Post by sapristi45 on Nov 27, 2015 13:49:28 GMT -6
I just wanted to make a quick summary of all the video games based on the Inspector GadgetTM license
1 - Inspecteur Gadget : Gadget contre Docteur Gang
Release date
1983 / 1984
Genre
Electronic game / fighting game
Description
Inspector Gadget : Gadget contre Docteur Gang (literally : "Inspector Gadget : Gadget against Doctor Gang", Doctor Gang being the French name of Doctor Claw) is an LCD Electronic Inspector Gadget made by Bandai and released in France in 1983 / 1984 along with other Inspector Gadget toys made by Bandai. It's the only IG game in which one of the player gets to play as a MAD agent (except Inspector Gadget Racing).
2 - Inspector Gadget and the Circus of !!Fear!!
Release date
1987
Genre
Adventure (?)
Platform(s)
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum(?)
Description
Inspector Gadget and the Circus of fear is a video game developed by Beam Studios (Melbourne House).
The game was meant to be an obstacle racing game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, but the project was scrapped just before its release, instead, Melbourne House released a completely different game.
It's actually one of the two games using the original theme (the second one being Inspector Gadget
3 - Inspector Gadget: Mission 1 - Global Terror!
Release date
1992
Genre
Adventure / Point and Click
Platform(s)
Microsoft DOS
Description
5 years after the release of Inspector Gadget on Commodore 64, Azeroth developed and published this adventure game for PC, it's the first IG game to feature Fino and Sophie, moreover as the main, playable characters. It's also the first and only IG game in which you can't directly play as Gadget himself.
4 - Inspector Gadget (Tiger Electronic Game)
Release date
1992
Genre
Electronic Game
Platform(s)
Handheld Tiger Electronic Game
Description
Inspector Gadget was released as a Tiger Electronic Game in 1992 in the USA. It's a game in which you have to help Gadget to dodge traps and other stuff.
5 - Inspector Gadget (NES)
Overview
An NES game was supposed to be released by Hudson but it was scrapped, we know nothing about this project but it seems that Hudson simply ported the game to the Super Nintendo...
6 - Inspector Gadget (Super Nintendo)
Release date
1993
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Super Nintendo
Description
Inspector Gadget was released on the Super Nintendo by Hudson Soft, it's the first platformer game in the series, it's generally considered as the best IG game, and is well known because we can see the face of Doctor Claw at the end of the game.
7 - Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus
Release date
2000
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Gameboy Color
Description
Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus is a GBC adaptation of the the original 1983 show that aired 17 years before the release of the game by UbiSoft, it's a regular platformer in which you embody Sophie, Fino or Gadget himself.
8 - Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze
Release date
2001
Genre
Puzzle
Platform(s)
PlayStation
Description
Inspector Gadget : Gadget's Crazy Maze is a puzzle game released by UbiSoft in 2001 on PlayStation, there's not much to say about it
9 - Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission
Release date
2001
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Gameboy Advance
Description
Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission is pretty much a sequel to Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus as it shares the same game mechanics and a lot of sprites are just updated versions of the GBC sprites.
10 - Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion
Release date
2003
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
Description
Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion was developed and published by Light and Shadow Productions in 2003.
It's often considered as one of the worst games of the series, it's so bad that it was never released outside of Europe.
11 - Inspector Gadget Racing
Release date
2003
Genre
Racing
Platform(s)
Gameboy Advance
Description
Inspector Gadget Racing is an Inspector Gadget themed Racing game which share some similarities with the Mario Kart series like the "?" item boxes
Like the previous game, it was only released in Europe.
12 - Gadget & the Gadgetinis
Release date
2004
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
PC, PlayStation 2
Description
Gadget & the Gadgetinis is the first (and only) game that's not based on the original 1983-1986 show, instead it's based on the Gadget & the Gadgetinis 2001-2003 show (hence the name of the game)
13 - Inspector Gadget (iOS)
Release date
2008 / 2009
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
iOS / Java
Description
Inspector Gadget is a platformer released by Namco Bandai Games on Java in 2008 and on iOS in 2009.
14 - Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Dash (iOS)
Release date
2010
Genre
Obstacle racing
Platform(s)
iOS
Description
Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Dash is an Obstacle Racing game for iOS made by XMG Studio in 2010, it's somewhat similar to the unreleased version of the C64 Inspector Gadget game as they're both Obstacle racing games, in fact MAD Dash and The Circus of Fear are the only IG games to feature the original theme of the show.
15 - Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Grab (iOS)
Release date
2013
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
iOS
Description
Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Grab is an action game made by DHX Media (Toronto) Ltd. for iOS (needs iOS 6 or superior versions to run, it glitches on my iPhone 4), it was released for the 30th anniversary of the original Inspector Gadget show in 2013
And that's it for now^^ I'll hope there'll be more games!
