Art Alive!

From Sonic Retro

Fast Facts on Art Alive!

Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Released in US: Jan. 1, 1991 Released in JP: March 27, 1992 Genre: Art

Art Alive! is a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mario Paint clone made in 1991. With the start of the game, you are given a blank canvas, so to speak, and it's your job to fill it in. There are various tools you can use to do the job with. There's a pencil for drawing single lines and there's even a button for drawing a circle. It's similar to MS Paint in that you just press the

button where you want the circle to start, then move the cursor over to where you want the circle to end. Now just press the

button again to confirm this circle. The

button cancels the circle, and deletes it from the screen. In addition, several stamps (like those seen in Wacky Worlds) of various Sega characters like Sonic the Hedgehog can be placed and animated throughout the picture.

With the help of emulators or a VCR, images created in Art Alive! can be saved for later viewing.

Physical Scans

US cover

JP front cover

JP back cover