The Pirates of Dark Water

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The Pirates of Dark Water
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sunsoft
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$64.9964.99[2] T-15086
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-15086-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
FPIR00SMC

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The Pirates of Dark Water is a side-scrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive based on the Hanna-Barbera's 1991 cartoon series of the same name.

While released in the same rough period as a Super NES Pirates of Dark Water game, this Mega Drive version is unique to Sega's system. The SNES version, in comparison, is a arcade-style beat-'em-up game similar to Final Fight or Golden Axe.

Magazine articles

Main article: The Pirates of Dark Water/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
71 №154, p78[7]
62 №11, p79
52 №20, p50
66 №24, p96[1]
53 №23, p71
76 №9, p94/95
73 №58, p59
42 №38, p50
83 №48, p10
Sega Mega Drive
64
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
71
[7]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[10]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
74
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)
70
[14]
FLUX (US)
90
[15]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
55
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[17]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
53
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
66
[1]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
76
[19]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
73
[20]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
42
[21]
Sega Force (SE)
68
[22]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
88
[23]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
83
[24]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
67
[25]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
70
Based on
21 reviews

The Pirates of Dark Water

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Pirates Of Dark Water MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
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Cart

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf
  3. GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 139
  5. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 167
  6. GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 135
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:CVG UK 154.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 154.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 55
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156
  10. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 85
  11. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
  13. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347
  14. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
  15. FLUX, "Issue #1" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 81
  16. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48
  17. GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  18. Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 71
  19. Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 94
  20. Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 59
  21. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 50
  22. Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 14
  23. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 111
  24. Sonic the Comic, "31st March 1995" (UK; 1995-03-18), page 10
  25. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
  26. VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78




Games based on Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows released for Sega systems
Sega Master System
The Flintstones (1991)
Sega Mega Drive
The Flintstones (Taito) (1993) | The Pirates of Dark Water (1994) | Yogi Bear: Cartoon Capers (1994) | Scooby-Doo Mystery (1995) | The Flintstones (Ocean) (199x) | Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons (unreleased) | Wacky Races (unreleased)
Sega Game Gear
Yogi Bear in Yogi Bear's Goldrush (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
Wacky Races (2000) | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (unreleased)
Arcade
Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race (1993)