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Battletoads (Game Gear)

The Game Gear version of Battletoads was developed by Arc System Works, the same team behind the sublime Genesis version. Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good, with poor physics, badly redrawn graphics, many levels missing, and no story scenes or two-player mode. At least the sprite work is hilarious.

Unused Music#

Intruder Excluder#

An unused rendition of the music used on the Intruder Excluder level, which isn't present on the Game Gear version. It was also used on the Terra Tubes level on the Mega Drive/Genesis version which was rearranged by the same composer (Hikoshi Hashimoto), so chances are it would have been used on that level too, had it been present on this version.

Rat Race#

An unused rendition of the music used on the Rat Race level, which isn't present on the Game Gear version.

References#


  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045745/https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html↩︎