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
USA GBA photographic label AGB-BM7E-USA on the fixed gray display shell
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
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
Regional versions
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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
Archive notes
Main image shows the USA AGB-BM7E-USA label on the fixed gray GBA catalogue shell. It replaces an unrelated M&Ms Blast packaging image. Complete paper, title, rating, code and printed marks retained; no official text or artwork repainted. Source lighting and minor paper texture retained. Uniform shell colour is a display convention, not factory-colour or specimen authentication. Source photograph: https://www.ebay.com/itm/287547601911 Credit and adaptation: Source photograph: eBay seller edeals2020, listing287547601911, https://www.ebay.com/itm/287547601911 ; publicly accessible seller photograph, no Creative Commons licence claimed. Complete paper projected onto the fixed gray GBA catalogue shell; original title, code, rating and marks retained. This is a display composite, not a photograph of the offered cartridge or factory authentication. Independent layout and full-code reference: https://vgcollect.com/item/30959 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. Source photo documents this specific USA printing; it is not proof of all printings or in-game language options.
Source & provenance
External reference: investor.activision.com
Catalogued from USA GBA photographic label AGB-BM7E-USA on the fixed gray display shell.
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Reference title: Activision publisher announcement, Madagascar: Operation Penguin, November 7, 2005
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