M.C. Kids

Developer	Virgin Games (original) Virgin Games (NES) Arc (Amiga, Atari ST, & PC conversions) Miracle Games (Commodore 64 conversion) Visual Concepts (Game Boy conversion)
Publisher	Virgin Games 🇪🇺 Ocean Software
Platforms	Nintendo Entertainment System (original) Amiga • Commodore C64/128/MAX • Game Boy • Atari ST/STE • DOS
Date	February 1992 (original) NES 🇺🇸 February 1992 🇪🇺 1993 DOS 🇺🇸 February 1992 🇪🇺 1993 Game Boy/Commodore 64/Amiga 🇪🇺 1992 Atari ST 🇪🇺 1993
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M.C. Kids is a platform game originally released for the NES in 1992, based on the McDonaldland setting and characters used (at the time) by McDonald's to market its food to children.

NES version

History

Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games
🇺🇸 September 1991

Coverage of the game's announcement at CES 1991

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• "Programming M.C. Kids" (designers Gregg Iz-Tavares and Dan Chang write about programming the game; originally published after its release in 1992)
• "M.C Kids" (sic; Gregg Iz-Tavares discusses the game's history from his point of view; May 21, 1997)

Previews

GamePro
🇺🇸 September 1991

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Features

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 March 1992

Strategy guide

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Game Players Nintendo Guide
🇺🇸 Winter 1992/1993

Excerpt from a parent's guide section

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Reader submissions

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
🇺🇸 May 1993

A reader asks for help finding a hidden card

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Advertising

Print ad
🇺🇸 1992

Taken from Game Players Nintendo Guide volume 5 issue 3 (dated March 1992)

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Print ad
🇺🇸 1992

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Interviews

• Atari HQ interviews designer Gregg Iz-Tavares on various topics, including M.C. Kids

Reviews

GamePro
🇺🇸 January 1992

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Total!
🇬🇧 January 1993

Uses the game's European title (McDonaldland)

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N-Force
🇬🇧 April 1993

Uses the game's European title (McDonaldland)

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Miscellaneous

• "M.C. Mario" (designer Gregg Iz-Tavares briefly discusses a bootleg hack of the game; August 14, 2003)