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Spinmaster

December 15, 2023

This article is about the arcade game. For the children's entertainment company, see Spin Master.

Spinmaster[a] is an arcade game developed and released by Data East in December, 1993 in North America, in Europe the same year and on February 18, 1994 in Japan.[1] It is the first game Data East developed and released for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware. Its character designs are almost identical to the ones in Data East's Sega Genesis game titled Dashin' Desperadoes; however, the rest of both games are completely different. Also, Spinmaster's gameplay, artwork style, animations of some characters and the styles of its weapons were heavily inspired by another arcade game by Data East titled Joe & Mac, according to the Japanese Miracle Adventure arcade flyer.

Spinmaster
Developer(s)Data East
Onan Games (Zeebo)
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Mitsutoshi Sato
Atsushi.Sir
Programmer(s)C. Enomoto
Kenichi Minegishi
Osapan
Mya
Artist(s)Hiroki Narisawa
Kazumi Enomoto
Sachiko Moizumi
Yuzuru Tsukahara
Kaori
Composer(s)Tomoyoshi Sato
Mihoko Ando
Platform(s)
Release
  • Arcade
    • WW: 16 December 1993
    Neo Geo AES
    • JP: 18 February 1994
    • NA: 18 February 1994
    • EU: 18 February 1994
    Zeebo
Genre(s)Platform, beat 'em up, run and gun
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

After Data East became defunct due to its bankruptcy back in 2003, G-Mode bought the intellectual rights to the Neo-Geo game as well as most other Data East games and licenses them globally.[2]

The game was later re-released on the Virtual Console in Japan on August 3, 2010, the PAL region on November 12, 2010 and in North America on November 22, 2010.

Gameplay edit

 
Gameplay screenshot.

Players progress across the side-scrolling levels, jumping to avoid obstacles and reach platforms and defeating enemies with a default yo-yo weapon or projectile weapons obtained from treasure chests. They can also crouch or slide tackle to attack enemies or evade incoming attacks. Quickly tapping the attack button rapid-fires weapons, and holding the attack button charges an alternate fire mode that varies depending on the equipped weapon. There are also limited screen-clearing super attacks that also vary depending on the equipped weapon.

There are five worlds of several stages each. Each world ends with a boss fight that awards a fragment of a treasure map when defeated. After collecting the full map, players choose one of three locations, each of which are a different ending to the game.

Plot edit

Many years ago, a large treasure was hidden by a mysterious man on an uncharted island. The man of mystery drew the location of the treasure on a map and hid it deep in the forest of the island. Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to years, and years turned to decades. The man who hid the map disappeared, never to be seen again. During this time, the map became dirty and weathered, eventually tearing into five pieces which were scattered about the corners of the world. One of these pieces wafted its way into the possession of the young treasure seeker named Johnny. Living with his girlfriend Mary and his rugged cowboy partner named Tom, Johnny dreamed of the day when he would some day find the ancient treasure on the hidden island of the mysterious man.

Then one day, the greedy, treasure-seeking mad scientist, Dr. De Playne appeared in Johnny's little town. Seizing Johnny's piece of the treasure map and kidnapping Mary, Dr. De Playne set out to find the treasure and buy up all the toys and candy of the world, plunging the children of earth into a bitter darkness of continuous study and well-balanced meals. Johnny and Tom pursued the mad Dr. De Playne with their yo-yos to save Mary and the world.

Development edit

Release edit

Reception edit

In North America, RePlay reported Spinmaster to be the eleventh most-popular arcade game at the time.[19] Play Meter also listed the game to be the fifty-third most-popular arcade game at the time.[20] The title garnered mostly positive reception from critics and reviewers alike since its initial release.[21][22]

Retrospective reviews edit

Spinmaster has been met with mostly positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years. In 2014, HobbyConsolas identified it as one of the twenty best games for the Neo Geo AES.[29]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Also known as Miracle Adventure (Japanese: ミラクルアドベンチャー, Hepburn: Mirakuru Adobenchā) in Japan.

