Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends


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developer = THQ
publisher = THQ
distributor = GTI, Electro Source
designer = Randy Platt, Bernie Whang, Terry Lloyd, Jayne Shrigley, Brian Howarth
license =
series =
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version =
released = Genesis ^{[http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/586533.html]}
vgrelease|United States of America|USA|August 2, 1993
SNES ^{[http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588788.html]}
vgrelease|United States of America|USA|September, 1993
NES (Canceled)
genre = Action, Adventure
modes = Single-player only
ratings = VRC: GA (General Audiences)
platforms = Super NES, Sega Genesis
media = Cartridge
requirements =
input = Super NES or Sega Genesis controller

Released May 1, 1993, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a video game based on "Shining Time Station" and the "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" television series. It was developed and published by THQ, distributed by GTI and Electro Source. It was available for the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive platforms as well as for the Nintendo Entertainment System but was canceled, this educational one-player video game featured the classic Thomas characters in eight adventures. It included "tricky" trivia questions.

The back cover of the US version reads: "Take a trip to the Island of Sodor with Thomas, Percy, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, and other friends from the PBS hit show, SHINING TIME STATION. Eight different adventures await you, as the game lets you explore the entire island on a network of various tracks. You can even design your own custom courses for Thomas and company to travel on! In Race mode, you play as Thomas against either Percy or Bertie in a test of your quickness. Younger players will find assistance in Special mode, and Sir Topham Hatt is along to pose some tricky trivia questions to everyone throughout the game. There are plenty of video puzzles to unscramble and lots of clues to uncover throughout this friendly collection of games for the younger set."

Virtual Console

HiT entertainment will be realsing the SNES, Sega Genesis, Comodore 64 and the un-released NES version of the game to download from the Wii Shop Channel in either late 2008, early or mid 2009.

References

* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/586533.html Game FAQs]