The Humans

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The Humans
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: GameTek
Developer:
Genre: Action, Puzzle

















Release Date RRP Code

The Humans is a 1992 game by Imagitec Design Inc. and GameTek released for a variety of platforms including the Sega Mega Drive. The Mega Drive port was only released in the US.

Sega Mega-CD and Sega Game Gear versions (the latter set for a US release in February[1], then July 1993[2]) of the game were reportedly in development at one stage.

Gameplay

The game is an action puzzle game similar to Lemmings. You control several cavemen to achieve various predefined tasks in a set amount of time. A switches between humans. Each human can do one of several predefined actions depending on the existing situation (for instance, forming a human ladder, picking up items, or throwing a spear), using C to switch actions and B to perform them. You have a limited number of humans to work with, and if one gets hurt too many times, they are out of the puzzle for the rest of the game.

For whatever reason, the Mega Drive port only allows you to choose between listening to music or sound effects, not both simultaneously.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
84 №23, p146/147
73 №46, p64[3]
80 №8, p22/23/24/25
81 №5, p54/55[4]
71 №1, p44
76 №18, p78/79
88 №39, p34/35
86 №18, p58
68 №7, p44/45
83 №16, p76-79[5]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[6]
Consoles + (FR)
84
[7]
Electric Brain (UK)
75
[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[9]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[10]
Game Mania (UK)
78
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
80
[13]
Mega (UK) PAL
81
[4]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
71
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
80
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
76
[16]
Power Unlimited (NL)
50
[17]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[19]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
68
[20]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
83
[5]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-U
70
[21]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
75
[22]
Video Games (DE)
67
[23]
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
20 reviews

The Humans

Mega Drive, US
Humans MD US Box.jpg
Cover
The Humans Genesis US Cart.JPG
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75 №19, p48
Sega Game Gear
75
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
75
[24]
Sega Game Gear
75
Based on
1 review

The Humans


References

  1. File:SegaVisions US 11.pdf, page 100
  2. File:SegaVisions US 13.pdf, page 97
  3. File:GamePro US 064.pdf, page 64
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:Mega UK 05.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 05.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 96
  7. Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 146
  8. Electric Brain, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-26), page 34
  9. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 34
  10. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 321
  11. Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
  12. GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 64
  13. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 22
  14. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 44
  15. Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 30
  16. MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 78
  17. Power Unlimited, "Nummer 1, Juli 1993" (NL; 1993-0x-xx), page 39
  18. Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 34
  19. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 58
  20. Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 44
  21. Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 14
  22. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16
  23. Video Games, "7/93" (DE; 1993-06-30), page 86
  24. Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 48