When did Mr. Nutz release?

Mr. Nutz was first released on August 1, 1994.

Mr. Nutz

Aug 1, 1994PlatformPuzzleSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Game Boy Advance Super Famicom Game Boy

Mr. Nutz — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Mr. Nutz on?: Mr. Nutz was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color.
When did Mr. Nutz release?: Mr. Nutz was first released on August 1, 1994.

About Mr. Nutz

You are the cool squirrel of the title, and you must defeat the evil Yeti before he freezes the entire world. Your quest will make you explore many areas such as a forest, a witch's cottage, a volcano, the clouds, a circus... Mr. Nutz is a platform game, in which Nutz must jump on enemies to kill them. His tail can also be controlled. You move through levels using ledges, ladders, bridges and platforms. There are some simple puzzles involving object manipulation.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Developer: DreamOn Studio
Publisher: Atari Europe
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

60/100

from 13 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1995	$26	$86	—	11 reviews	Low

Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Game Boy Advance · Super Famicom · Game Boy · Game Boy Color. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$26

Complete

$86

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: about 6 times a year
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $18.63 in Apr 2018, $41 five years ago, and $26 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2019	$14.93	$35
Jan 2020	$26	$34
Jan 2021	$27	$38
Jan 2022	$40	$56
Jan 2023	$45	$53
Jan 2024	$30	$57
Jan 2025	$38	$65
Jan 2026	$28	$75
Oct 2026	$26	$86

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Known board
North America	1995	—	—
Europe / PAL	November 1994	T-164016	171-5978BA

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1995
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A cartoon platformer in the Sonic mold, worth looking for as a European cart.

Mr. Nutz is a platform game from Ocean Software in which an anthropomorphic red squirrel throws nuts at enemies to stop a yeti, Mr. Blizzard, from freezing the world. The Genesis / Mega Drive version was Ocean's first Sega game, released in Europe in November 1994, and Matt Furniss composed its music. It reached North America only through the Sega Channel download service and was not released on a US cartridge.

The Mega Drive conversion took six months, compared with eighteen months for the Super NES original.

What the press said at the time

Consoles +		92%
Hyper		75/100
Jeuxvideo.com		13/20
Mega Fun		75%
Player One		94%
Superjuegos		90/100
Video Games		69%
Gamers		2-
Mega Console		86/100
Supersonic		93%
TodoSega		86%

“Mr Nutz comes across more o an experiment of what the machine can do, but if s a pretty slick piece of work, both in presentation and gameplay terms.”
— Sega Magazine, December 1994

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Genesis version.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

Unlike the original Super NES release, the Genesis version shows passwords when the player reaches certain levels.

Also on other platforms

Super NES · Game Boy · Game Boy Color · Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance. The 2001 Game Boy Advance remake restores levels cut from the final game, such as a water stage, as bonus levels.
Super NES. The Super NES version came first, in late 1993 in Europe and 1994 in North America and Japan.

How the other versions reviewed

Super NES	AllGame	3.5/5
Super NES	Aktueller Software Markt	10/12
Game Boy Color	Consoles +	87%
Game Boy Color	Computer and Video Games	2/5
Super NES	Computer and Video Games	84/100
Super NES	GamePro	3.25/5
Super NES	GameZone	63/100
Game Boy Color	IGN	7/10
Game Boy	Jeuxvideo.com	14/20
Super NES	Jeuxvideo.com	13/20
Game Boy	Mega Fun	75%
Super NES	Mega Fun	77%
Super NES	Nintendo Power	3.3/5
Game Boy Color	Superjuegos	91/100
Super NES	Superjuegos	93/100
Super NES	Sega Power	86%
Game Boy Color	Total!	70%
Super NES	Total!	84%
Game Boy	Video Games	68%
Game Boy Color	Video Games	4/5
Super NES	Video Games	68%
Game Boy Color	Game Boy Color Mania	8/10
Game Boy	GB Action	87%
Super NES	SNES N-Force	90%
Game Boy	Total! (DE)	2+
Super NES	Total! (DE)	1-

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Before you buy

There is no US cartridge to buy, so the European cart is the one to look for. Any US-style cartridge of the game is a modern reproduction or homebrew cart. Among games with no US cartridge it sits below the middle. A complete copy means the case, cartridge and manual.