1 - Inspecteur Gadget : Gadget contre Docteur Gang
Release date
1983 / 1984
Genre
Electronic game / fighting game
Description
Inspector Gadget : Gadget contre Docteur Gang (literally : "Inspector Gadget : Gadget against Doctor Gang", Doctor Gang being the French name of Doctor Claw) is an LCD Electronic Inspector Gadget made by Bandai and released in France in 1983 / 1984 along with other Inspector Gadget toys made by Bandai. It's the only IG game in which one of the player gets to play as a MAD agent (except Inspector Gadget Racing).
2 - Inspector Gadget and the Circus of !!Fear!!
Release date
1987
Genre
Adventure (?)
Platform(s)
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum(?)
Description
Inspector Gadget and the Circus of fear is a video game developed by Beam Studios (Melbourne House).
The game was meant to be an obstacle racing game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, but the project was scrapped just before its release, instead, Melbourne House released a completely different game.
It's actually one of the two games using the original theme (the second one being Inspector Gadget
3 - Inspector Gadget: Mission 1 - Global Terror!
Release date
1992
Genre
Adventure / Point and Click
Platform(s)
Microsoft DOS
Description
5 years after the release of Inspector Gadget on Commodore 64, Azeroth developed and published this adventure game for PC, it's the first IG game to feature Fino and Sophie, moreover as the main, playable characters. It's also the first and only IG game in which you can't directly play as Gadget himself.
4 - Inspector Gadget (Tiger Electronic Game)
Release date
1992
Genre
Electronic Game
Platform(s)
Handheld Tiger Electronic Game
Description
Inspector Gadget was released as a Tiger Electronic Game in 1992 in the USA. It's a game in which you have to help Gadget to dodge traps and other stuff.
5 - Inspector Gadget (NES)
Overview
An NES game was supposed to be released by Hudson but it was scrapped, we know nothing about this project but it seems that Hudson simply ported the game to the Super Nintendo...
6 - Inspector Gadget (Super Nintendo)
Release date
1993
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Super Nintendo
Description
Inspector Gadget was released on the Super Nintendo by Hudson Soft, it's the first platformer game in the series, it's generally considered as the best IG game, and is well known because we can see the face of Doctor Claw at the end of the game.
7 - Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus
Release date
2000
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Gameboy Color
Description
Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus is a GBC adaptation of the the original 1983 show that aired 17 years before the release of the game by UbiSoft, it's a regular platformer in which you embody Sophie, Fino or Gadget himself.
8 - Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze
Release date
2001
Genre
Puzzle
Platform(s)
PlayStation
Description
Inspector Gadget : Gadget's Crazy Maze is a puzzle game released by UbiSoft in 2001 on PlayStation, there's not much to say about it
9 - Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission
Release date
2001
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
Gameboy Advance
Description
Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission is pretty much a sequel to Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus as it shares the same game mechanics and a lot of sprites are just updated versions of the GBC sprites.
10 - Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion
Release date
2003
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
Description
Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion was developed and published by Light and Shadow Productions in 2003.
It's often considered as one of the worst games of the series, it's so bad that it was never released outside of Europe.
11 - Inspector Gadget Racing
Release date
2003
Genre
Racing
Platform(s)
Gameboy Advance
Description
Inspector Gadget Racing is an Inspector Gadget themed Racing game which share some similarities with the Mario Kart series like the "?" item boxes
Like the previous game, it was only released in Europe.
12 - Gadget & the Gadgetinis
Release date
2004
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
PC, PlayStation 2
Description
Gadget & the Gadgetinis is the first (and only) game that's not based on the original 1983-1986 show, instead it's based on the Gadget & the Gadgetinis 2001-2003 show (hence the name of the game)
13 - Inspector Gadget (iOS)
Release date
2008 / 2009
Genre
Platformer
Platform(s)
iOS / Java
Description
Inspector Gadget is a platformer released by Namco Bandai Games on Java in 2008 and on iOS in 2009.
14 - Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Dash (iOS)
Release date
2010
Genre
Obstacle racing
Platform(s)
iOS
Description
Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Dash is an Obstacle Racing game for iOS made by XMG Studio in 2010, it's somewhat similar to the unreleased version of the C64 Inspector Gadget game as they're both Obstacle racing games, in fact MAD Dash and The Circus of Fear are the only IG games to feature the original theme of the show.
15 - Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Grab (iOS)
Release date
2013
Genre
Action
Platform(s)
iOS
Description
Inspector Gadget M.A.D. Grab is an action game made by DHX Media (Toronto) Ltd. for iOS (needs iOS 6 or superior versions to run, it glitches on my iPhone 4), it was released for the 30th anniversary of the original Inspector Gadget show in 2013
And that's it for now^^ I'll hope there'll be more games!