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1992 · Imagitec Design · Action · Adventure

Gadget Twins

Sega console exclusive

Late one night, the malevolent Thump enters the Gadget Kingdom's castle and steals the Gadget King's gem. The king wakes up the next morning to find that his gem was stolen. The king then summons Bop and Bump to reclaim his stolen possession from Thump.

Released
1992
Platforms
Sega GenesisWindows
Genres
ActionAdventureShooter
Developers
Imagitec Design
Publishers
GameTek
Modes
Co-opSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
England
Languages
English
Time to beat
1hmain story2hcompletionist

About

Gadget Twins is a video game developed by Imagitec Design for the Sega Genesis and published by GameTek in 1992. Gadget Twins is a horizontal side scroller action game that supports both single and two-player gameplay.

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Gameplay

The plot of Gadget Twins focuses on a magic gem stolen from the king's throne room in Gadget Land. The king summons Bop and Bump, the Gadget Twins, to recover the gem. The characters are red and blue airplanes. In single player mode, the player controls Bop, and Bump is controlled by the second player when in two player mode. Two player mode allows players to attack each other and steal the other player's weapons and coins.

Gameplay consists of flying the player characters through horizontal side scrolling air or water levels, with 6 levels in total. Defeating enemies earns coins, which can be used to purchase additional weapons. The player's plane starts with an extendable boxing glove that can punch in four directions around the player character. Up to 10 different weapons can be purchased but only 4 can be equipped at a single time, allowing the player to optimize across each level.

Development

Gadget Twins was developed by Imagitec Design and released by GameTek for the Sega Genesis in 1992. Video game composer Barry Leitch wrote the game's music. An Amiga version of the game was developed but never released.

Reception

Reviews of Gadget Twins were mixed. Mega Play stated the game "[held] its own", calling it both "cute" and "comical". Mega Drive Advanced Gaming was quite critical, ranking the entire game as a "downer". Mega found the game different from the offerings of the time, calling it a "pleasant and whimsical change from blasting the hell out of a bunch of ugly aliens".

The gameplay itself was likened to that of Super Mario Bros or Sonic the Hedgehog and was praised for the smoothness of its animation and "cartoony" graphics.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
Sega Genesis13 September 1992North America
Windows20 August 2019Worldwide

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

Title ids and disc serials by release
PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
Sega GenesisT-83036North America—

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