Transformers: Generation 2 (handheld game)

2024-05-01T03:23:27Z

Steelwing: small correction

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'''''Transformers: Generation 2''''' is a standalone LCD handheld game manufactured by [[Tiger Electronics]]. Based on the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|''Generation 2'' franchise]], the game was released in 1993 as one of the countless LCD games developed by Tiger during that era. A reissue of the game was released in July 2020.
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==Characters==
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* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
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* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
* [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]
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}}

==Gameplay==
''Generation 2'' features four stages of gameplay. In each one, players control [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as he drives down a desert road while being attacked by a horde of [[Decepticon]]s. The player can press the right button on the control pad while in truck mode to move further down the road; the objective is to defeat the boss within the time limit without running out of health. Optimus cannot attack while in vehicle mode; the player can press the "Transform" button to change to robot mode at any time, allowing them to jump and shoot at the Decepticons using the "Attack" button. However, Optimus cannot move forward while in robot mode and must return to vehicle mode to make further progress. Pressing the "Call" button will temporarily summon another [[Autobot]] to help attack the Decepticons: [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] on Stage 1, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] on Stage 2, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] on Stage 3, and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] on Stage 4.

A timer ticks down at the top of the screen as the stage continues; running out of time will trigger a game over. Optimus also only has a limited amount of health, up to 8 pips, which will decrease each time he is hit. Health can be restored by picking up Power Pellets on the ground. If the player defeats a certain number of Decepticons before time expires, they will engage in a battle with a Decepticon boss: [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] on Stage 1, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on Stage 2, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] on Stage 3, and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] on Stage 4. The bosses have their own health bars like Optimus; depleting their health will clear the stage and allow the player to move on. Clearing the final stage will end the game, with Optimus standing alone in robot mode, requiring the game be reset to play again.

The game features no music, with the system only capable of making rudimentary beeping sounds. Below the screen are five buttons: "Off" to deactivate the system; "Sound" to mute or unmute the game's audio; "Pause" to halt gameplay; "On/Start" to power on the system and start a new game; and "ACL" to perform a hard reset of the game if it is not functioning properly. Like all Tiger LCD games, the ACL button is mostly hidden below the casing to prevent accidental pushing, and requires the use of a thin implement like a pen or toothpick to reach.

==Notes==
*Both the game itself and its [[package art]] feature the original Generation 1 Optimus Prime package art and the Generation 2 Starscream package art. In the 2020 reissue, the colors of Starscream's wings and limbs have been updated to match his more traditional color scheme.
*The 2020 reissue of the game has relabeled the "Transform" button to "Convert", reflecting Hasbro's more recent moves away from the use of [[Transformation#"Transform" as a verb|"transform" as a verb]] to protect their [[trademark]].

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Talk:Megatron (Animated)

2024-01-03T04:07:57Z

Steelwing:

Uh, watching the 3-minute preview, It looks like at the end, Megs loses his arm in the explosion, so prowl didn't yank it. Can anyone confirm this?

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What's the source for Animated Megatron having Movie Megatron's head? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
:His artwork on the little flyer they handed out at SDCC, as well as his toy. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 22:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
::Aaaaaand now the trailer... <3<3<3 [[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Anyone notice the top view Seibertron had of his toy prototype jet mode seems to bear a more than passing resemblance to the starship Serenity from Firefly?
:Lots of people, but I don't really see it, myself. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey just to confirm, is the toy prototype his earth or cybertronian form. I'm fairly certain it's his cybertronian one, because it mathces what we saw in the trailer, head design, shoulder spike.

== Toy proto? ==

I don't know if we do unpainted test shots as part of this wiki. Not really kosher as the test shots getting out isn't exactly legal...--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 21:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
: We do not. That particular image has been deleted so many times. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, sorry. How about the officialy showed unpainted version, that were on Comic-Con?--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 18:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Personally I'd say toy protos of all stripes are not really well-suited to this wiki. Hand-painted versions such as those shown at Comic Con are fair game because in most cases we have clear photos of them and they are fairly close to what their final decos will be. However grays or test shots just aren't indicative of anything but sculpt.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 18:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Well, yeah... but we can remove them in the sec the final pictures came out, and iuntil that we can live big notes that the toys are just prototypes. OR leave a long description of the toys until pics came out. I did that once for Lockdown, but someboddy deleted it all...--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 19:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
::Officially-released photos of prototypes are allowed until we have better photos. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Hurry up already. ==

Hurry up putting new information on this f*** already! Are you going to make me do your work?
:You sound familiar. Have we met before? Anyway, we don't HAVE any information right now, the show isn't out, the toys aren't out, what do you want us to put??? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 06:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

His fucking vehicle mode! No we never met before. I'm his 5 Star superior general. That guy you thought of was 4 Stars.

