Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse

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Mickey Mania: The Timeless
Adventures of Mickey Mouse
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft, Sega (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
US 		T-93265
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		T-93305-50

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Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (ミッキーマニア), with its PlayStation version known as Mickey's Wild Adventure in PAL regions, is a platform game starring Disney's mascot, Mickey Mouse. Developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Sony Imagesoft, the player controls Mickey as he travels through various levels themed on Mickey Mouse cartoons from 1928 to 1990.

The game was originally designed to be released as part of Mickey's 65th birthday, but as this only left six months to complete the game, the release date was pushed back.

Being a rather late release and having a considerable 16 Megabit ROM size, the game features detailed animation, varied background graphics and plenty of impressive programming tricks.

Gameplay

Mickey Mania is a very by-the-book platformer, employing a simple two button control scheme, one for throwing marbles and one for jumping. Marbles can be found troughout all stages. Enemies can be damaged by attacking with marbles or by jumping on their head. Mickey can take multiple hits before losing a life, his hand is used as a health meter.

Levels

Notavailable.svg Steamboat Willie (1928)
Steamboat Willie was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be distributed, and so is generally considered to be the starting point for the character. Mickey Mania is very liberal with this cartoon, featuring not just a ship, but a wharf area which slowly turns from monochrome to colour as Mickey progresses through the stage.
Notavailable.svg The Mad Doctor (1933)
Mickey Mania's depiction of The Mad Doctor deviates the most from the original source material in that the entire stage is presented in colour, when the film was originally in monochrome. Much like the cartoon itself, there is an encounter with the Mad Doctor (or Dr. XXX) and a captured Pluto is rescued (the major difference being that in the cartoon, Mickey is also captured before waking up to find the whole thing was a dream).
Notavailable.svg Moose Hunters (1937)
Moose Hunters deviates considerably from the original cartoon, in that Mickey's cohorts, Goofy and Donald, are nowhere to be seen. Instead, Pluto warns the player of incoming mooses, culminating in a chase sequence.
Notavailable.svg Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Lonesome Ghosts also lacks Goofy and Donald, who play equal roles to Mickey in the original short.
Notavailable.svg Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
Notavailable.svg The Band Concert (1935)
In Mickey Mania, The Band Concert is a bonus stage found in Mickey and the Beanstalk, which if completed grants the player an extra continue. The Band Concert was the first Mickey short to be presented in colour, though curiously most of the "band" is missing in this game.
Notavailable.svg The Prince and the Pauper (1990)

version differences

The game was initially released on the Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Now additions are an improved water effect in the "Prince and the Pauper" section and extra background layers in "The Beanstalk" sections. However, the SNES version suffers from several cutbacks, such as the missing Nebulus-like staircase section of the second stage, missing "Band Concert" bonus levels, numerous special effects and Pluto cameos, as well as introducing loading times (among the longest loading times for cartride based systems). This renders the Sega Mega Drive version a superior purchase.

Mickey Mania was later brought to the Sega Mega-CD with a CD audio soundtrack and a lot more voice tracks. Mickey now comments on enemies, sections and happenings in stages. The fight against Pete was expanded, with Mickey calling all previous incarnations for help. New "parachute" spider enemies were added.

The Sega Mega-CD version was then ported to the PlayStation, with an improved color palette and other added graphical effects, the difficulty level was also increased,(e.g. the skeletons in stage 2 release more bones). A new chase section on "The Beanstalk" was also added.

History

Legacy

Many of the ideas seen in Mickey Mania, specifically that of platforming through levels based on old Mickey Mouse shorts, were brought forward in the 2010 Wii game, Epic Mickey and its 2012 sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Written and Designed by Jon Burton and Andy Ingram of Travellers Tales

Sony Imagesoft

Executive Producer: Rich Robinson
Senior Producer: Mary Ann Norris
Associate Producer: David Poe
Designer By: Mike Giam, David Jaffe
Testing Team: Bruce Cochrane, Jose Gauz, Jody Kelsey, Andre Leighton, Seth Luisi Tobin Russell

Travellers Tales

Programmed By: Jon Buaton
Graphics By: Andy Ingram
Conceptual Artist: Bev Bush
Grapic Artists: Dave "Scooter Boy" Buarton, Bev "Vibrating Pen" Bush, James "Action Man" Cunliffe, Andy "What Fuel" Ingram, Linda "Red Shoes" Smith
Additional Programming: Dave "Reality Cap" Dootson
Office Organisation: Andy "A.B.S." Blundell
Utility Programming: Jon "Kitcar" Burton, Dave "Dac Mortin" Dootson, Chris "The Cars Gone" Stanforth
Big Bang Witnessed By: Paul "I Remember When..." Hunter
Sorry Im Late But.....: ttenrrab juoar
Moral Support: Helen "Im Fine" Musk
Credit Text Typed and Checked By: Jon Burton

