Wrecking Crew (video game)

Wrecking Crew
North American box art
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D1[7]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Satoru Okada
Producer(s)Gunpei Yokoi
Designer(s)Yoshio Sakamoto[8]
Makoto Kanoh
Programmer(s)Toshiyuki Nakamura
Yase Sobajima
Kenji Imai
Composer(s)Hirokazu Tanaka[9]
SeriesMario
Platform(s)
Release
July 26, 1984
  • Arcade (Vs. Wrecking Crew)
  • Famicom/NES
    • JP: May 26, 1985[a]
    • NA: October 18, 1985[3]
    • EU: October 15, 1987
  • Famicom Disk System
  • Game Boy Advance
Genre(s)Action, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNintendo VS. System

Wrecking Crew[b] is an action game developed and published by Nintendo. Designed by Yoshio Sakamoto, it was first released as an arcade video game for the Nintendo VS. System in 1984, titled Vs. Wrecking Crew with a simultaneous two-player mode.[10] It was released as a single-player game for the Family Computer (Famicom) console in 1985, and as a launch game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) later that year. A sequel, Wrecking Crew '98, was released in Japan in 1998 for the Super Famicom.

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  2. ^ "Flyer Fever - Vs. Wrecking Crew (Japan, Flyer 1)". Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Kohler, Chris (October 18, 2010). "October 18, 1985: Nintendo Entertainment System Launches". Wired. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Wrecking Crew (Registration Number PA0000287352)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. ^ @Sora_Sakurai (June 18, 2021). "1985年のきょう『レッキングクルー』(Wrecking Crew)ファミコン版が発売!!" [Today in 1985, the Famicom version of "Wrecking Crew" was on sale!!] (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b "Wrecking Crew". NinDB. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  7. ^ やればやるほどディスクシステムインタビュー(前編). Nintendo Dream (in Japanese). No. 118. Mainichi Communications Inc. August 6, 2004. pp. 96–103.
  8. ^ Kohler, Chris (April 7, 2010). "Q&A: Metroid Creator's Early 8-Bit Days at Nintendo". Wired: GameLife. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 (Media notes). Scitron Digital Contents Inc. 2004.
  10. ^ "Vs. Wrecking Crew". iBomb. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2011.


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