Genesis
The Tick
DEV
Software Creations
REL
Jan '94
ALSO
About

The Tick is a humorous beat 'em up based on the comic and animated series. It spices up its traditional gameplay with tons of superhero parodies and bonus stages.

Marquee
Story

IT'S NIGHT IN THE CITY, AND THERE'S A NEW SUPERHERO IN TOWN!

As The Tick, you have power and abilities unknown to mortal men (After all, you are a 7 foot tall, 400 pound Arachnid.) You're strong enough to use the city as your personal gym without a care in the world... until those pesky ninjas, hoods and clowns pick you as their target! It's time to jump into action and destroy these bad guys once and for all!

Trivia

This game is almost identical to the Genesis version.

The Tick is a comic book, animated series, and live action show starring Patrick Warburton.

Release Info
Developer
Software Creations
Publisher
Fox Interactive
Released
Jan '94
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Series
$series
Game
Players
1
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Medium
Gang size
Average (5)
Variety
Bonus stages
Playtime
1:30
Combat
Buttons
Punch, Kick, Jump
Combos
Distance
Grabs
Close attack
Dashing
Double-tap
Enemy H. Bars
No
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Stay
Weapons
N/A
Death-blow
Health
Friendly Fire
N/A
Char Switch
N/A
Ground Hit
No
Revive
Invincibility
Restore
End of stage
Style
Art Style
Comic
Sprites
Large
Setting
Comic
Focus
Hand-to-hand
Music
Cartoon
Tone
Humorous
Numbers
Fighters
1
Stages
?
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
3
Continues
3
Extend
?
Slamson Sez
Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

The Tick is awful. The enemy variety is a joke. There is no variety. There are, however, plenty of optional yet shallow bosses. The graphics have smooth animations but are sub-standard overall and the music is sparse and annoying. The combat has some interesting attacks but is ultimately shallow and tedious.

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