Thomas the Tank Engine (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game)
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Added by TEngineThomas the Tank Engine was a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive video game developed by Malibu Interactive and THQ Software in 1993. Players could pick between five engines: Thomas, Toby, Duck, James, and Percy. They could also colour in the trains and give the engineer a name. It had three different skill levels for three levels; Game, Race, and Explore
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Music
The original Thomas title music is played at the title screen. This game featured music from Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3. Various sound effects include a whistle, puffing, breaking, different tones of a selection 'ding', a 'fill' effect while colouring the engines.
All text is spoken by a male voice.
Starting the Game
The player must pick an engine from Thomas, Toby, Duck, James, or Percy. The player can start straight away with Thomas, or colour-in the engines. In the colouring-in, they can choose what colour their engineer's clothes are by colouring them in in the picture, as shown in James' screen shot below.
There is an opportunity to name the engineer after the player's own name, or pick from some of the names provided. Some of these include: Amy, Bill, Carlos, Dan, Elizabeth, Jasmine, Kevin, Laura, Maria, Sam, and Tim.
You must also select a skill level of Easy, Medium or Hard.
Levels
Game
To find the correct rolling stock and take them to the designated station. Once complete, the Fat Controller will make a comment on speed and memory, and a score will be tallied.
Rolling stock include, mine trucks (Troublesome Trucks), log trucks, gravel trucks, Annie and/or Clarabel, and trucks having a shape of varying quantity or colour.
Stations include Cronk, Barrow, Crewe, Knapford and Dryaw.
Race
To get the finish before the other engine
Explore
The chance to explore the maps from 'Game' without a timer.
Goofs
- Crewe is named as one of the stations on Sodor, yet it is not a part of the island.