Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators

Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators is a 1992 platform game developed by Virgin Games USA, originally programmed by David Perry for the Sega Genesis and eventually ported by other Virgin Games teams in Europe to the Master System, Game Gear, and Amiga. The game is based on the McDonald’s fast food chain and has a strong environmentalist message.

The game is a spiritual successor to the NES game M.C. Kids, another McDonald’s-themed game that also featured Mick and Mack as its playable characters.

Gameplay – Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators

In the single-player game, the player controls Mick or Mack through four worlds; Slime World, Mystical Forest, Toxi-town and Arctic World. Each world has several sub-stages where the character must collect a certain number of Golden Arches to advance. They are guided in their quest by Ronald McDonald, who appears at the beginning and the end of the game. The characters are armed with a Super Soaker-type gun that shoots gooey projectiles.

Development and release – Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators

During Virgin Mastertronic‘s expansion into the United States, it entered a deal with McDonald’s to publish a video game themed around its restaurants within six months. Programmer David Perry, then an employee of Probe Software, convinced Virgin with his work on The Terminator that he could quickly make a satisfactory game for the Sega Genesis. Virgin contacted Perry with a generous offer to hire him into their American development branch in Irvine, California, and granted him an apartment overlooking Laguna Beach.

1.Story Line

2. Mc Rock Part 1

3. Mc Rock Part 2

4. Techno Tune

5. Toxitown Blues