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Game Description

The Dark Queen and her pigs are at it again. While witnessing the unveiling of a new virtual reality contraption, the Battletoads are surprised by four Psyko Pigs who crash into the room and kidnap Michiko Tashoku, daughter of the president of the corporation that created the machine. Zitz tries to prevent their escape, but he is knocked unconscious and taken away also. Now it is up to the remaining Battletoads, Rash and Pimple to rescue their buddy and Michiko in this side-scrolling punch and kick game.

This game can be played with one or two players, just like in the NES version. Both Battletoads are capable of many special fighting moves. The Sidearm Slice, Big Boot Block, and Ball 'N Chain are just a few of Rash's techniques. Pimple can execute, among other maneuvers, the Anvil Swipe, BT Big Hammer, Battletoad Butt, and Jaw-Buster. Throughout the eight levels of play, the 'Toads must face tons of obstacles, legions of Psyko Pigs, and a plethora of skeletons and other bad guys.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Roots & Influences

All Battletoads games owe something to the original arcade version of Double Dragon. The fighting moves and techniques are similar. This similarity led to Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team which was released for the Super Nintendo, the Sega Genesis, the NES, and the Game Boy.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Overall

Released the same year as Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is a much better game. While Battletoads/Double Dragon looks and sounds like a recycled NES cartridge, this game took a giant leap forward for the Battletoads series in all areas of play. Although the levels are designed roughly the same as the NES version, the characters in this 16-bit remake are huge, the music rocks and rolls, and the visuals are superb. For an example of the graphic excellence in this game, check out the bonus round after level two. The reflective floor you glide over is simply stunning.

For a side-scrolling punch and kick game, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is chock-full of variety and humor. In level one, great-looking skeletons worthy of a Ray Harryhausen movie attack you from all sides. When you hit the skeletons, their heads pop up, fly through the air and then reattach themselves. When one of the giant Psyko Pigs bursts onto the scene, the Battlemaniacs' eyes bug way out of their heads. Each level contains its own unique brand of excitement and fun. In level four you can even grab onto giant snakes and ride them.

The two-player version of this game is really neat. You and a friend can play where your hits hurt each other, or you can play where you can't even touch one another. If you're really good, you can use each other to create all-new team special moves to combat your enemies. Whether played alone or with a friend, this is one of the best Battletoads games out there.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Enjoyment

The special moves are fun to execute.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Graphics

The graphics are colorful, clever, and richly detailed.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Sound

The music jams like your car stereo tuned to a cool rock 'n' roll station.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Replay Value

It will be a while before you're tired of beating up the bad guys.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Review: Documentation

The instruction manual is complete and nicely designed.
~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide
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Battletoads in Battlemaniacs

Developer(s) Rare, Ltd. (SNES)
Syrox Development (SMS)
Publisher(s) NA Tradewest (SNES)
EU Nintendo (SNES)
JP NCS (SNES)
BR Virgin/Tec Toy (SMS)
Platform(s) Super Nintendo, Sega Master System
Release date(s) SNES
NA June 1993
EU 1993
JP January 7, 1994
Master System
BR 1994
Genre(s) Beat 'em up, Platformer, Action
Mode(s) Single Player, multiplayer

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is a game released by Tradewest in 1993 for the Super NES. It is a sequel to Battletoads.

Contents

Story

The story opens with the 'Toads visiting the Gyachung-La fortress in Northern Tibet, where the Psicone Corporation is demoing their new virtual reality game system, TRIPS. Suddenly, a pig lackey working for the evil Dark Queen and her partner Silas Volkmire, leaps out of the system and kidnaps Michiko Tashoku (daughter of Psicone Corporation's head honcho) and Zitz. Now the remaining Battletoads must make chase into the Gamescape, rescue the two captives, and stop Volkmire and the Dark Queen from fulfilling their plans to control the world.

Gameplay

In this game of up to 2 players, you control Pimple or Rash. Both Battletoads have combos and moves to help them defeat their enemies. The artistic style is decidedly cartoony, with exaggerated weapons protruding from the 'Toads' limbs to deliver the coup de grace.

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Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Master System cover

The game was ported in 1994 to the Sega Master System by Syrox Development and was going to be published in Europe by Virgin Interactive with a stated July 1994 launch date. However, the European release was pulled out in the last moment by unknown reasons and with the game already having been reviewed by video game press in the United Kingdom.[1]

Some time later, Tec Toy made an agreement with Virgin Interactive and released the Master System port in Brazil, despite not being completely finished due to its sudden European cancellation. This release is playable and can be completed, but there are minor problems with it like some graphical glitches, invisible and fatal collisions in the turbo tunnel level, an unfinished introduction scene, some reversed briefing scenes, and some stages repeating previous music tracks (not fitting with the original SNES title) or even lacking background music at all.

References

  1. ^ "Sega Power magazine (UK) review, issue 56, July 1994". http://www.smstributes.co.uk/images/magscans/reviews/battlemaniacs/page1big.jpg. Retrieved on June 22, 2009. 

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