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The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Steve Hayes
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
716901
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E077SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
042730

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The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats is a spin-off of Millennium Interactive's James Pond franchise. It was released, among other systems, for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992. During development it was known as Aquabatics.

The game is sponsored by Penguin biscuits.

Production credits

  • Original Game Design and Coding: Steve Bak
  • Graphics: Sean Nichols
  • Additional Graphics: Leavon Archer
  • Original Music and Sound Effects: Richard Joseph
  • Producer: Kevin Shrapnell
  • Assistant Producer: Rupert Easterbrook
  • Product Management: Andrew Corcoran, Neil Thewarapperuma, Lesley Mansford
  • Package Illustration: David Rowe
  • Package Design: Corey Higgins
  • Documentation: David Luoto, Colin Dodson
  • Documentation Layout: Jennie Maruyama
  • Quality Assurance: Glenn Chin
Source:
US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #10: "Octobre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #6: "Octubre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #7: "Noviembre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #14: "Noviembre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №13, p82-83[5]
65 №14, p92-93[6]
61 №1, p21[7]
83 №12, p44-45
92 №14, p84-88[8]
84 №12, p58-59[9]
81 №31, p142
78 №3, p47[10]
75 №1, p52-53[11]
90 №1, p64
80 №7, p40[12]
59 №10, p46-49[13]
61 №1, p76-79[1]
75 №25, p96-97[14]
81 №35, p24-25
92 №11, p32-34
82 №18, p64
79 №12, p84-85[15]
78 №3, p12
86 №36, p58-59[16]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[17]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
68
[18]
Console Mania (IT)
80
[5]
Consoles + (FR)
65
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
53
[19]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
61
[7]
FX (UK)
89
[20]
Game Power (IT)
83
[21]
Game Zone (UK) PAL
83
[22]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
92
[8]
Joypad (FR) PAL
84
[9]
Joystick (FR) PAL
81
[23]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
78
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
78
[24]
Mega (UK) PAL
75
[11]
Mega Action (UK)
90
[25]
Mega Force (FR)
80
[26]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
59
[13]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
77
[27]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
50
[28]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
61
[1]
Player One (FR)
75
[29]
Play Time (DE)
71
[30]
Power Up! (UK)
74
[31]
Power Play (DE)
75
[32]
Score (CZ)
65
[33]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
81
[34]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
92
[35]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
82
[36]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
79
[15]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-U
77
[37]
Supersonic (FR)
78
[38]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
56
[39]
Video Games (DE)
74
[40]
Zero (UK)
86
[16]
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
35 reviews

The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Aquatic Games MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
TAGSJPaTA MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
TAGSJPatA MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, BR
TAGSJPaTA MD BR Box.jpg
Cover
AquaticGames MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 400f4ba7
MD5 0eec7f8771ca70ad5ace3d46cb4be9d4
SHA-1 3bbd0853099f655cd33b52d32811f8ccb64b0418
512kB 1992-07 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:Mega UK 01.pdf, page 53
  3. File:SegaVisions US 09.pdf, page 64
  4. Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 46
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:ConsoleMania IT 013.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsoleMania IT 013.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 014.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 014.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 21 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p21" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:HobbyConsolas ES 014.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:HobbyConsolas ES 014.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 9.0 9.1 File:Joypad FR 012.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 012.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 47 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MDAG UK 03.pdf_p47" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:Mega UK 01.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 01.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  12. File:MegaForce ES 07.pdf, page 40
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:MegaTech UK 10.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 10.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
  14. File:PlayerOne FR 025.pdf, page 92
  15. 15.0 15.1 File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:Zero UK 36.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zero UK 36.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  17. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 20
  18. Aktueller Software Markt, "Dezember 1992" (DE; 1992-11-13), page 154
  19. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 30
  20. FX (UK) (+0:00)
  21. Game Power, "Novembre 1992" (IT; 1992-1x-xx), page 48
  22. Game Zone, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-24), page 44
  23. Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 142
  24. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  25. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
  26. Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 40
  27. Micromanía (segunda época), "Enero 1993" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
  28. Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 65
  29. Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 96
  30. Play Time, "12/92" (DE; 1992-11-04), page 88
  31. Power Up!, "Saturday, October 17, 1992" (UK; 1992-10-17), page 1
  32. Power Play, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-14), page 156
  33. Score, "Duben 1994" (CZ; 1994-04-01), page 44
  34. Sega Power, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-03), page 24
  35. Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 32
  36. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  37. Supergame, "Dezembro 1992" (BR; 1992-12-xx), page 18
  38. Supersonic, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 12
  39. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
  40. Video Games, "10/92" (DE; 1992-09-30), page 97




James Pond games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
James Pond: Underwater Agent (1991) | James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1991) | The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats (1992) | James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (1993)
Sega Master System
James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1993)
Sega Game Gear
James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1993) | James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (1995)