Johnny Bazookatone

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Johnny Bazookatone
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: U.S. Gold, Soft Vision (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (16 tracks)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-7302G
Sega Saturn
US
$59.9959.99[1] T-7909H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-7909H-50

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Johnny Bazookatone, known as Johnny Bazooka (ジョニー・バズーカ) in Japan, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Arc Developments and published by U.S. Gold and Soft Vision for the Sega Saturn (and other platforms) in 1996.

The game was notable for shipping with a music CD with tracks from the game.

Gameplay

Worlds

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Prison

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Hotel

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Restaurant

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Hospital

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Penthouse

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El Diablo's Domain

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Johnny Bazookatone Johnny Bazookatone
English (US) Johnny Bazookatone Johnny Bazookatone
Japanese ジョニー・バズーカ Johnny Bazooka

Production credits

An Arc Developments and U.S.Gold Production
  • Published by: U.S. Gold
  • Based on an Original Idea by: Craig Davison
  • Programming Team: Chibsy, Leigh Davies, Derrick Owens, Dan Thomas, Kieren Gracie, Adrian Smith, Mark Dow, Richard Underhill
  • Graphics Team: Paul Walker, David Percival, Darren Wakeman, Martin Povey, Carl Entwistle, Dan Cook, Attila Roth, Gaz Tonge, Pat Toner, Neil Pettitt
  • Design and Mapping: Patrick Toner, Rich Carless
  • Music and SFX: Andi McGinty
  • Music Production: Des Tong
  • Guitarist: Mike Hehir
  • Saxophonist: Chris (Snake) Davis
  • Test Team: Richard Hancock, Craig Jarvis, John Story, Adrian Bolton
  • Producer: Ken Lockley
  • Special Thanks: Geoff Brown, Byron Nilsson, N. Ishihara, James Farnhill
Source:
In-game credits
JohnyBazzoka Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Johnny Bazookatone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #40: "February 1996" (1995-12-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #13: "Janvier 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76 [9]
70
50 №385, p30
83
73 [1]
56 №41, p66
61
20 [10]
47 [3]
95 [11]
85
64 №77, p44/45/46
90 №54, p46-48
53 [12]
50 [13]
28 [14]
40 №17, p76/77
Sega Saturn
61
Based on
17 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
60
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[15]
GameFan (US)
83
[16]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[1]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[17]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
61
[18]
Hacker (HR)
72
[19]
Intelligent Gamer's Fusion (US) NTSC-U
83
[20]
Joypad (FR)
83
[21]
LeveL (CZ)
71
[22]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
61
[23]
Maximum (UK)
0
[10]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
47
[3]
Player One (FR) PAL
95
[11]
Power Unlimited (NL)
85
[26]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
66
[27]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
94
[28]
Sega Magazin (DE)
73
[29]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
64
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
53
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
28
[14]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
65
[32]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) PAL
40
[33]
Video Games (DE) PAL
78
[34]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[35]
Sega Saturn
67
Based on
29 reviews

Johnny Bazookatone

Saturn, US
JohnnyBazookatone Saturn US Box Back.jpgJohnnyBazookatone Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
Johnnybazookatone sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
JohnnyBazookatone Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
JohnnyBazookatone Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
JohnnyBazookatone Saturn JP Box Back.jpgJohnnyBazookatone Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
JohnnyBazookatone Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
617,272,992 CD-ROM (EU) T-7909H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
617,456,448 1996-02-16 CD-ROM (JP) T-7302G V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
623,435,232 CD-ROM (US) T-7909H V1.000

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60
  2. Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 10
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mean Machines Sega, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-28), page 89
  4. File:JohnyBazzoka_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  5. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 87
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 48
  7. Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 100
  8. CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 41
  9. 9.0 9.1 CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 66
  10. 10.0 10.1 Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 141
  11. 11.0 11.1 Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 58
  12. 12.0 12.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 74
  13. 13.0 13.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 231
  14. 14.0 14.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
  15. Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1
  16. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 3: March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 13
  17. GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 60
  18. Game Informer, "February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50
  19. Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
  20. Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: March 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 60
  21. Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
  22. LeveL, "Červen 1996" (CZ; 1996-06-01), page 58
  23. MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72
  24. Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 36
  25. Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 76
  26. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 42
  27. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80
  28. Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 14
  29. Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 72
  30. Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 44
  31. Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 46
  32. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 34
  33. Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 76
  34. Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 84
  35. VideoGames, "April 1996" (US; 1996-03-19), page 63


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