Panic! (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Data East |
| Producer(s) | Hajima Tabe |
| Platform(s) | Sega CD |
| Release | Japan 1993 USA 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Panic! (known as Switch! in Japan) is a video game for the Sega CD that involves pressing numerous buttons in order to transverse a young boy through a complex labyrinth.
The game was originally released in Japan, and had some risque "gags" that were assumed to be edited out if the game ever got an American release. However, in 1994, DataEast decided to publish the game in the US, renamed, but otherwise un-cut.
Gameplay for Panic! is very minimalistic, and likely the reason of it's very low sales figures. The basic control scheme was point, click, watch. Each level was presented as a new area, and a series of buttons for you to press. Pressing any button resulted in an animation, and transported you to another room.
Story
The Computer Network Server, the technological nexus that controls the operations of every machine on the planet, has been infected with a virus which causes its connected machines to malfunction irrevocably. A countermeasure has been devised in the form of a program codenamed "PANIC!", and it's up to an intelligent young lad named Slap (and his dog Stick) to enact the program and restore the machines to normal usage.
Voice cast
Japanese Cast
- Fuyumi Shiraishi
- Yoshiaki Umegaki
- Rie Shibata
- Masahiro Sato
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi
- Masami Hisamoto
USA Localization Cast
- Randy Merzon
- Dennis McIntyre