Sketch Turner was a starving comic book artist, living with his pet rat Roadkill... that is until a lightning storm mysteriously brought his cartoon villain, Mortus, to life and imprisoned Sketch within the pages of his own comic book. Now trapped in the world that he himself created, but someone else is now drawing, Sketch must battle through the pages of his own comic book, and past his own creations, to a final battle with Mortus. Perhaps one of his own creations, General Alissa Cyan might be able to help...

Comix Zone is a side-scrolling fighting game with a difference, you're inside of a comic book and you yourself know it. Smash enemies into the sides of frames, rip through the paper to unleash a super move and otherwise wreck havoc throughout the limitations of the graphic novel. Sketch himself can jump, attack and use various items that he finds along the comic book, including his rat friend, Roadkill. Button combinations can be used to unleash powerful techniques.

The game progresses linear through each page of the comic book, however secret paths and alternate routes through the story can be discovered. At the end of each level, Sketch receives a super hero rating for how well he's progressing.

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Alternate Titles

"コミックスゾーン" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Comix Zone	Genesis	$3.50
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User Reviews

This game in a single word: Beautiful.

reyo (17)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	May 21, 2000	A-	91
All Game Guide	2007		90
Electric Playground	1995	8.5 out of 10	85
Video Games	Sep, 1995	81 out of 100	81
Game Informer Magazine	Feb, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Aug 17, 2009	16 out of 20	80
Retrogaming History	Oct 15, 2008	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Feb 14, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
Game Players	Aug, 1995	72 out of 100	72
Thunderbolt Games	Sep 30, 2011	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

Endings

There are two endings in the game, depending on whether you have saved the girl on the last stage or not.

References

The end of this game states patent pending. This refers to US Patent 6,010,405 "Videogame system for creating simulated comic book game", filed in December 1994 by Sega Enterprises Ltd, and approved in January 2000.

Soundtrack

Some versions of the original release of the game include a bonus music CD - in the US, an American Recordings sampler (featuring The Jesus and Mary Chain, Julian Cope, Love and Rockets among others), while the European version (and also the PC version in the US) features an EP with the music of the game played by an actual rock band in an early 90s grunge style. It was later sold as a regular music EP.

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