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IGDB / 14719

Mad TV

1991 84 / 100 Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy
Mad TV is a television station management simulation computer game produced in 1991 by Rainbow Arts. It is loosely based on Mad Magazine, and the game's introduction animation features the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, smiling on a television. The game puts the player in the role of a new program director for a TV station. The player is in charge of selecting programming and earning advertising for the station Show full summary

Mad TV is a television station management simulation computer game produced in 1991 by Rainbow Arts. It is loosely based on Mad Magazine, and the game's introduction animation features the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, smiling on a television. The game puts the player in the role of a new program director for a TV station. The player is in charge of selecting programming and earning advertising for the station, while simultaneously trying to marry Betty, an attractive woman working in the building.

World design Open World ExperienceCinematic StructureSandbox GameplayRole-playing

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Mad TV is a television station management simulation computer game produced in 1991 by Rainbow Arts. It is loosely based on Mad Magazine, and the game's introduction animation features the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, smiling on a television. The game puts the player in the role of a new program director for a TV station. The player is in charge of selecting programming and earning advertising for the station, while simultaneously trying to marry Betty, an attractive woman working in the building.

ExperienceCinematic StructureSandbox GameplayRole-playing GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreSimulator GenreStrategy ThemeBusiness ThemeComedy ThemeSandbox Traitbased on - tv show Traitbusiness simulation Traitchoose your own adventure Traitcomic book cutscene Traitfake in-game advertising Traitinteractive movie Traitmanagement Traitmicromanagement Traitquick-time events Traitshareware Traitspy Traitunofficial

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Rainbow Arts
Publisher
Rainbow Arts
Franchise
Mad TV
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Business, Comedy, Sandbox
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • DOS Dec 01, 1991
  • Amiga Dec 01, 1991

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