Spinmaster

Spinmaster[lower-alpha 1] 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.

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

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.

Reception

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

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

References
  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.
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  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.
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  29. Alonso, Álvaro (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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