]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
80
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
65
[7]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
60
[8]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
62
[9]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
45
[10]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
69
[11]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
64
[12]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
66
[13]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
60
[14]
Sega Mega Drive
64
Based on
14 reviews

Joe & Mac

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, BR
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