When did Toxic Crusaders release?

Toxic Crusaders was first released on February 19, 1992.

Toxic Crusaders

Feb 19, 1992Hack and slash/Beat 'em upSega Mega Drive/Genesis Game Boy Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Toxic Crusaders — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Toxic Crusaders on?: Toxic Crusaders was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
When did Toxic Crusaders release?: Toxic Crusaders was first released on February 19, 1992.

About Toxic Crusaders

It's Clean Up Time! Only a complete and helpless nerd like Melvin Junko could be such a klutz that he would run into a vat of Grossolium 90, a terribly toxic waste by-product of the Island City Chemical Plant. Now the wimpy nerd Melvin has mutated into Toxie, a hideously deformed creature of super-human size and strength. But all is not lost, Toxie, with his newfound power, has joined forces with Major Disaster, Nozone, Headbanger, and Junkyard to form the Toxic Crusaders. No, not the ultimate heavy metal band, you moron! This motley crew is sworn to defend Tromaville and the rest of the U.S. from the polluting ways of Dr. Killemoff and his Radiation Rangers! It won't be any easy mop up operation, but with your help the Toxic Crusaders are sure to make a clean sweep of the six levels of sludge, slime, goop and grime, while washing Killemoff and his filthy friends off the face of the earth forever!

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer: Infogrames
Publisher: Sega
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction, Horror, Comedy
Series: Toxic Crusaders

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Built by	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1992	$25	$79	$219	Tose	Low

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

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$25

Complete

$79

Sealed

$219

few sales

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

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

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $1.66 in Apr 2008, $19.99 five years ago, and $25 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2009	$3.50	—
Jan 2010	$2.00	—
Jan 2011	$1.50	—
Jan 2012	$2.26	—
Jan 2013	$2.46	—
Jan 2014	$6.37	$12.95
Jan 2015	$8.80	$14.98
Jan 2016	$9.50	$19.99
Jan 2017	$9.99	$25
Jan 2018	$9.74	$28
Jan 2019	$11.51	$28
Jan 2020	$12.73	$35
Jan 2021	$14.06	$45
Jan 2022	$20	$50
Jan 2023	$20	$60
Jan 2024	$15.96	$65
Jan 2025	$27	$60
Jan 2026	$27	$73
Oct 2026	$25	$79

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	1992	1037	010086010374

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
Released: 1992
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 licensed Genesis side-scroller that costs more than most US carts.

This is the Genesis version of Toxic Crusaders, developed by Infogrames and published by Sega, and it came out in North America in 1992. It is based on the 1991 cartoon series Toxic Crusaders and Troma Entertainment's 1984 film The Toxic Avenger. The NES and Game Boy games with the same name are separate games. Frederic Mentzen composed the Genesis music.

What the press said at the time

“It's really good fun and there are heaps of neat power-ups to grab, baddies to splatter and enemy vehicles to ruthlessly Hi-jack.”
— Mean Machines Sega, February 1993