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Taz-Mania came out on the Super Nintendo in 1992, developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega. It was part of that wave of early 90s platformers based on popular cartoons, a time when developers were still figuring out how to translate Saturday morning antics into something playable. You take control of the Tasmanian Devil, and the goal is to rescue your kidnapped family from a hunter named Wendell T. Wolf.

You move through levels by spinning, which lets you devour enemies and smash through obstacles. The main objective is to collect all the golden Taz statues in each stage before a timer runs out, which adds a constant pressure to the exploration. The game uses a screen by screen progression, so you clear one area before moving to the next, and there's a lives system that can make some later levels pretty punishing. It feels frantic and a little messy, like you're barely holding onto control as you tear across the screen.