MICKEY MANIA The Timeless Adventures Of Mickey Mouse ミッキーマニア ©The Walk Disney Company ©1994 Sony Electronic Publishing Company Distributed by Capcom Co.,Ltd Release: 1995-03-31 (¥9500) Cartridge SHVC-AMIJ-JPN Platform/Action game Released in America as MICKEY MANIA ( SNS-AMIE-USA ) Released in Europe as MICKEY MANIA ( SNSP-AMIP-XXX ) Mickey Mania is a side-scrolling platform game by travellers tales and published in Japan by Capcom (published in the west by Sony Imagesoft). The game commemorates Disney's timeless mouse and gets the player to revisit classic cartoons such as the 1928's 'Steamboat Willie, 1937's Lonesome Ghosts or 1947's Mickey and the Beanstalk. Stages are varied and never rely on repetition - some feature simple mini-puzzles whereas others get the player to complete 3D bonus stages relying on the Super Famicom popular Mode 7. Each world has a variety of baddies and is divided into smaller sub-areas. Red rockets act as checkpoints and allow Mickey to restart from the last one he fired up. Finally, our hero can collect marbles throughout the game and use them as his main offensive weapon - they however come in limited quantities and he can also jump on his enemies' heads to knock them out. Related none Game Staff (Copied from the American version end credits) : Designed By Jon Butron Andy Ingram And Written By Chris Stanforth Of Travellers Tales Sony Imagesoft Executive Producer Rich Robinson Senior Producer Marry Ann Norris Associate Producer David Poe Designed By Mike Giam David Jaffe Testing Team Bruce Cochrane Joze Cruz Jody Kelsey Andre Leighton Seth Luisi Tobin Russel Andrew Stein Travellers Tales Programmed By Chris Stanforth Graphics By Andy Ingram Based On A Program By Jon Burton Conceptual Artist Bev Bush Graphic Artists Dave "Scooter Boy" Burton Bev "Vibrating Pen" Bush James "Action Man" Cunliffe Andy "What Fuel" Ingram Linda "Red Shoes" Smith Office Organisation Andy "A.B.S." Blundell Big Bang Witnessed By Paul "I Remember When" Hunter Sorry I'm Late But Ttenarrab Luoar Special Thanks To Dil Credits Typed and Checked By Jon Burton Disney Software Director, Software 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 Production Annette Laguer Production Coordinator Cammie Cavallin Aniamtion 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 Terru Shakespeare Shane Zalvin Special Effects Assistant Kathy Burton Final Checking Carla Washburn Production Coordinator Robert Rose Production Accountant Patrice Monis Psygnosis UK U.K. Q.A. Management Feargus Carroll U.K. Quality Assurance Phil "Tails" Snape Paul Tweedle Paul Evason Gary Nichols Jenny Newby Stuart Sockett Paul Charsley Lol Scraggs M. Stacey Chris Rowley Leon Walters Craig Puzzled Tony "Sonic" Parks Greg Double 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 Phil Morris Development Systems PSY Q Special Thanks To John Rostron External Evaluations Sara Dixon Tour Management Ian Grieve P.A. Kristie "Gude Morrning" Beamish Project Management and Food Parcels Steve Four Hundred Grand Riding If You Enjoy This Game Buy It Twice O M A K E Click on picture to enlarge S E C R E T S LK Add your Pov here ! P O V s Mickey Mania is graphically gorgeous and the game's developers pulled off some incredible sprite animations and special effects. It is literally a fireworks display with a constant flow of visual feasts. The soundtrack is also a perfect fit and is definitely of high quality. However, there are a few things that I don't like so much about the game. First of all some of the collision detection is sometimes terrible and it is often difficult to know which ledge you can land one, and which one is just part of the scenery. Then the marbles are also a pain to aim. Finally, the game has loading times - I know, some of you may say "what ? a game on cartridge with Loading times ?". My guess is that some of the data is actually compressed on the cartridge and needs to be unpacked on the fly. All in all Mickey Mania is a great game but it doesn't get anywhere near Capcom's Magical Quest - it has indeed a lot of charm but it is missing that extra special touch that could have make it a definite classic in my book.

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