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Comix Zone
Developer(s)	Sega Technical Institute
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Peter Morawiec
Platform(s)	Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console
Release date	1995
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A)
Media	3 1/2 Floppy disk, CD-ROM, 16-Megabit Cartridge
System requirements	PC: 386, DOS 3.3+, 2 RAM Talkie: CD-ROM & Sound card
Input methods	Joypad, Computer keyboard (on computer)

Screenshot from the start of Comix Zone.

Comix Zone is a 1995 arcade-style action game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The game's most remarkable feature is that it is set within the "panels" of a comic book. Each level consists of two "pages" and secrets are discovered by shredding the "paper" and revealing items. Dialogue is rendered within talk bubbles with the typical comic font. Sprites and backgrounds possess the bright colors and dynamic drawing style favored by superhero comics. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the video game company. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... The Sega Mega Drive ) is a video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. ... Windows redirects here. ... “GBA” redirects here. ... This article is about Nintendos emulation feature and download service. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... Beat Em Up is the Iggy Pop album on which the band were first labeled as The Trolls: Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshall, Alex Kirst, Lloyd Mooseman Roberts. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... A video game content rating system is a system used for the classification of video games into suitability-related groups. ... The ESRBs logo. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... The Megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... Cartridge for the VIC 20 homecomputer In various types of electronic equipment, a cartridge can refer one method of adding different functionality or content (e. ... Categories: Computer and video game stubs | Input devices | Computer and video game terminology ... A 104-key PC US English QWERTY keyboard layout The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout A standard Hebrew keyboard showing both Hebrew and QWERTY. A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard. ... snapshot from Comix Zone (for Sega Genesis) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... snapshot from Comix Zone (for Sega Genesis) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Sega Mega Drive ) is a video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. ... For other uses, see Superhero (disambiguation). ...

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Story

Sketch Turner, "starving artist" and freelance rock musician, is working on his newest comic book, named "Comix Zone." Comix Zone is the story of the New World Empire's attempt to defend Earth from an invasion of alien renegades, with inspiration coming from Sketch's (oddly vivid) dreams and nightmares. Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ...

One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, somehow affecting the comic book too. In this instant, the villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - manages to escape the comic book's pages, and hurl the stunned Sketch into the world of Comix Zone. A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ...

Inside the comic book, Sketch meets General Alissa Cyan, who believes he is a superhero ("the chosen one") who has come to save their post-apocalyptic world from the evil of Mortus and the alien invaders. Ignoring Sketch's protests, Alissa sends him on his mission, keeping in touch with instructions and hints via radio. Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of the world or civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. ...

Now that Mortus has a physical presence outside of Comix Zone, he is free to change the world as he wishes, simply by drawing in enemies for Sketch to face - or in one instance burn up part of a page.

Gameplay

Sketch is capable of tearing shreds out of the backdrop and folding them into paper planes to throw at enemies as a weapon. Because this paper world is also part of everything within Comix Zone (as they are drawn on it), this action takes a significant slice off the player's health bar. Certain combos will send enemies hurtling, and if a fragile border between frames is in the way the enemy crashes through it, tearing it to shreds. When confronted with an unbreakable frame barrier, the hero merely swings himself out of the frame, over the top of the border, and back down into the next scene. Sketch's pet rat Roadkill (whom he saved from certain doom in a garbage truck) is also capable of operating switches and discovering items hidden in panels, making him useful in helping Sketch's progress through Mortus' traps. Screenshot of Metal Gear Solid. ...

The game has multiple ending decided by actions taken during the final fight with Mortus. In the "good" ending,which is triggered by defeating Mortus and freeing Alissa in time, shows Sketch and Alissa leaving Comix Zone. Comix Zone becomes the highest selling comic of all time, Allissa Joins the military and becomes the head of U.S Security, and Roadkill gets 100 pounds of mozzarella donated to him. In the bad ending Sketch escapes Comix Zone, but because the player doesn't save Alissa, she dies and Comix Zone is destroyed. The story ends with Sketch contemplating re-releasing the evil to re-live his adventure in hope of a better ending.

Episodes

There are three episodes in the game, each consisting of two pages in a distinct area (levels):

• Episode 1: "Night of the Mutants" (Newer York City)
  • Streets/Sewers
  • Mutant base
• Episode 2: "Welcome to the Temple" (Himalayas)
  • Mountain path/Tibetan city
  • Kung-Fung's Temple
• Episode 3: "Curse of the Dead Ships" (Zealand Atolls)
  • Caves
  • "Abandoned" shipyard

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Cast

• Zachery Ty Bryan: Sketch Turner
• Alexandra Carter: General Alissa Cyan

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General notes on the game

Mortus does intend to give Sketch a 'sporting chance'. After the first page, if Sketch dies, Mortus will allow Sketch another chance to complete the page from the first panel, stating "Oh, come on -- that was just too easy!" After the second page, Sketch will get one more chance. If Sketch still has a chance at completing the game, his last words will be "Is this the end of the story?" If he has no such chances, his last words will simply be "Game over, man. The end."

As part of Sketch's travel into Comix Zone, he takes the hero's role in the story, giving him access to typical superhero fighting skills far beyond his regular abilities. If he attacks an immobile object, Sketch's health will diminish slightly, meaning that if he is low on health other tools such as explosives should be used to continue instead. One power-up - a collectible fist - temporarily transforms Sketch into Super Sketch, who shreds the page and destroys all enemies and obstacles in his path.