Disney Software

Director, Sotware Production: Ron Fortier
Senior Producer: Patrick Gilmore
Assistant Producer: Craig Annis
Production Associate: Arden Ishimura
Mickey Digital Cleanup Model: Alex Schaefer
Additional Music: Michael Giacchino

Disney Feature Animation, Florida:

Producer: Paul Curasi
Assistant to the Producer: Annette Laguea
Production Coordinator: Cammie Cavallin
Animation Consultant: Chris Bradley
Project Specialist: Pam Darley

Creative Capers:

Producer: G. Sue Shakespeare
Animation Director: David Molina
Animation Director: Terry Shakespeare
Animators: Rejean Bourdages, Ian Christopher Chiasson, Dave Kuhn, Mike Milo, David Molina, Natasha Sasic, Terry Shakespeare, Shane Zalvin
Special Effects Assistant: Kathy Burton
Final Checking: Carla Washburn
Production Coordinator: Robert Rose
Production Accountant: Patrice Monis

Psygnosis U.K.:

U.K. Q.A. Management: Feargus Carroll
U.K. Quality Assurance: Phil "Tails" Snape, Paul Tweedle, Paul Evason, Jenny Newby, Stuart Sockett, Paul Charsley, Lol Scraggs, M. Stacey, Chris Rowley, Leon Walters, Craig Puzzled, Tony "Sonic" Parks, Greg Double, Gary Nichols, Jamie Riding, B.Y. Puggsy
Graphics Southwest Management: Simon Gardner
Artists: Kevin Ayre, Theo Pantazia, Mark Scott
Music: Blythe Joustra, Matt Furness
Music Driver: Shaun Hollingworth
Music Manager: Paul Morris
Development Systems: Psy Q, Special Thanks to John Rostron
External Evaluations: Sara Dixon
Tour Management: Ian Grieve
P.A.: Kiastie "Gude Morrrning" Beamish
Project Management and Food Parcels: Steve "400 Grand" Riding

Mega CD version

Written and Designed by Jon Burton and Andy Ingram of Travellers Tales

Sony Imagesoft

Executive Producer: Rich Robinson
Senior Producer: Mary Ann Norris
Associate Producer: David Poe
Designer By: Mike Giam, David Jaffe
Testing Team: C J Connoy, Bruce Cochrane, Jose Cruz, Jody Kelset, Andre Leighton, Seth Luisi, Tobin, Russell, Kurt Schwengel

Travellers Tales

Programmed By: Jon Buaton
Sega CD Adaption By: David Dootson
Graphics By: Andy Ingram
Conceptual Artist: Bev Bush
Grapic Artists: Dave "Scooter Boy" Buarton, Bev "Vibrating Pen" Bush, James "Action Man" Cunliffe, Andy "What Fuel" Ingram, Linda "Red Shoes" Smith
Additional Programming: Dave "Reality Cap" Dootson
Office Organisation: Andy "A.B.S." Blundell
Utility Programming: Jon "Kitcar" Burton, Dave "Dac Mortin" Dootson, Chris "The Cars Gone" Stanforth
Big Bang Witnessed By: Paul "I Remember When..." Hunter
Sorry Im Late But.....: ttenrrab juoar
Moral Support: Helen "Im Fine" Musk
Credit Text Typed and Checked By: Jon Burton

Disney Software

General Manager: Marc Teren
Director, Sotware Production: Ron Fortier
Senior Producer: Patrick Gilmore
Assistant Producer: Craig Annis
Production Associate: Arden Ishimura
Mickey Digital Cleanup Model: Alex Schaefer
Additional Music: Michael Giacchino
Manager, Software Licensing: Sue Fuller

Disney Feature Animation, Florida:

Producer: Paul Curasi
Assistant to the Producer: Annette Laguea
Production Coordinator: Cammie Cavallin
Animation Consultant: Chris Bradley
Project Specialist: Pam Darley

Creative Capers:

Producer: G. Sue Shakespeare
Animation Director: David Molina
Animation Director: Terry Shakespeare
Animators: Rejean Bourdages, Ian Christopher Chiasson, Dave Kuhn, Mike Milo, David Molina, Natasha Sasic, Terry Shakespeare, Shane Zalvin
Special Effects Assistant: Kathy Burton
Final Checking: Carla Washburn
Production Coordinator: Robert Rose
Production Accountant: Patrice Monis