References edit

  1. ^ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 16 - ミラクルアドベンチャー". Beep! MegaDrive (in Japanese). No. 51. SoftBank Creative. December 1993. p. 126.
  2. ^ "Spinmaster - Data East Games". G-Mode. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  3. ^ "SpinMaster for NeoGeo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. ^ Knight, Kyle (1998). "Spin Master (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) – Review". AllGame. All Media Network. from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Testscreen - Spinmaster (Neo-Geo)". Edge. No. 8. Future plc. May 1994. pp. 86–87.
  6. ^ Sgt. Gamer; Halverson, Dave; Rickards, Kelly (April 1994). "Viewpoint – Spin Masters (Neo-Geo)". GameFan. Vol. 2, no. 5. DieHard Gamers Club. p. 31.
  7. ^ Switch; Souibgui, Sami (April 1994). "Neo Geo Review - Spinmaster". Consoles + (in French). No. 31. M.E.R.7. pp. 132–133.
  8. ^ "Reviews: Neo Geo - Spinmaster". Games World. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. July 1994. p. 25.
  9. ^ Herranz, Sonia (April 1994). "Lo Más Nuevo – Neo Geo: Spinmaster – Los Ases Del Yo-Yo". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). No. 31. Hobby Press. pp. 112–115.
  10. ^ Morisse, Jean-François; Nini, Nourdine (April 1994). "Neo Geo – Spin Master, Le Jeu Qui Se Finit En Un Quart D'Heure! – Spin Master". Joypad (in French). No. 30. Yellow Media. pp. 80–81.
  11. ^ Zaborowski, Ingo (March 1994). "Spiele-Tests – NG: Spinmaster". MAN!AC (in German). No. 5. Cybermedia. p. 55.
  12. ^ Schamberger, Steffen (February 1994). "SNK – Neo Geo: Miracle Adventure". Megablast (in German). No. 4. Joker-Verlag. pp. 60–61.
  13. ^ Schneider, Ulf; Weidner, Martin (March 1994). "Test Neo Geo – Miracle Adventure: Sparkster auf dem Neo Geo?". Mega Fun (in German). No. 18. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 122.
  14. ^ Schneider, Ulf (April 1994). "Neo Geo – Review: Spinmaster". Play Time (in German). No. 34. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 173.
  15. ^ Delpierre, Christophe (April 1994). "Test – Neo Geo: Spin Master". Player One (in French). No. 41. Média Système Édition. pp. 86–87.
  16. ^ "Review – Spinmasters – Neo Geo". Power Unlimited (in Dutch). No. 9. VNU Media. May 1994.
  17. ^ Sanz, Juan Carlos (June 1994). "Neo Geo: Eres Un Tesoro – Spin Master". Superjuegos (in Spanish). No. 26. Grupo Zeta. pp. 100–105.
  18. ^ Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1994). "Warpzone – Neo Geo: Spinmaster". Video Games (in German). No. 29. Future-Verlag. p. 26.
  19. ^ "Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 19, no. 5. RePlay Publishing, Inc. February 1994. p. 6.
  20. ^ "Equipment Poll - Video & Pinball Combined". Play Meter. Vol. 20, no. 6. Skybird Publishing. May 1994. p. 7.
  21. ^ "Arcade Action - Miracle Adventure by Data East". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 52. Sendai Publishing. November 1993. p. 76.
  22. ^ "Warpzone – Neo Geo: Miracle Adventure". Video Games (in German). No. 25. Future-Verlag. December 1993. p. 45.
  23. ^ "ACA NeoGeo: SpinMaster for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  24. ^ M. Thomas, Lucas (December 2, 2010). "Spin Master Review – Neo Geo's Yo-Yo Heroes". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  25. ^ van Duyn, Marcel (November 15, 2010). "Spinmaster Review (Neo Geo) – Not masterful, but still pretty good". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  26. ^ Frear, Dave (November 17, 2017). "Spinmaster Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo) – Short but sweet arcade action". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  27. ^ Osange, Elliott (October 4, 2017). "ACA NEOGEO SPIN MASTER Review". bonusstage.co.uk. Bonus Stage. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  28. ^ Gould, Trevor (October 25, 2017). "Review: ACA NEOGEO Spin Master (Nintendo Switch)". Pure Nintendo Magazine. Pure Media, LLC. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  29. ^ Alonso, Álvaro (February 12, 2014). "Reportaje: Los 20 mejores juegos de Neo Geo (AES)". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Axel Springer SE. from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2023-02-06.

