Toxic Crusaders

[Melf]

One of the more campy franchise spawned from the '80s was The Toxic Avenger, which told the story of a nerd who became a super hero after being bathed in radioactive waste. It was later expanded into a failed cartoon and this horrible action game, which eventually proved that the property's half-life wasn't as long as some had hoped. Sega and Troma conspired to release this glowing turd, basing it on the poorly-received cartoon, and poor Toxie's never been the same since. Read the full review (http://www.sega-16.com/2007/04/toxic-crusaders/) for all the sad and sorry details, but remember to bring your HAZ-MAT suit.

[Rodger]

a good review, interesting to see how half-assed the game turned out. I still have a toxic crusader toy.. I think it glows in the dark. Or maybe that's my swamp thing toy. Hmm.

In any event, I think I rented this game when it came out, but I don't remember anything from it. Maybe, that's a good thing haha.

[CRV]

Developer: Infogrames

[capi1010]

That 2nd level with the pits is ridiculous. You'll waste at least one continue accidently falling into them. The bosses at the end of each level are good. Never beat this game though, died too many times over BS as described in the review.

[VinnyT]

Developer: Infogrames

Proof?

[CMA Death Adder]

All I can say is, "They're gross but they still get girls!"
Which actually says a lot about the behaviors of women.

[CRV]

Proof?

Credits:


Sega of America
Design Team
Gary Barth
Stewart Kosoy
Steve Snyder

Infogrames Team
Design
Vincent Pourieux
Didier Chanfray
Thibault Lepoutre

Programming
Thibault Lepoutre
Vincent Pourieux

Art
Josyane Girard
Didier Chanfray

Music
Frederic Menzen

Producer
Stewart Kosoy

Special thanks
Javone Alonzo
Yael Barroz
Fred Bourgeain

[VinnyT]

Damn, guess I should have actually read the credits when I beat it. Oh well.

Ken, may we have a fix here?

[Melf]

Sega of America also has design credits though. It's also strange that Infogrames isn't credited in the manual, on the box, or at the boot up sequence. Is that design team all there is relating to it?

Troma is credited at the beginning of the game, and everything else only mentions Sega.

[CRV]

Sega of America also has design credits though. It's also strange that Infogrames isn't credited in the manual, on the box, or at the boot up sequence. Is that design team all there is relating to it?

I would assume the programmers, artists, and music are Infogrames (these are French names, Infogrames is French).


Troma is credited at the beginning of the game, and everything else only mentions Sega.

Troma is mentioned in the copyright notice since it owns the "Toxic Crusaders" property.

[Melf]

I'm still not sure. If Infogrames did the majority of the work, why is it not credited anywhere else? The box, manual....something should have its stamp on it.

I'd really like to confirm this so we can have it as accurate as possible.

[CRV]

About programmer Vincent Pourieux:

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,78701/

"Vincent Pourieux started as a programmer at Infogrames in 1988. After having successfully contributed to the development of a dozen products, including blockbusters such as Asterix and Obelix, The Smurfs, TinTin..., he reached the position of consoles department Team Manager."


I'm still not sure. If Infogrames did the majority of the work, why is it not credited anywhere else? The box, manual....something should have its stamp on it.

There's a bunch of Game Gear and Master System games that would like to talk to you.

A lot of times, the publisher didn't want people to know who developed the game. Or, in the case of TOSE, the developer didn't want anybody to know what games it worked on.

[Jules Walter]

I still can't figure how the hell we used to liked this game. Me and my brother actually rented it a few times and thought it was really cool, yet now I can't stand to play it for more than 5 minutes.