| Wally Bear and the NO! Gang | |
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Box art of Wally Bear and the NO! Gang |
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| Developer(s) | American Game Cartridges |
| Publisher(s) | AVE[1][2] |
| Platform(s) | NES[2] |
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| Genre(s) | Side-scroller |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | NES cartridge (Physical) |
Wally Bear and the NO! Gang is an educational Nintendo Entertainment System game that was released in 1992 exclusively for a North American audience.
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This video game teaches children to say no to potentially harmful drugs like tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. It is notable for being one of the many NES games that were not licensed by Nintendo, most likely because the game's content did not comply with Nintendo's Content Guidelines that were in effect at the time of the game's release. The game was designed in cooperation with the American Medical Association and the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information[3]. Like in most early platform games, even getting hit once meant losing a "chance" to beat the game.
The game was originally going to be called Wally Bear and the Just Say No Gang, but this phrase had been trademarked by Nancy Reagan. The Wally Bear Hotline provided by this game, 1-800-HI-WALLY, was still active as of 2006. However, it was disconnected by October 2007, 15 years after the game was released.[4]
The American video game review magazine GamePro gave Wally Bear a 5 out of 5 rating in its May 1992 issue.[5] Meanwhile, GameCola.net gave this game rating of 2.5 out of 10 in its March 2008 update of their web site.[5]