Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a puzzle game for the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System. It is similar to its 16-bit counterpart for the Sega Mega Drive, but contains an additional Puzzle Mode that is not present in the Mega Drive version. This version was included as an unlockable game in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, and later as a default game in the compilation Sonic Mega Collection Plus (which itself featured in later compilations).
For information on the storyline and gameplay common to both versions of the game, see the article about the 16-bit version.
Gameplay
Scenario Mode
This is the game's story mode, in which Has Bean must "Battle Robotnik's ranks of robot flunkies in order to save Beanville!" The player competes against computer-controlled characters in 13 stages. Most of these characters are also found in the pilot and 1st episode of the show, and each one is based on a corresponding character from the original Puyo Puyo game. The pilot even has a scene that looks striking similar to the continue screen in this game.
List of opponents
Puzzle Mode
Compile took the puzzle mode from Nazo Puyo, released a few months earlier, and added them to this version of Mean Bean Machine. The Puzzle Mode unique to this version requires the player to solve increasingly difficult puzzle challenges.
Lesson
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Objective
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Password
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1
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Eliminate all red beans.
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N/A
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2
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Eliminate 10 beans at a time.
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3
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Eliminate all red beans.
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4
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Eliminate 3 waves of beans.
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5
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Let 10 pairs drop in.
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6
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Eliminate 11 beans at a time.
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7
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Eliminate 4 waves of beans.
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8
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Eliminate all beans.
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9
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Eliminate all blue beans.
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10
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Eliminate all beans.
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11
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Eliminate 5 waves of beans.
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12
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Eliminate all beans.
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13
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Eliminate 4 waves of beans.
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14
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Eliminate refugee beans.
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15
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Eliminate 5 waves of beans.
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16
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Eliminate 9 beans at a time.
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17
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Eliminate 4 waves of beans.
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18
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Eliminate 5 waves of beans.
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19
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Eliminate all red beans.
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20
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Eliminate all beans.
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21
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Eliminate 18 waves of beans.
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22
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Eliminate all red beans.
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23
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Eliminate all red beans.
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24
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Eliminate 11 waves of beans.
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25
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Eliminate 18 beans at a time.
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26
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Eliminate 18 beans at a time.
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27
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Eliminate all blue beans.
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28
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Eliminate 5 waves of beans.
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29
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Eliminate 5 waves of beans.
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30
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Eliminate 7 waves of beans.
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Ending
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N/A
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Versions
Comparisons
Also released on
Production credits
Manuals
Magazine articles
Promotional material
Physical scans
Game Gear version
Game Gear, US
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Cart
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Game Gear, EU
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Cart
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Game Gear, PT
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Cover
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Master System version
Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Master System, AU
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Cover
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Cart
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Master System, BR
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Cover
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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Hash |
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Build Date |
Source |
Comments |
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✔
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CRC32
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3c2d4f48
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MD5
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6565ddcb2e41bf9ce5771a62d30aa700
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SHA-1
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c36bda8a86994d430506b196922ec1365622e560
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256kB
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Cartridge (US/EU)
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✔
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CRC32
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6c696221
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MD5
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03d03f1e816d137fe6a1f5fe45fee82d
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SHA-1
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89df035da8de68517f82bdf176d3b3f2edcd9e31
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256kB
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Cartridge (EU)
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External links
- Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK
References