Tanglewood (2018 video game)

Tanglewood is a platformer video game developed and published by Big Evil Corporation for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The game was crowdfunded through Kickstarter and was released on 14 August 2018, with emulated versions available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.[1][2] A Dreamcast port is also planned.[3]

Tanglewood
Developer(s)Big Evil Corporation
Publisher(s)Big Evil Corporation
Designer(s)Matt Phillips
Programmer(s)Matt Phillips
Artist(s)Armen Mardirossian
Matthew Weekes
Simon Butler
Composer(s)Nathan 'freezedream' Stanley
Platform(s)Mega Drive, Windows, macOS, Linux, Dreamcast, Evercade
Release
  • WW: 14 August 2018
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot

Development

Tanglewood was programmed in 68000 assembly language using original Sega development tools and processes from the 1990s.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

The game was released on physical carts that can be played on Mega Drive systems.[4]

Reception
Tanglewood
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticPC: 79/100 (6 reviews)[10]
Review score
PublicationScore
Retro Gamer79%[11]
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References
  1. "TANGLEWOOD: An original game for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive". Kickstarter. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. "TANGLEWOOD® on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. Charnock, Tom. "Tanglewood Dreamcast Port Still On Track". Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. "A new Sega Mega Drive game is coming out this month". Eurogamer.net.
  5. "An Interview with Matt Phillips: Creator of Tanglewood, A Brand New Sega Genesis Physical Release – GamingRebellion". www.gamingrebellion.com.
  6. "Sega-16 – Interview: Matt Phillips (Tanglewood Game Developer)". www.sega-16.com.
  7. "Interview: Matt Phillips, Tanglewood Developer | Retro Gamer".
  8. Gach, Ethan. "Making A New Game For The Original Sega Genesis Isn't Easy". Kotaku.
  9. "This Guy Is Making an All-New Sega Genesis Game the 90s Way". Motherboard. 14 November 2016.
  10. "Tanglewood for PC Reviews". Metacritic.
  11. Thorpe, Nick (September 2018). "Retrorated: Tanglewood". Retro Gamer (186): 98–99. ISSN 1742-3155.
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