Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad

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This article is about the Amiga game. For the console game, see Mr. Nutz

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad
Front cover of Mr. Nutz Hoppin' Mad
Developer(s)	Neon Studios, Kaiko
Publisher(s)	Ocean
Platform(s)	Amiga 500, Amiga 600
Release date	1994
Genre(s)	Side-scrolling, 2D platform
Mode(s)	1 player
Media	3 floppy disks
System requirements	1Mb of RAM
Input methods	Joystick

Screen shot of Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad gameplay on one of the early levels

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad is a side scrolling, 2D platformer video game published by Ocean Software for the Amiga and first released in 1994.

The player controls the one player character, Mr. Nutz who is an Anthropomorphic red squirrel wearing shoes, gloves and a cap. The game shares similarities with other platformers of the same time, jumping is the main technique used in the game to navigate platforms and defeat or avoid most enemies.

[edit] Development

The game started out as Timet: the Flying Squirrel by a company named Kaiko but was sold before being released. The player character sprite was a slimmer flying squirrel, which was changed to a fluffier red squirrel but some of the level and enemy design remained. Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad was developed by Neon Studios and published by Ocean for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 600 in 1994.

Ocean also released a game on multiple consoles under the shorter name of Mr. Nutz, it featured the same titular character but with more attacking abilities, different levels, enemies and story and the absence of a map.