The Ooze
Developer(s)	Sega
Release date(s)	1995
Genre(s)	Action game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Mega Drive/Genesis

The Ooze is a Mega Drive/Genesis game, created by Sega in 1995. Image File history File links Screenshot of Ooze File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Action games could be considered the video game equivalent of action movies. ... Original Sega Mega Drive (PAL version) Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in 1988. ... Original Sega Mega Drive (PAL version) Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in 1988. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Ooze is based on an algorithmically-generated cellular automaton. As such, the main character can be split apart and reformed like a viscous liquid. The gameplay is reminiscent of the Bitmap Brothers' game The Chaos Engine also called Soldiers of Fortune. The art style evokes a cartoony (necessitated by the constraints of the medium) H.R. Giger. The story recalls The Toxic Avenger. Some of the programming was fairly advanced for a 16-bit system, for example the speed powerup effect was actually created by decreasing the viscosity of the character. A cellular automaton (plural: cellular automata) is a discrete model studied in computability theory, mathematics, and theoretical biology. ... Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deformation under shear stress. ... A liquid will assume the shape of its container. ... The Bitmap Brothers logotype Bitmap Brothers is a UK based video game developer. ... The Chaos Engine is a top-down shootem-up computer game developed by the Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1993. ... Soldiers of Fortune is an album by American southern rock band The Outlaws, released in 1986. ... Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... The Toxic Avenger, first released in late 1984, is the most famous movie made by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. ... Upon contact with this Super Mushroom, Mario earns 1000 points and doubles in size In video games, power-ups are objects which add extra abilities to the game character, and/or increase the players score upon being collected. ...

The game takes place from an overhead view. The main character is a puddle of ooze with a head. He can move around and has two attacks. One is stretching out a steerable psuedopod of ooze whose length is only limited by how much ooze he currently has to attack, and it can also be guided around with the control pad. He can also spit gobs of ooze, although this takes off a bit of his puddle. Enemy attacks can cut off a bit of the ooze, and the player will die either if his puddle of ooze is reduced to a very small amount or if his head is attacked directly. Ooze can be any muddy or gooey substance, or something of similar consistency. ...

The game's status as a cult classic is confirmed by its inclusion in Sonic Mega Collection Plus. It is unlockable in two ways: In the Xbox and PlayStation 2 version, it can be unlocked if you have a Sonic Heroes save. In the Japanese version of Sonic Mega Collection, this was also an unlockable by playing any game on the disc for 30 hours (this method also works on Plus). Sonic Mega Collection Plus is a compilation of video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series from the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Game Gear so they can be played on the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox consoles. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... Sonic Heroes is a video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. ... The main menu screen in Sonic Mega Collection. ...