Earnest Evans
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Renovation, Wolf Team | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Wolf Team, Madhouse (animated cutscenes only) | |||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Wolf Team sound driver | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Earnest Evans (アーネストエバンス) is a 1991 platforming action game developed by Wolf Team for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD released in the US and Japan as exclusives for the respective consoles. It is the second in the trilogy following El Viento and followed by Anetto Futatabi — plotwise, however, it comes first in Japan and second in the US for some reason. All the animated cutscenes were made by Madhouse (Mega CD version only).
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Contents
Story
Earnest Evans III is on a quest to complete his grandfather's mission of saving the Earth from destruction by hiding three ancient idols with that power from evil hands, in Earnest Evans III's case the bounty hunter Brady Tresidder. Along the way, he meet Annet Myer, his companion through the wilderness, and Sigfried, who knows a lot about the history of the idols.
Gameplay
Gameplay is typical and controls are simple: attacks, jumps, changes weapon. By default you have a long-range whip, but will pick up other weapons later. Pressing and switches between standing/running, crouching, and crawling.
Each level contains items you must find to open the boss room; after defeating a boss you must flee its chamber and go to a specified point in the level to clear it.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Produced by: Masaaki Uno
- Directed by: Bugtarou
- Programmed by: Bugtarou
- Graphics by: Tosio Yamamoto, Masayuki Kaneda, Kazuhiro Nagata, Jun Hoyano
- Music Composed by: Motoi Sakuraba
- Executive Producer: Masahiro Akishino
- Cooperation by: Ryota Furuya, Jun Hoyano
- Thanks to: Chikaaki Tokuhiro, Fumiaki Fukaya, Hiroshi Ogawa, Jo Asanuma
- Special Thanks to: Kazuyuki Fukushima
- All Produced by: Wolf Team
Mega-CD version
- Producer: Masaaki Uno
- Director and Main Programmer: Bug太郎
- Mega-CD Assistant Programmer: Chikaaki Tokuhiro
- Visual Support Progammer: Jun Hoyano, Osamu Watanabe, Hiroshi Ogawa, Bug太郎
- Main Graphics and Character Design: Tosio Yamamoto
- Stage Map Graphics: Tosio Yamamoto, M. Kaneda, Kazuhiro Nagata
- Visual Chief: Jun Hoyano
- Visual Graphics: Jun Hoyano, Masayuki Matsushima, Kiyoka Tajima, Mari Kimura, Yumiko Nishitani, Takeharu Isogai, Keiichi Fujita, Go Tsukasa, Hidetoshi Nakajima, Yuhji Ushijima, Mitsutoshi Yasumori, Masayuki Kaneda, Tosio Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Nagata
- Music Composer: Hiroki Itou, Motoi Sakuraba
- Sound Effect: Ryota Furuya
- Executive Producer: Masahiro Akishino
- Cast
- アーネスト: Kazuki Yao
- アネット: Yuko Minaguchi
- ジーク・フリート: Ryo Hoirikawa
- シャルロット: Hiromi Tsuru
- アル・カポネ: Hideyuki Tanaka
- ウルリッヒ: Masaharu Satou
- Production and Picture continuity: Katsuhisa Yamada
- Visual Director: Tetsurou Aoki
- Visual Establishment: Hisaya Takabayashi
- Animation Works: MAD HOUSE
- CD-Sound Editor: Video Company Mitomo
- Thanks: Jo Asanuma, Fumiaki Fukaya, Z.Ando, Tadashi Hamada, Kimito Iijima, Junichiro Shibata, Uchida, Nakamura, Hisao Kunimatsu, Black kamakura
- Special thanks: Kazuyuki Fukushima
- This game is created by: Wolf Team
Magazine articles
- Main article: Earnest Evans/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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60 | |
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Mega-CD version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1MB | 1991-12 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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592,751,040 | CD (JP) | T-32014 |
References
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- ↑ ', "January 1992" (; 1991-12-07), page 13
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf, page 82
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
- ↑ ', "January 1992" (; 1991-12-07), page 162
- ↑ File:MegaTech UK 03.pdf, page 50
- ↑ File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 62
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