Fido Dido

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Fido Dido
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Kaneko
Developer: Teeny Weeny Games, Krysalis (sound)
Planned release date(s): 1993-11[1], 1994-04[2]
Genre: Action
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped

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Fido Dido is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive game based on the character and former mascot of 7-Up, Fido Dido. It was developed by Teeny Weeny Games and was set to be published by Kaneko in 1993.

Despite the game being reportedly finished, Fido Dido was cancelled for unknown reasons, though a ROM of the complete game has since been dumped. Pirated versions of the game have also been spotted, and its widespread circulation frequently leads to the misconception this game was officially released. Fido Dido even got to the stage where it was given cover art in the US and rated by Sega's Videogame Rating Council (as GA). It was also demonstrated at CES 1993.

The reasoning behind Fido Dido's cancellation is unknown, however it was around this time when 7-Up changed their mascot to Cool Spot, which may have been a factor. Furthermore, Kaneko's US arm was closed during this period, leading to the cancellation of othe games such as Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill. There was also reportedly a SNES version in development, though this has yet to be unearthed.

A UK version said to be "out now" was reviewed in the Easter 1994 issue of Sega Pro magazine.

Production credits

  • Production from Kaneko" Jeff Hill
  • Director, casting, editing, design and production: Angela Sutherland
  • Principal programmer: Paul Laidlaw
  • Sets, characters and wardrobe: Paul Mitchell
  • Assistant programmer: Brian Rogers
  • Key grips, assitant graphics and testing: Guillaume Camus
  • Music converted by: Matt Furniss

Artwork

  • Prototype cover

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
73 №56, p57[3]
55 №21, p41
82 №26
75 №56, p62
83 №31, p58/59
Sega Mega Drive
 74
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[4]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
85
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
54
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[3]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
55
[8]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
82
[9]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
75
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
[11]
SuperGamePower (BR)
74
[12]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
11 reviews

Fido Dido

Main article: Fido Dido/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
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ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1 fa69728de541321a5d55fd2c11ce8222d7daac45
1MB 1993-10 Download.svg (382 kB) (info) Page

References

  1. ↑ File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 213
  2. ↑ File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 81
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 59 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 056.pdf_p59" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
  5. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "April 1994" (US; 1994-03-22), page 62
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  7. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 314
  8. ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 41
  9. ↑ MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 58
  10. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 62
  11. ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 58
  12. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
  13. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 72
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