Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

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Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer:
Distributor: Sega OziSoft (Australia)

Buena Vista Home Video, S.A. (Spain)

Licensor: Marvel Entertainment Group
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1 (Single-player)
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$49.9949.99[1] T-81416
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-81416-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£44.9944.99[3] T-81416-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$129.95129.95[4] FWOL04SMC
OFLC: G8
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046730
Tectoy: Todas as Idades

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is a side-scrolling action game by Marvel Software and Teeny Weeny Games tying into the X-Men franchise. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994.

A Japanese version was planned and even dated for release on the 13th January 1995[5], but was cancelled.

Story

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Wolverine

Recalling how Weapon X and Professor Thornton experimented upon him, Wolverine resolves to discover the secrets of his past. In his quest, he travels through a Weapon X facility, and then to the mountains, fighting off several attackers. Professor X contacts Wolverine to warn him of danger, but he refuses the X-Men's help, intent on settling things himself.

Gameplay

The game is an action platformer played as the mutant Wolverine. Stages are usually large with multiple floors, and Wolverine often must find and activate switches to progress. Wolverine moves with Left and Right. He jumps with A; pressing A again after jumping performs a whirling attack, which extends the reach of Wolverine's jump. He crouches with Down. He rolls in the direction he is facing with Down+A or performs a pouncing attack with Down-left+A or Down-right+A. He kicks with B; pressing B twice quickly performs a roundhouse kick. He slashes using his claws with C or does a backhand slash with Up. He extends his claws in both directions for a two-way attack with B+C. He enters doorways and elevators with Up, climbs ladders with Up and Down, and climbs walls and trees using his claws with C after jumping onto them.

Wolverine's health is depicted as percentage in the top-left of the screen. His health recovers slowly over time because of his mutant healing power. He loses a life if he runs out of health, and the game ends if he runs out of lives. There are no continues, but there is a password system for continuing. Additionally, the android Elsie-Dee pursues Wolverine throughout each stage, shown as a bar in the bottom-right of the screen. She blows up and kills him if she catches him, acting as a timer for the stage.

Items

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Health
Partially restores Wolverine's health.
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Free Life
Gives the player an extra life.

Stages

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The Secret Laboratory

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A Chill Is in the Air
Password: MARIKO 
Bosses:
Albert, Lurker

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Fury in the Forest
Password: SILVER FOX 
Bosses:
Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth

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Lunar Hallucinations
Password: DEPARTMENT H 
Bosses:
Cyber

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Into the Inner Circle
Password: MADRIPOOR 

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Descent into the Dungeon
Password: ASANO 
Bosses:
Shinobi Shaw

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In the Sewers Beneath New York City
Password: THE HUDSONS 
Bosses:
Bloodscream, Trevor Fitzroy

Versions

Both PAL and NTSC version are on the same cartridge and can be accessed by modifying the system's region settings. Aside from the usual speed differences, they are identical.

Acclaim Entertainment commissioned a different version of the game for the Super NES, which was developed by Bits Studios and published under LJN branding. Both versions differ drastically in content and gameplay.

Production credits

Acclaim Development by "The Black Team"
  • Producer: Mark Flitman
  • Associate Producers: Ken Kajikawa, Tyrone Miller, Doug Yellin
  • Analysts: Michael Archer, J.J.Mazziotto
  • Special Thanks to: Mike Thomas, Dana Moreshead, Lisa Geisenheimer, CP McBee, Carol Caratciolo, Mike Hong, Linda Spelman, Simon Gouldstone, Joe Allocco, Nat Gunter, John Dempster
TWG Development
  • Programming/Graphics/Maps: Paul Laidlaw, Ian Richards
  • Sprites Drawn by: David Swan, Warren Hawkes, Damien Rochford, Ben Willsher
  • Backgrounds: Karl D'Costa, Tahir Rashad, Paul Mitchell
  • Music: Jason Page, Rob Lord
  • Compression: Nick Pelling
  • Original Design: Angela Sutherland
Source:
In-game credits
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[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)[7]
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Print advert in CD Consoles (FR) #3: "Janvier 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
89
[10]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
78
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
43
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
85
[1]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
50
[14]
Gamers (DE) PAL
40
[15]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
74
[16]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
47
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
63
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
67
[20]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
80
[21]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[3]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[22]
Player One (FR)
49
[23]
Play Time (DE)
61
[24]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[25]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
76
[27]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
72
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
82
[29]
Video Games (DE) PAL
46
[30]
Sega Mega Drive
64
Based on
25 reviews

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cart
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, BR
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Technical information

Main article: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage/Technical information.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  2. 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 23
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 62
  4. Sega Megazone, "January 1995" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 27
  5. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 83
  6. File:Wolverine Adamantium Rage MD credits.pdf
  7. GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 179
  8. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 265
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 237
  10. Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 58
  11. Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  13. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 368
  14. GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
  15. Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 39
  16. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 13" (1994-12-13, 24:00) (+12:20)
  17. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 15
  18. Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 116
  19. MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 64
  20. Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 46
  21. Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 54
  22. Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 102
  23. Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 160
  24. Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
  25. Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 78
  26. Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 78
  27. Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 64
  28. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 166
  29. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 224
  30. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 110


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