Taz-Mania (video game)

Taz-Mania
North American Sega Genesis box art
Developer(s)Recreational Brainware (MD)
NuFX (GG)
Technical Wave (MS)
Visual Concepts (SNES)
David A. Palmer Productions (GB)
Beam Software (GB)
Publisher(s)Sega (MD, GG, MS)
Sunsoft (SNES (North America), GB)
THQ, (SNES (PAL regions), GB (Taz-Mania 2))
Director(s)Yohsuke Sakaushi (MS)
Producer(s)Satoshi Namekawa (MS)
Designer(s)Burt Sloane, Jonathan Miller, Dave Foley (MD/GEN)
Mac Senour (GG)
Programmer(s)John Siegesmund (GG)
Burt Sloane, Jonathan Miller, Dave Foley (MD/GEN)
Yohsuke Sakaushi (MS)
Artist(s)Alan Murphy, Marilyn Churchill (MD/GEN)
Akira Takahashi, Kakuya Osanai (MS)
Composer(s)Mark Miller, Jim Hedges (MD)
John Siegesmund (GG)
Takashi Masuzaki, Satoshi Namekawa, Kouichi Shimamura (MS)
Platform(s)Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
ReleaseMega Drive
  • NA: July 1992
  • EU: July 1992
  • JP: December 25, 1992
Master System
  • EU: November 1992
Game Gear
  • NA: October 1992
  • EU: December 1992
Super Nintendo
  • NA: May 1993
  • EU: 1993
Game Boy
  • NA: September 1994 (Taz-Mania), January 1997 (Taz-Mania 2)
  • EU: 1993 (Taz-Mania 2), 1994 (Taz-Mania)
Genre(s)Action, Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Taz-Mania is the name of several video games based on the Taz-Mania cartoon series. A 2D side-scrolling platform/adventure video game developed by Recreational Brainware and published by Sega on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. Different games were also developed by NuFX and released on the Game Gear and by Technical Wave on the Master System. Other different Taz-Mania games were also published by Sunsoft in North America and by THQ in PAL territories and released on the SNES and 2 games on the Game Boy were made too. One from David A. Palmer Productions and published by Sunsoft and another one called Taz-Mania 2 from Beam Software and published by THQ.