| M.C. Kids | |
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 Cover of the North American NES version | |
| Developer(s) | Visual Concepts (GB) Virgin Games (NES) Arc (PC, Amiga, ST) Miracle Games (C64) |
| Publisher(s) | Virgin Games Ocean Software |
| Producer(s) | Justin Heber C64: Micheal Merren |
| Designer(s) | Darren Bartlett Gregg Iz-Tavares GB: Cary Hammer |
| Artist(s) | NES: Darren Bartlett PC, ST, Amiga: Jon Harrison C64: Debbie Sorrell GB: Dean Lee |
| Composer(s) | NES: Charles Deenen PC, ST, Amiga: Andi McGinty C64: Henry Jackman Gameboy: John Loose |
| Platform(s) | NES (original) Game Boy, C64, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS |
| Release | NES Game Boy, C64, Amiga
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| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Two-player |
M.C. Kids is a 1992 platform video game developed and published by Virgin Interactive. It was initially released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in February 1992 in North America, and by Ocean Software in May 1993 in Europe. As a licensed product for the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain, the game stars two children named Mack and Mick who venture into the fantasy world of McDonaldland in order to return Ronald McDonald's magical bag which has been stolen by the Hamburglar. The game was created by four people in eight months: Darren Bartlett (art and level design) Gregg Iz-Tavares and Dan Chang (programming) and Charles Deenen (audio).[1]
M.C. Kids was ported to the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS as McDonaldland which was only sold in Europe. The NES release in Europe had the same name as the home computer ports. A different version of the game was published for the Game Boy also called McDonaldland; outside of Europe it was re-themed for the Cool Spot franchise and released as Spot: The Cool Adventure. Virgin would later make another McDonald's-themed video game titled Global Gladiators, which was released in 1992.