Psygnosis U.K.:

U.K. Q.A. Management: Feargus Carroll
U.K. Quality Assurance: Phil "Tails" Snape, Paul Tweedle, Paul Evason, Jenny Newby, Stuart Sockett, Paul Charsley, Lol Scraggs, M. Stacey, Chris Rowley, Leon Walters, Craig Puzzled, Tony "Sonic" Parks, Greg Double, Gary Nichols, Jamie Riding, Sara Riding, Katie Riding, Anna Riding, B.Y. Puggsy
Graphics Southwest Management: Simon Gardner
Artists: Kevin Ayre, Theo Pantazia, Mark Scott
Music Management: Phil Morris
Music: Blythe Joustra
Sound FX: Tim "Grand Lad" Wright
Development Systems: Psy Q, Special Thanks to John Rostron
External Evaluations: Sara Dixon
Tour Management: Ian Grieve
P.A.: Kiastie "Gude Morrrning" Beamish
Project Management and Food Parcels: Steve "800 Grand" Riding

Promotional material

  • MickeyMania MD-MCD US PrintAdvert.jpg

    US print advert

  • MickeyMania MD-MCD US PrintAdvert 2.jpg

    US print advert 2

  • DE print advert

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    UK print advert

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
52 №1, p152/153/154/155
93
90 №156, p98-99[1]
96
86 №6, p14
94 №36, p72/73/74/75/76
87 №26, p76-78[2]
90 №26, p50/51
80 №1, p101
95 №47, p86/87/88/89
90 №60, p42/43
87 №39, p48/49
91 №42, p12
Sega Mega Drive
 87
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[3]
CD Consoles (FR)
52
[4]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
90
[1]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
100
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[7]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
80
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
75
[9]
Freak (IL)
89
[10]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
96
[11]
Game Players (US)
96
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
90
[13]
Gamer (GR)
89
[14]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
86
[15]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
92
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
94
[17]
Joypad (HU)
90
[18]
LeveL (CZ)
80
[19]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
90
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[22]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
75
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[2]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[24]
Player One (FR)
95
[25]
Play Time (DE)
86
[26]
Power Up! (UK)
88
[27]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
68
[28]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[29]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
87
[30]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
86
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[33]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[34]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[35]
Tricks (RU)
70
[36]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
84
[37]
Video Games (DE) PAL
79
[38]
VideoGames (US)
90
[39]
Sega Mega Drive
 83
Based on
39 reviews

Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, KR
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Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
82 №158, p107[40]
80
92
97
85 №7, p21
94
80
80 №1, p98/99
95 №47, p147
85 №12, p90
85 №40, p67
Sega Mega-CD
 87
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
82
[40]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
91
[41]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[42]
Freak (IL)
90
[43]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[44]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
97
[45]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[46]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[47]
Joypad (FR)
94
[48]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[49]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
80
[50]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
75
[23]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
75
[51]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[52]
Player One (FR)
95
[53]
Play Time (DE) PAL
80
[54]
Sega Magazin (DE)
85
[55]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[56]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
85
[57]
VideoGames (US)
90
[39]
Sega Mega-CD
 85
Based on
20 reviews

Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Mega-CD, EU
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Cover
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Disc

References

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  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
  4. ↑ CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 155
  5. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 123
  6. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 122
  7. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 332
  8. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 160
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-04-07" (JP; 1995-03-24), page 32
  10. ↑ Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
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  17. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 72
  18. ↑ Joypad, "1/1995" (HU; 1995-xx-xx), page 23
  19. ↑ LeveL, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-24), page 40
  20. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 40
  21. ↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 10
  22. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 69
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  27. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 29, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 1
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  31. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jun 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 84
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  36. ↑ Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 29
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  56. ↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 90
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Mouse Ears sprite Disney games for Sega systems/Published by Sega
Sega Mega Drive
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) | World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) | Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) | The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Mickey Mania (1994) | Donald in Maui Mallard (1995) | The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (unreleased) | Mickey Mania 2 (unreleased) | Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased)
Sega Master System
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
Sega Game Gear
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) | The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) | Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) | Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) | Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) | Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
Sega Pico
 Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) | Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) | Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) | Donald no TV Show (1995) | Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) | Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) | Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) | Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) | Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) | Fishing Pico: Donald no Adventure Fishing (2000) | Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
Sega Saturn
 Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (1998) | Maui Mallard and the Lost City Of Dread (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
 Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Windows PC
 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
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