Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (video game)

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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

Developer(s)	THQ
Publisher(s)	THQ
Distributor(s)	GTI, Electro Source
Designer(s)	Randy Platt, Bernie Whang, Terry Lloyd, Jayne Shrigley, Brian Howarth
Platform(s)	Super NES, Sega Genesis
Release date	Genesis ^[1] ^USA August 2, 1993 SNES ^[2] ^USA September, 1993
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	VRC: GA (General Audiences)
Media	Cartridge
Input methods	controller

Released May 1, 1993, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a video game based on Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends television series. It was developed and published by THQ, distributed by GTI and Electro Source.

It was available for the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive platforms, this educational one player video game featured the classic Thomas characters in eight adventures. It included "tricky" trivia questions.

The back cover of the US version reads: "Take a trip to the Island of Sodor with Thomas, Percy, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, and other friends from the PBS hit show, SHINING TIME STATION. Eight different adventures await you, as the game lets you explore the entire island on a network of various tracks. You can even design your own custom courses for Thomas and company to travel on! In Race mode, you play as Thomas against either Percy or Bertie in a test of your quickness. Younger players will find assistance in Special mode, and Sir Topham Hatt is along to pose some tricky trivia questions to everyone throughout the game. There are plenty of video puzzles to unscramble and lots of clues to uncover throughout this friendly collection of games for the younger set."