Where is his vehicle mode picture?
:Neither the toy nor the animated series are out yet. Pictures are relatively scarce, and generally not good enough to include on this wiki as they are unpainted prototypes and test shots.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 00:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:Or, they're botleg images we cannot use. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
::If you wan't rumors, they say he became a Terminator-like VTOL jet in Earth mode. -[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 16:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

== Profile update ==

I don't know where you're getting this information, but it looks like you've cooked a good deal of it up on your own. What's more it's quite ''wrong'' in spots, because in this continuity Optimus Prime is ''not'' the leader of the Autobots, he's a washout from the Autobot Academy just assigned to his first command of a ''mining operation''. He probably will ''become'' a great leader, but he's nobody now. Well, nobody but an obstacle between Megatron and the Allspark.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Earth mode==

Why was his Earth form pic removed, it'll be his body for almost all his appearances?

Please show an image of him in his V-22 Ospery alterante mode or I will put him as a jet again.([[User:EDD!|EDD!]] 01:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC))

:[http://www.allspark.com/news/a-look-at-animated-megatrons-earth-alt-mode-20071123.html Here]. It was also included in the "Animated" intro video on Hasbro's website, but since then, they've edited it to remove him. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 01:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

== Image Placement ==

Anybody but me think the current image placement looks terrible? Or does everyone have way more screen real estate than me? [[User:JW|JW]] 21:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
:I think it looks pretty questionable to have Megatron's "main" picture be the body he doesn't have yet, myself....--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
: I suggest that the image of megatron punching starscream with the key to be in this article, with the caption "does anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?"--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 09:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

== Transform and rise up ==

he has only said it once... how can it be his new slogan? Gspro15198 not signed in {{unsigned|83.141.101.189|14:02, 9 April 2008}}
:My thoughts exactly. People are making this out to be a momentous occasion instead of what it is, a barb tossed at Optimus Prime.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
::Optimus had vanished. How can it be a barb. It was intended as just a throw in line. I doubt it'll be a catchphrase, but it should be noted however.[[User:GWolfv2]]
::I am just wondering, Should it be removed from the wiki until Megatron uses that line a few more time? Possibly just list it under notable quotes in the meantime? [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 14:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:::I've nothing against including it in the quotes for that episode, but yeah we shouldn't assign too much importance to it unless he actually ''does'' make it a catchphrase in future episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Confirmed on fistful of energon.
:::::I originally thought it was just a throwaway line that was gonna be used once and that's it. But as confirmed in [[A Fistful of Energon]], it seems to be a catchphrase after all.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 16:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::::::Two uses in nearly thirty episodes do not a catchphrase make. [[User:Galvanisation|Galvanisation]] 13:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

== Voyager Toy ==

Just curious but is his voyager toys fusion cannon removable from his arm?
: Only if you have a hammer! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:48, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
::Well actually it pops out of its socket really easily. But then you have "Inexplicable arm kibble hinge Megatron" for a toy until you snap it back on.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 13:58, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

== Osprey mode ==

How exactly did he obtain this, again?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 07:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

== Shadow Blade Megatron caption ==
I humble propose to change the Unicron trilogy joke into a Darkstalkers related joke. It just makes more sense to me. Please?[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 22:18, 17 November 2009 (EST)
: Oh, c'mon, haven't you heard of Morrigan?[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 00:38, 28 December 2009 (EST)
::Yeah, Morrigan's great, but what does he have to do with her at all? I don't see any sort of color similarities. If it's a fiction thing, I don't know nearly enough about the Darkstalkers backstory, so you'll have to spell it out for me a bit, I'm afraid.
::Bah, now you have me thinking about an evil loli redeco of Megatron, damn you! -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 03:30, 28 December 2009 (EST)
:::Morrigan has an attack named Shadow Blade, similar to Ryu's Shoryuken[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 18:25, 28 December 2009 (EST)
::::[http://fanoages.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/psg_7_1.jpg Consider your wish granted, Semysane.]-[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 01:09, 24 January 2011 (EST)
I have the Shadow Blade Megatron and his mouth moves when you press the button. Though he may suffer from mold fatigue, my experience with the toy indicates his mouth functions are well functional.

== Meg's disembodied head as a TM2 DB homage. ==

Is it possible that Meg's disembodied head having one normal optic and one monocle-type optic is a homage to TM2 Dinobot? That's what it reminded me of, especially in "Blast from the Past" when his monocle optic extends outward like TM2's DB's did. {{unsigned|174.55.168.168|20:03, 25 April 2011}}
: I really don't think so. That's a very common thing. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:04, 25 April 2011 (EDT)

== Super Megatron connection ==
His helmet is the spitting image of this guy's. Should it be noted somewhere? [[User:Steelwing|Steelwing]] ([[User talk:Steelwing|talk]]) 23:07, 2 January 2024 (EST)
[[File:Battlestars_super_megatron_born.jpg|thumb]]

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