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This article is about the arcade game For the children s entertainment company see Spin Master Spinmaster a is an arcade game developed and released by Data East in December 1993 in North America in Europe the same year and on February 18 1994 in Japan 1 It is the first game Data East developed and released for the SNK Neo Geo MVS hardware Its character designs are almost identical to the ones in Data East s Sega Genesis game titled Dashin Desperadoes however the rest of both games are completely different Also Spinmaster s gameplay artwork style animations of some characters and the styles of its weapons were heavily inspired by another arcade game by Data East titled Joe amp Mac according to the Japanese Miracle Adventure arcade flyer SpinmasterDeveloper s Data EastOnan Games Zeebo Publisher s SNK G Mode Zeebo Designer s Mitsutoshi SatoAtsushi SirProgrammer s C EnomotoKenichi MinegishiOsapanMyaArtist s Hiroki NarisawaKazumi EnomotoSachiko MoizumiYuzuru TsukaharaKaoriComposer s Tomoyoshi SatoMihoko AndoPlatform s Arcade Neo Geo AES ZeeboRelease1993 ArcadeWW 16 December 1993 Neo Geo AESJP 18 February 1994NA 18 February 1994EU 18 February 1994 ZeeboMEX 30 March 2010BRA 15 April 2010Genre s Platform beat em up run and gunMode s Single player Co opArcade systemNeo Geo MVSAfter Data East became defunct due to its bankruptcy back in 2003 G Mode bought the intellectual rights to the Neo Geo game as well as most other Data East games and licenses them globally 2 The game was later re released on the Virtual Console in Japan on August 3 2010 the PAL region on November 12 2010 and in North America on November 22 2010 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 4 Release 5 Reception 5 1 Retrospective reviews 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Gameplay screenshot This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2020 Players progress across the side scrolling levels jumping to avoid obstacles and reach platforms and defeating enemies with a default yo yo weapon or projectile weapons obtained from treasure chests They can also crouch or slide tackle to attack enemies or evade incoming attacks Quickly tapping the attack button rapid fires weapons and holding the attack button charges an alternate fire mode that varies depending on the equipped weapon There are also limited screen clearing super attacks that also vary depending on the equipped weapon There are five worlds of several stages each Each world ends with a boss fight that awards a fragment of a treasure map when defeated After collecting the full map players choose one of three locations each of which are a different ending to the game Plot editMany years ago a large treasure was hidden by a mysterious man on an uncharted island The man of mystery drew the location of the treasure on a map and hid it deep in the forest of the island Days turned to weeks weeks turned to years and years turned to decades The man who hid the map disappeared never to be seen again During this time the map became dirty and weathered eventually tearing into five pieces which were scattered about the corners of the world One of these pieces wafted its way into the possession of the young treasure seeker named Johnny Living with his girlfriend Mary and his rugged cowboy partner named Tom Johnny dreamed of the day when he would some day find the ancient treasure on the hidden island of the mysterious man Then one day the greedy treasure seeking mad scientist Dr De Playne appeared in Johnny s little town Seizing Johnny s piece of the treasure map and kidnapping Mary Dr De Playne set out to find the treasure and buy up all the toys and candy of the world plunging the children of earth into a bitter darkness of continuous study and well balanced meals Johnny and Tom pursued the mad Dr De Playne with their yo yos to save Mary and the world Development editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2020 Release editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2020 Reception editContemporary receptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings Neo Geo 60 3 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame Neo Geo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Edge Neo Geo 4 10 5 GameFan Neo Geo 122 150 6 Consoles Neo Geo 85 7 Games World Neo Geo 84 100 8 Hobby Consolas Neo Geo 90 100 9 Joypad Neo Geo 65 10 MAN AC Neo Geo 72 11 Megablast Neo Geo 85 12 Mega Fun Neo Geo 76 13 Play Time Neo Geo 75 14 Player One Neo Geo 78 