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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
System(s): GameCube, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Supporting companies: Nintendo GameCube Wave Master (audio)
Peripherals supported: Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable
Genre: Platform
Number of players: 1-4
Official in-game languages: EnglishFrançaisDeutschEspañolItaliano日本語
Release Date RRP Code Nintendo GameCube JP 2003-10-09[7] ¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)[7] DOL-P-GEGJDOL-GEGJ-JPN CERO: Free Nintendo GameCube JP (Okaidoku-ban) 2004-11-18[7] ¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)[7] DOL-P-GEGJDOL-GEGJ-JPN-1 CERO: Free Nintendo GameCube US 2003-09-23[6] $39.9539.95[6] DOL-P-GEZEDOL-GEZE-USA ESRB: Everyone Nintendo GameCube DE 2003-10-31[4] DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-NOE USK: 0 Nintendo GameCube ES 2003-10-31[5] DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-ESP PEGI: 3+ Nintendo GameCube FR 2003-10-31[3] DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-FRA PEGI: 3+ Nintendo GameCube FR (Player's Choice) 2004-10-22 DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-FRA PEGI: 3+ Nintendo GameCube UK 2003-10-31[1] DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-UKV PEGI: 3+ Nintendo GameCube UK (Player's Choice) 2005-08-22[2] DOL-P-GEZPDOL-GEZP-UKV PEGI: 3+ Nintendo GameCube AU 2003-11-14[8] OFLC: G Windows PC DE 2006-05-31 SEGA-PC034-GEINL-S034-GE USK: 0 Windows PC ES 2006-05-31 SEGA-PC034-SPINL-S034-SP PEGI: 3+ Windows PC FR 2006 SEGA-PC034-FRINL-S034-FR PEGI: 3+ Windows PC FR (Hits Collection) 2007 BYH3854AFBYH8AF-W8P PEGI: 3+ Windows PC UK 2006-05-31 SEGA-PC034-UKINL-S034-UK PEGI: 3+ Windows PC IT 2006-05-31 SEGA-PC034-ITINL-S034-IT PEGI: 3+ Windows PC RU 2006-04-19[9] SEGA-PC034-UKINL-S034-UK PEGI: 3+ Windows PC ZA 2006-04-07[10] R 199.99199.99[10]

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg , known as Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken (ジャイアント エッグ ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～) in Japan, is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube that was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA on 23 September 2003 in North America.[6]

Contents

Story

Morning Land is a peaceful realm inhabited by chickens. One day, a terrible fate befell the land. Black Crows empowered by a mysterious magic appeared as ferocious monsters bent on keeping the world in eternal night. The Chicken Elders whose voices bring dawn each day were captured and sealed within golden eggs. Without their morning cries, the world will remain engulfed in darkness and human hearts will be consumed by evil. Now, only young Billy Hatcher and his friends can defeat the Crows, release the elders and return morning to the world.

Gameplay

Stages

Notavailable.svg Forest Village
Mission 1: Save Chicken Elder Oma-Oma Mission 2: Defeat Era GeckoContains boss fight against Era Gecko Mission 3: Secret little forest hut Mission 4: Traveling Mini Game Salesman Mission 5: Secret inside the waterfall Mission 6: Secret of the Windmill Mission 7: Save the 8 Chickens Mission 8: Defeat 100 Crows
Notavailable.svg Pirates Island
Mission 1: Save Chicken Elder Uri-Uri Mission 2: Hurry to the Pirates ShipContains boss fight against Captain Glur Mission 3: Race against King Clippen Mission 4: Save Rolly Mission 5: Treasure in the Captain's RoomMission 6: Defeat 100 Crows Mission 7: Chick and the Game Salesman Mission 8: Save the 8 Chickens
Notavailable.svg Dino Mountain
Mission 1: Save Chicken Elder Ura-Ura Mission 2: Defeat the 3 Bone DragonsContains boss fight against Topo Mission 3: Defeat 100 Crows Mission 4: Chick has been kidnapped Mission 5: Save the 8 ChickensMission 6: The Traveling Game Salesman Mission 7: Battle Race! Champion Runny Mission 8: To the mountaintop
Notavailable.svg Blizzard Castle
Mission 1: Save Chicken Elder Ponee Mission 2: Secret of Ice CastleContains boss fight against Moles Mission 3: After the blizzard... Mission 4: Save Bantam Mission 5: Save the 8 Chickens Mission 6: Race against Queen Rabbish Mission 7: Makin' money with mini games Mission 8: Defeat 100 Crows
Notavailable.svg Circus Park
Mission 1: Save Chicken Elder Allani Mission 2: Secret of the Fun HouseContains boss fight against Saltim Mission 3: The clock stands still... Mission 4: The Caged Crow and the Emblem Mission 5: Fireworks party Mission 6: Save the 8 Chickens Mission 7: Defeat 100 Crows Mission 8: Win a prize from the Game Man
Notavailable.svg Sand Ruin
Mission 1: The Secret of the Giant Egg Mission 2: Defeat Dark CorvoContains boss fight against Dark Corvo Mission 3: Open the Rainbow Gate Mission 4: Even more mini games Mission 5: Save the 8 Chickens Mission 6: Sand Ruins under attack Mission 7: Emblem atop the pillar Mission 8: Race against King Biboo
Notavailable.svg Giant Palace
Mission 1: Showdown with Dark Raven Contains boss fight against Dark Raven Mission 2: Deep inside the temple... Mission 3: Roll down the long slope Mission 4: Death match! Get the Crows Mission 5: Save the 8 Chickens Mission 6: Climb up the hill Mission 7: What's the Game Man doing here? Mission 8: Last battle! Crow army

