Madagascar: Operation Penguin
Guide Private, the penguin from Madagascar, through a side-scrolling zoo escape and a journey toward Antarctica and Madagascar. Use improvised spy gadgets to tackle 18 mission-based chapters.
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Provenance
investor.activision.com
European GBA photo label AGB-BM7Y-EUU on the fixed gray display shell
Specification — PAL
- Platform
- Game Boy Advance
- Region
- Europe & Australia — PAL
- Release year
- 2005
- Developer
- Vicarious Visions
- Publisher
- Activision
- Entry type
- Official release
- Archive code
- AGB-BM7Y-EUU
Specification — NTSC
- Platform
- Game Boy Advance
- Region
- NTSC
- Release year
- 2005
- Developer
- Vicarious Visions
- Publisher
- Activision
- Language
- English
- Entry type
- Official release
- Archive code
- AGB-BM7E-USA
Regional versions
This title has 2 regional records. Open a regional record to compare its complete information and artwork. Label design, language and hardware compatibility require release-specific verification; a title-card placeholder is not evidence of a physical cartridge label.
About this game
Based on the penguins from the Madagascar film, this adventure follows Private as he escapes the zoo and travels toward Antarctica and Madagascar. Explore side-scrolling stages, fight enemies, gather useful equipment and scout hazards across 18 mission-based chapters. Improvised tools include a drinks-bottle jetpack and a food-wrapper parachute, while close-range karate attacks help Private deal with opponents. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria also appear in dedicated stages.
Also known as: Madagascar: Operation Pingouins; Madagascar: Operation Pinguin; Madagascar: Operación Pingüino
Region notes
The pictured European printing is AGB-BM7Y-EUU. GBHWDB lists this source as Europe (It,Nl); its photograph verifies the physical label, not the software languages. Legacy English-only metadata is not substantiated and has been cleared pending edition-specific evidence. The US publisher announcement supports the game description; its date is not treated as the European launch date.
Archive notes
Main image shows the verified European AGB-BM7Y-EUU physical label on the fixed gray GBA catalogue display shell. It replaces an unrelated game packaging image. Full original label artwork and printed marks are retained; no official artwork or code was repainted. The gray shell is the site display convention, not a claim about factory cartridge colour. Source photograph and attribution: Photo: ikk5; Game Boy hardware database by Gekkio and contributors; https://gbhwdb.gekkio.fi/cartridges/AGB-BM7Y-0/ikk5-1.html; CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted by native perspective projection and source paper contour clipping. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ This image documents the specific printing shown. It does not verify the in-game languages or every national printing; legacy language metadata remains pending separate source review. Game background and gameplay paraphrased from the original Activision publisher announcement (November 7, 2005): https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activisions-madagascartm-operation-penguin-marches-retail-stores . This US announcement is not proof of the Europe release date or this printing's localisation.
Source & provenance
External reference: investor.activision.com
Catalogued from European GBA photo label AGB-BM7Y-EUU on the fixed gray display shell.
Data is community-sourced and may contain errors. Unverified fields are simply omitted rather than guessed.
Reference title: Activision publisher announcement, Madagascar: Operation Penguin, November 7, 2005
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