15 Power Unlimited Neo Geo 80 100 16 Superjuegos Neo Geo 85 100 17 Video Games Neo Geo 73 18 In North America RePlay reported Spinmaster to be the eleventh most popular arcade game at the time 19 Play Meter also listed the game to be the fifty third most popular arcade game at the time 20 The title garnered mostly positive reception from critics and reviewers alike since its initial release 21 22 Retrospective reviews edit Retrospective assessmentsAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings Switch 70 23 Review scoresPublicationScoreIGN Wii 6 0 10 24 Nintendo Life Wii nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 25 Switch nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 Bonus Stage Switch 8 10 27 Pure Nintendo Magazine Switch 8 5 10 28 Spinmaster has been met with mostly positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years In 2014 HobbyConsolas identified it as one of the twenty best games for the Neo Geo AES 29 Notes edit Also known as Miracle Adventure Japanese ミラクルアドベンチャー Hepburn Mirakuru Adobencha in Japan References edit Oh Neo Geo Vol 16 ミラクルアドベンチャー Beep MegaDrive in Japanese No 51 SoftBank Creative December 1993 p 126 Spinmaster Data East Games G Mode Retrieved 2009 01 09 SpinMaster for NeoGeo GameRankings CBS Interactive 2019 Archived from the original on 2019 12 09 Retrieved 2020 02 08 Knight Kyle 1998 Spin Master Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 Retrieved 8 February 2020 Testscreen Spinmaster Neo Geo Edge No 8 Future plc May 1994 pp 86 87 Sgt Gamer Halverson Dave Rickards Kelly April 1994 Viewpoint Spin Masters Neo Geo GameFan Vol 2 no 5 DieHard Gamers Club p 31 Switch Souibgui Sami April 1994 Neo Geo Review Spinmaster Consoles in French No 31 M E R 7 pp 132 133 Reviews Neo Geo Spinmaster Games World No 1 Paragon Publishing July 1994 p 25 Herranz Sonia April 1994 Lo Mas Nuevo Neo Geo Spinmaster Los Ases Del Yo Yo Hobby Consolas in Spanish No 31 Hobby Press pp 112 115 Morisse Jean Francois Nini Nourdine April 1994 Neo Geo Spin Master Le Jeu Qui Se Finit En Un Quart D Heure Spin Master Joypad in French No 30 Yellow Media pp 80 81 Zaborowski Ingo March 1994 Spiele Tests NG Spinmaster MAN AC in German No 5 Cybermedia p 55 Schamberger Steffen February 1994 SNK Neo Geo Miracle Adventure Megablast in German No 4 Joker Verlag pp 60 61 Schneider Ulf Weidner Martin March 1994 Test Neo Geo Miracle Adventure Sparkster auf dem Neo Geo Mega Fun in German No 18 CT Computec Verlag GmbH amp Co KG p 122 Schneider Ulf April 1994 Neo Geo Review Spinmaster Play Time in German No 34 CT Computec Verlag GmbH amp Co KG p 173 Delpierre Christophe April 1994 Test Neo Geo Spin Master Player One in French No 41 Media Systeme Edition pp 86 87 Review Spinmasters Neo Geo Power Unlimited in Dutch No 9 VNU Media May 1994 Sanz Juan Carlos June 1994 Neo Geo Eres Un Tesoro Spin Master Superjuegos in Spanish No 26 Grupo Zeta pp 100 105 Schaedle Wolfgang April 1994 Warpzone Neo Geo Spinmaster Video Games in German No 29 Future Verlag p 26 Player s Choice Top Games Now in Operation Based on Earnings Opinion Poll of Operators Best Video Software RePlay Vol 19 no 5 RePlay Publishing Inc February 1994 p 6 Equipment Poll Video amp Pinball Combined Play Meter Vol 20 no 6 Skybird Publishing May 1994 p 7 Arcade Action Miracle Adventure by Data East Electronic Gaming Monthly No 52 Sendai Publishing November 1993 p 76 Warpzone Neo Geo Miracle Adventure Video Games in German No 25 Future Verlag December 1993 p 45 ACA NeoGeo SpinMaster for Nintendo Switch GameRankings CBS Interactive 2019 Archived from the original on 2019 12 09 Retrieved 2020 02 08 M Thomas Lucas December 2 2010 Spin Master Review Neo Geo s Yo Yo Heroes IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved 2020 02 08 van Duyn Marcel November 15 2010 Spinmaster Review Neo Geo Not masterful but still pretty good Nintendo Life Nlife Media Retrieved 2020 02 08 Frear Dave November 17 2017 Spinmaster Review Switch eShop Neo Geo Short but sweet arcade action Nintendo Life Nlife Media Retrieved 2020 02 08 Osange Elliott October 4 2017 ACA NEOGEO SPIN MASTER Review bonusstage co uk Bonus Stage Retrieved 2020 02 08 Gould Trevor October 25 2017 Review ACA NEOGEO Spin Master Nintendo Switch Pure Nintendo Magazine Pure Media LLC Retrieved 2020 05 22 Alonso Alvaro February 12 2014 Reportaje Los 20 mejores juegos de Neo Geo AES HobbyConsolas in Spanish Axel Springer SE Archived from the original on 2014 03 02 Retrieved 2023 02 06 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