The Pirates of Dark Water

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The Pirates of Dark Water

Publisher: Sunsoft

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-05^[2]	$64.9964.99^[2]	T-15086
EU	1994-09^[1]		T-15086-50
AU	1994		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

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

GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[5]
GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60 (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

71

^[7]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[11]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[13]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[14]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[15]

FLUX (US)

90

^[16]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

53

^[8]

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]

	70
Based on 21 reviews

The Pirates of Dark Water

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 96
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf
↑ GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 139
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 167
↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 135
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 78
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 71
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 85
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
↑ FLUX, "Issue #1" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 94
↑ Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 59
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 50
↑ Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 14
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 111
↑ Sonic the Comic, "31st March 1995" (UK; 1995-03-18), page 10
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 20
↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

Games based on Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows released for Sega systems
	The Flintstones (1991)
	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)
	Yogi Bear in Yogi Bear's Goldrush (unreleased)
	Wacky Races (2000) \| The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (unreleased)
	Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race (1993)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p96-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 96

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p97-3] GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p139-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 139

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p167-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 167

[:File:GamePro_US_060.pdf_p135-6] GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 135

[:File:CVG_UK_154.pdf_p78-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 78

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p71-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 71

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 55

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 156

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_20.pdf_p85-11] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1994" (US; 1994-04-21), page 85

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_21.pdf_p78-12] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p38-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[14] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 347

[15] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168

[16] FLUX, "Issue #1" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p48-17] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p46-18] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p94-19] Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 94

[:File:SegaPower_UK_58.pdf_p59-20] Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 59

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p50-21] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 50

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_06.pdf_p14-22] 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

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p78-26] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

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The Pirates of Dark Water

From Sega Retro

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References