Comix Zone is designed to be used with the 6-button gamepad: buttons X, Y and Z correspond to the three inventory slots Sketch has. If used with a 3-button gamepad, button C cycles through the items, and button A activates the item. Button C on a 6-button gamepad is used for a custom action, blocking by default - on a 3-button gamepad, Sketch blocks automatically.

Sketch can utilize the background of the comic as a weapon. By holding down the attack button, Sketch will start tearing at the background (which uses life). Once torn, Sketch will make a paper plane out of the torn background and launch it at the enemies and objects in front of him.

Sketch's rat, "Roadkill", can be deployed to electrocute enemies or pull switches in low clearing areas which Sketch might otherwise not be able to reach. It can also be used for finding hidden items in such areas just by releasing it.

If the player keeps tapping down in the control pad, Sketch will sometimes break wind, although this has no known use in the game.

Further releases of the game

The game is hidden within the Japanese version of Sonic Mega Collection and is an unlockable game in all versions of Sonic Mega Collection Plus, which is unlockable with having a Sonic Heroes game save, or is unlocked after starting all other Mega Drive game at least 50 times. The main menu screen in Sonic Mega Collection. ... The main menu screen in Sonic Mega Collection. ... Sonic Heroes ) is a video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. ... A saved game is a piece of digitally stored information about the progress of a player in a computer or video game. ...

The "Super Hero Meter" screen, full after a good ending

The game was ported to the Game Boy Advance, but fans criticized this rerelease because its significantly smaller screen size allowed much less onscreen. This was said to lessen the effect of seeing into the other frames around the player, making it more like a traditional platform game. The game is also a part of the Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Multiple endings refer to a case in entertainment (usually video games) where the story could end in different ways, depending on the actions of the characters. ... “GBA” redirects here. ... A simple platform sequence from the game Wonder Boy Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. ... Sega Genesis Collection (known in Europe, Australia and Japan as Sega Mega Drive Collection ) is a video game compilation for the PlayStation 2, and PSP. It includes 28 classic Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive games from a variety of genres, as well as 5 classic Sega arcade games. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and currently manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ...

Comix Zone was released on Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console, on January 29, 2007. The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... This article is about Nintendos emulation feature and download service. ...

Notes on the soundtrack and bonus CD

Comix Zone has a heavy rock soundtrack, similar in style to early-1990s rock artists Nirvana and Soundgarden. This article is about the American grunge band. ... Soundgarden was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. ...

The American release of Comix Zone comes with a selection of twelve music tracks from American Recordings artists:

• Danzig - "Going Down To Die"
• Lordz of Brooklyn - "Saturday Night Fever"
• MC 900 Ft. Jesus - "Buried at Sea"
• Jesus and Mary Chain - "I Hate Rock and Roll"
• Love and Rockets - "Words of a Fool"
• Lords of Acid - "Do What You Want To Do"
• Stiffs, Inc. - "Chelsea"
• Julian Cope - "Try, Try, Try"
• God Lives Underwater - "No More Love"
• Ruth Ruth - "Uninvited"
• Laika - "44 Robbers"
• Lindsey - "Got It Going On"

The European release of Comix Zone and the Windows PC version of the game were released with a free audio CD, containing 'enhanced' music taken from the game's soundtrack and played by a full rock band with vocals named 'Roadkill'. The CD contains the following tracks: The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Lordz of Brooklyn is a group of rap music performers with members of Italian-American descent based out of Brooklyn, New York. ... MC 900 Ft. ... 1989 promo shot for the album Automatic The Jesus and Mary Chain were a British Indie rock band that revolved around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim Reid and William Reid. ... Love and Rockets may refer to: Love and Rockets (comics) Love and Rockets (band) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lords of Acid is a Belgian acid house band from the 1990s that started as a spinoff of Praga Khan with the controversial New Beat single I Sit on Acid in 1988. ... Stiffs, Inc. ... Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October 1957) is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes. ... God Lives Underwater is an industrial techno rock band from rural Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) formed in 1993 by band members David Reilly and Jeff Turzo. ... Ruth Ruth is a pop-punk band formed in New York City in 1993. ... This article is about the Too Pure band. ... Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. ...

• "Into the zone"
• "Feed my Disease"
• "10,000 Knives"
• "Seen It For Days"
• "Woe Is The World"
• "Last To Follow"

"Into the zone" is music from the games' Options screen (which is itself an extended version of the title screen music); "Feed my Disease" comes from Episode 1, Page 2-1; "10,000 Knives" comes from Episode 2, Page 2-2; "Seen It For Days" comes from Episode 1, Page 1-2; "Woe Is The World" is the game's Boss theme; and "Last to Follow" comes from Episode 2, Page 1-3.

The printing also reveals the artists behind the music: "Lyrics: Tim P. and Howard Drossin, Produced by Howard Drossin, Tim P. and Philip Stevenson. Tim P. - Vocals. Howard Drossin - Guitar, Vocals. Weird Guy - Bass Guitar. David Harte - Drums. Philip Stevenson - Guitar Solos on 2 and 5. Roger Hector - Executive Producer."

This audio CD was later released in North America under the Sega Tunes label.