Panic!

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Panic!
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, PlayStation 2
Publisher: JP Sega US Data East
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Sega Mouse
Genre: Other (box), Adventure (master list)

















Release Date RRP Code

Panic!, called Switch (スイッチ) in Japan, is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game by Sega for the Sega Mega-CD. You play as a cartoon boy who interacts with various different environments to save the world. Each object you interact with has a humorous/absurd effect. It is not related to Double Switch, a later Mega CD game.

It was later remade on the PlayStation 2 in Japan.

Production Credits

Mega CD Version

Panic! Staff Credits

Producer: Hajime Tabe
Graphics: Renzo Kinoshita
Music: Kei Tani
Human Sound Effects: Kent Flick
Production: Office 1
Musical Production: Milestone Music Publishing, Inc.
Voice Actors & Actresses: Fuyumi Shiraishi, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Rie Shibata, Masahiro Sato, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Masami Hisamoto
Game Design: Tomohiro Kondo, Katsuo Murata
Game Coordination: Tomohiro Kondo, Chie Yoshida
Tool Programming: Yuichiro Mine, Kenji Murayama
Tool Operation: Tomohiro Kondo, Katsuo Murata
System Programming: Akihito Wada, Yuichiro Mine, Hiroshi Okamoto
Game Programming: Yuichiro Mine, Akihito Wada, Hiroshi Okamoto, Kenji Murayama, Yasutomo Kamei, Hiroaki Sakamoto
Game Programming Assistants: Takayuki Iida, Kenji Sato, Kazuyuki Mukaida, Shin Futakawame, Ken-ichi Yokoo
Graphic Design: Chie Yoshida, Jina Ishiwatari, Katsufumi Yoshimori, Satoshi Yokokawa, Kiyomi Shimazawa, Masami Hayashi, Keiichi Matate, Masayuki Hasegawa, Kumi Hasegawa, Koichi Sasaki, Masahiro Unno, Hironori Saka, Kentaro Yoshida, Akinori Nishiyama, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Shiro Kinemura
Sound: Hiroshi Kubota, Masaru Setsumaru, Tomoko Sasaki, Shinji Kawahira
Sound Support: Masaki Araki (Agrex Co., Ltd.)
Testers: Mutsuhiro Fujii, Mitsutoshi Ozato, Tsuneo Shiga, Kei Takashima, Satoshi Tachibana
Supervisors: Makoto Oshitani, Toshinori Asai, Yukio Sato, Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, Tokuhiko Uwabo
Programming Cooperetion: Agrex Co., Ltd.
Design Cooperation: Es Yu Es Corporation, A WAVE Inc.
Music Cooperation: Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Solid Gold Co., Ltd., Locker Room Co., Ltd.

American Localization Team

Data East U.S.A., Inc.

Script: Ravi Gadhia
Project Coordinator: Peter Stern
Voice‑over Coordinator: David Hoffman

Sega of America

Project Supervisor: Adam Sevillia
Sound Engineer: Barry Blum
Translation: Yukimi Shimura
Writers: Adam Sevillia & David Albert
Voice Actors: Randy Merzon & Dennis McIntyre
Produced by: Sega Enterprises Co., Ltd., Office 1

Physical Scans

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №10, p54/55/56/57
55 №63, p72
86 №22, p63
42 №43, p44
Sega Mega-CD
63
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[1]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-J
87
[2]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
50
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[4]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
90
[5]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[6]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
82
[7]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
70
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
40
[9]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC
68
[10]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
50
[11]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J
85
[12]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
90
[13]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
70
[14]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[15]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
55
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
86
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
42
[18]
Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-J
75
[19]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[20]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[21]
Sega Mega-CD
68
Based on
21 reviews

Panic!

Mega-CD, US
Panic MCD US Box Back.jpgPanic MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Panic MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Panic mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, JP
Switch MCD JP Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngSwitch MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

PlayStation 2 Version

PlayStation 2, JP
Switch PS2 JP Box.jpg
Cover

External Links

  • Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 25
  • Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 88
  • Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 116
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  • Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 126
  • Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 39
  • Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62
  • Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
  • GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 51
  • MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 88
  • Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 58
  • Mega Action, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 30
  • MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 44
  • Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 54
  • Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
  • Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 72
  • Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 59
  • Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 44
  • Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 118
  • Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  • VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 84