Asterix and the Great Rescue

Asterix and the Great Rescue is a video game released by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive in 1993 and for the Game Gear and Master System in 1994.

Asterix and the Great Rescue
European Mega Drive cover art
Developer(s)	Core Design
Publisher(s)	Sega
Producer(s)	Ken Lockley
Designer(s)	Jerr O'Carroll Richard Morton
Programmer(s)	Stefan Walker
Artist(s)	Jerr O'Carroll
Composer(s)	Nathan McCree
Platform(s)	Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear, Master System
Release	Mega Drive/Genesis EU: October 1993[1] NA: June 1994[2] BR: 1995 Game Gear EU: September 1994[3] NA: 1995 Master System EU: August 1994[4] BRA: 1995
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

This game is based on the long-running, French comic book series Asterix the Gaul. The characters Asterix and Obelix must rescue Getafix (Panoramix) and Dogmatix (Idéfix) from the Romans, who are in the process of taking over Gaul.

Gameplay

Asterix and the Great Rescue is a side-scrolling platform game. The startup screen offers a choice of difficulty level, as well as the ability to turn off the music and/or sound effects. The Master System and Game Gear versions allow changing characters during a level, whereas the Mega Drive/Genesis version removes this feature in favor of allowing choosing characters at the start of a level.

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
	Master System	Sega Genesis	SGG
Consoles +	N/A	N/A	85%[5]
Computer and Video Games	74%[6]	N/A	N/A
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	26/50[7]	20/40[8]
GamePro	N/A	14.5/20[9]	14.5/20[10]
GameZone	N/A	74/100[11]	N/A
Hyper	N/A	91/100[12]	N/A
Joypad	89%[13]	88%[14]	89%[13]
M! Games	N/A	59%[15]	N/A
Mega Fun	N/A	71%[16]	N/A
Player One	83%[17]	N/A	91%[18]
Video Games (DE)	N/A	65[19]	N/A
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment	N/A	4/10[20]	N/A
Sega Magazine	72/100[21]	N/A	N/A
Sega Power	84%[22]	78%[23]	N/A
Sega Pro	74%[24]	N/A	N/A

Reception

Reviewing the Genesis version, GamePro criticized the steep difficulty slope and poor controls, but they ultimately recommended the game to players who like tough puzzles.^[9]

The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Game Gear version a 5 out of 10, saying that the graphics are well done, but the sounds are "a nuisance", and that the controls make the game excessively frustrating.^[8] GamePro similarly wrote that the Game Gear version's graphics and animation are good but that controlling the character is extremely difficult.^[10]