Minigames

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NiGHTSScoreAttack GBA Title.png NiGHTS Score Attack
BillyHatcherHyperShoot GBA Title.png Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot
PuyoPopEndlessVersion GBA Title.png Puyo Pop Endless Version

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language Localised Name English Translation
English Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
English (US) Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Japanese ジャイアント エッグ ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～ Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken

Production credits

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

BillyHatcher GC UK InfoSheet.pdf

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UK info sheet

BillyHatcher GC UK InfoSheet.pdf

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GameCube JP TV advert

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GameCube US TV advert

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #181: "October 2003" (2003-09-02)

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Physical scans

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Cube (UK) PAL 70 [12] Edge (UK) PAL 70 [13] Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 78 [14] GameNOW (US) NTSC-U 83 [15] Game Play 128 (FR) PAL 88 [16] GamePro (US) NTSC-U 75 [17] GMR (US) NTSC-U 80 [18] NGC Magazine (UK) NTSC-U 86 [19] Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL 82 [20] Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U 90 [21] N-Zone (DE) PAL 76 [22] The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) PAL 85 [23]
Nintendo GameCube 80
Based on12 reviews

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

GameCube, US
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GameCube, JP
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GameCube, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
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GameCube, UK
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GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
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GameCube, FR
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GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
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GameCube, DE
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GameCube, ES
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GameCube, AU
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PC version

PC, UK
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PC, DE
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PC, ES
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PC, IT
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Technical information

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Technical information.

ROM dump status

| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------- | --------- | -------- | | | | | Nintendo GameCube ✔ | CRC32 894ddff0 MD5 bc8af5c06a3bff09351f7cb16724ffce SHA-1 de0a702c6e542b84be3be4f73164e6c0e0d7a844 | 1,459,978,240 | | Disc (US) | | | | | | Nintendo GameCube ✔ | CRC32 ca8761d7 MD5 cba94226817049a859c0246c69f8703f SHA-1 d81ec14313a99164674d792b4d1abc1de2860ede | 1,459,978,240 | | Disc (EU) | | | | | | Nintendo GameCube ? | CRC32 55ad7de7 MD5 6b9169da201664446d6634bc24b908b2 SHA-1 0f0c9f900d0c45141d1450725366ffd2faf2a899 | 1,459,978,240 | | Disc (JP) | | | | |

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Hatcher-Players-Choice-GameCube/dp/B000ANUHD2/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-17 23:15)
  3. ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  5. ↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 [Press release: 2003-09-23: SEGA ROLLS OUT "BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG™" FROM THE CREATOR OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™](/Press%5Frelease:%5F2003-09-23:%5FSEGA%5FROLLS%5FOUT%5F%22BILLY%5FHATCHER%5FAND%5FTHE%5FGIANT%5FEGG%E2%84%A2%22%5FFROM%5FTHE%5FCREATOR%5FOF%5FSONIC%5FTHE%5FHEDGEHOG%E2%84%A2 "Press release: 2003-09-23: SEGA ROLLS OUT "BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG™" FROM THE CREATOR OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™")
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 http://sega.jp/gc/giantegg/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-12-10 14:51)
  8. ↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/games/index.php?action=search&platform=GCN&releasedate=comingsoon (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-10 17:51)
  9. ↑ https://dist.1c.ru/news/novinki_billy_hatcher_and_the_giant_egg_priklyucheniya_502/?sphrase_id=13128
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.wwe.co.za/releaseschedule.aspx?catid=1 (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-02 12:10)
  11. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 46
  12. ↑ Cube, "Issue Twenty Six" (UK; 2003-11-20), page 66
  13. ↑ Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88
  14. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160
  15. ↑ GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50
  16. ↑ Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40
  17. ↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107
  18. ↑ GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73
  19. ↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78
  20. ↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94
  21. ↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150
  22. ↑ N-Zone, "12/03" (DE; 2003-11-05), page 54
  23. ↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 124
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