Toxic Crusaders (1992 video game) explained

Toxic Crusaders
Developer:TOSE (NES)
Realtime Associates (Game Boy)
Infogrames (Genesis)
Publisher:Bandai (NES, Game Boy)
Sega (Genesis)
Composer:NES
Shinji Amagishi
Game Boy
David Hayes
David Warhol
Genesis
Frederic Mentzen
Platforms:Game Boy, NES, Genesis
Genre:Beat 'em up, platform, shoot 'em up
Modes:Single-player

Toxic Crusaders refers to three separate side-scrolling video games released in 1992 which are all based on the American cartoon series Toxic Crusaders (1991) and Troma Entertainment's 1984 film The Toxic Avenger. The Nintendo Entertainment System version was developed by TOSE, the Game Boy version by Realtime Associates, and the Genesis/Mega Drive version by Infogrames. A Super NES version was planned by Bandai, but it was not released.[1]

A new Toxic Crusaders game was scheduled for release in 2023, but as of summer 2024 it has not been released.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toxic Crusaders [SNES – Cancelled] - Unseen64]. 2009-09-28. Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. 2016-06-23.
  2. Web site: Side-scrolling beat 'em up Toxic Crusaders announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Sal. Romano. Gematsu. March 15, 2023. April 10, 2023.