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The Itchy & Scratchy Game

System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Arena Entertainment, Acclaim Entertainment
Developer: Bits Corporation
Planned release date(s): 1994-06^[1], 1994-07^[2]^[3]^[4], 1994-08^[5]^[6], 1994-09^[7], 1994-10^[8]^[9], 1995-04^[10]
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Status of prototype(s): Prototype dumped
Sound driver: GEMS
ESRB

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The Itchy & Scratchy Game for the Sega Mega Drive is an unreleased version of The Itchy & Scratchy Game. Announced and planned for release at the same time as the Sega Game Gear version (originally through the Arena Entertainment brand^[11]), the Mega Drive port was cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has since been found.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[12]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[13]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

45

^[15]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

80

^[16]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

28

^[17]

	51
Based on 6 reviews

Main article: The Itchy & Scratchy Game (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[18]
Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[19]

PDF

Advertisment on the back of the US Virtual Bart manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	81b7725d
MD5	64f51f149825ee44aa36bcbaea55e961
SHA-1	860d9bd7501d59da8304ab284b385afa4def13a0

1MB

1995-01

(439 kB) (info)

Page

References

↑ Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7
↑ Megazone, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 16
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 10
↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 83
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 21
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
↑ Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 12
↑ File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 7
↑ Acclaim US product catalogue (2); 1993, page 35
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 99
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 106
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 86
↑ GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 92
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 291
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

The Itchy & Scratchy Game (Mega Drive)
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[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p7-1] Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7

[:File:Megazone_AU_40.pdf_p19-2] Megazone, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p16-3] Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 16

[:File:SegaPro_UK_35.pdf_p10-4] Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 10

[:File:Mega_UK_22.pdf_p83-5] Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 83

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p21-6] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 21

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0708.pdf_p32-7] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 8 August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 32

[:File:Megazone_AU_43.pdf_p19-8] Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaPower_UK_58.pdf_p12-9] Sega Power, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-04), page 12

[:File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf_p7-10] File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 7

[:File:Acclaim_US_Catalogue_1993_2.pdf_p35-11] Acclaim US product catalogue (2); 1993, page 35

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 99

[13] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 106

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_29.pdf_p86-14] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:GamePro_US_068.pdf_p52-15] GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_037.pdf_p98-16] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 98

[17] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p291-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 291

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p47-19] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

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-{{stub}}'''''The Itchy & Scratchy Game''''' for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] is an unreleased version of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Game]]''. Announced and planned for release at the same time as the [[Sega Game Gear]] version, the Mega Drive port was cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has since been found.
+{{stub}}'''''The Itchy & Scratchy Game''''' for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] is an unreleased version of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Game]]''. Announced and planned for release at the same time as the [[Sega Game Gear]] version (originally through the [[Arena Entertainment]] brand{{fileref|Acclaim US Catalogue 1993 2.pdf|page=35}}), the Mega Drive port was cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has since been found.
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The Simpsons games for Sega systems
	The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) \| Krusty's Super Fun House (1992) \| The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (1993) \| Virtual Bart (1994) \| The Itchy & Scratchy Game (unreleased)
	The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) \| Krusty's Fun House (1993) \| The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (1993)
	The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1992) \| Krusty's Fun House (1993) \| The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World (1993) \| The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (1994) \| The Itchy & Scratchy Game (1995)
	The Simpsons: Bug Squad! (unreleased)