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Escape from Mars - Starring Taz

Escape from Mars - Starring Taz is about Taz the Tasmanian Devil being abducted by Marvin the Martian and he must eat and spin his way back home to Earth while going to different planets on the way. It's also the sequel to Taz-Mania, featuring none of the characters original to the show it was based on.

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Debug Menu#

Hold down the A and the B buttons on the first controller, as well as the B and C buttons on the second controller, when the Sega logo animation plays. A barking sound will play. Afterward, begin the game and press Start, then A.

  • XY Mode - A free movement mode. Pressing the A, B, and C buttons make the cursor move at different speeds.
  • Level Select - A simple level select menu. However, it has some slight issues, due to some of the levels' names being too long to display properly.
  • Restore Hitpoints - Restores the player's health.

Below the menu is the player's current position in the level.

References#


  1. Resume | Steven A Ross↩︎
  2. Outpost Sega: Escape from Mars - Electronic Gaming Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 8, Number 61, August 1994↩︎
  3. Mega Drive Review: Tazmania 2 - Mega, Issue 25, October 1994↩︎
  4. Tec Toy: Games em lançamento - Ação Games, Issue 72, December 1994↩︎
  5. Tec Toy também promete novidades "Tec Toy also promises new features" - O Estado de S. Paulo, December 5, 1994↩︎