Tanglewood (2018 video game)

This article is about the 2018 Genesis/MD game. For the 1987 computer game, see Tanglewood (1987 video game).
Tanglewood
Developer(s)Big Evil Corporation
Publisher(s)Big Evil Corporation
Designer(s)Matt Phillips
Programmer(s)Matt Phillips
Artist(s)Armen Mardirossian
Matthew Weekes
Simon Butler
Drew Lake
Krzysztof Matys
Javier Degirolmo (font design)
Composer(s)Nathan 'freezedream' Stanley
Platform(s)Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Windows, macOS, Linux, Dreamcast, Evercade, Nintendo Switch
Release
Genre(s)Platformer, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Tanglewood is a puzzle platformer developed and published by Big Evil Corporation for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was crowdfunded through Kickstarter and released on 14 August 2018, with emulated versions available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on Steam and a dual-game cartridge for the Evercade along with Xeno Crisis.[1][2][3]

The game was released on physical carts playable on Mega Drive systems.[4] A director's cut is planned to release on the Nintendo Switch as Tanglewood: Definitive Edition.[5][6][7] A scheduled Dreamcast port was put on hiatus as of May 2019.[8]

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  8. ^ Graham (29 May 2019). "Tanglewood's Dreamcast port on "hiatus"". Mega Visions - SEGA, Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation, Retro news, reviews, features, podcasts. Retrieved 1 June 2021.