Wally Bear and the No! Gang © 1990 American Video Entertainment
Grab your skateboard!
And don't forget your flying disc 'cause its time to play the hottest video game with the coolest character - WALLY BEAR!
Thrash bad attitudes as you cruise through five levels of intense graphics and excellent game play! You'll climb to the heights of city sky-scrapers and slosh through the depths of slimy toxic sewers. One thing is for sure, the best way to begin any adventure is to say "NO!" to drug and alcohol abuse.
Parents love this game as much as kids because Wally Bear is much more than just another video game. This game offers a positive role model kids can relate to that reinforces the values of unity, loyalty, and honesty. So join Wally in a super adventure filled with non-stop action and excitement.
High intensity graphics explode across your screen as you explore the Big City.
Finally, a game that parents will encourage their kids to play.
Positive messages tell kids about peer pressure, strangers, and the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.
After American Game Cartridges' Shockwave release, some of the programming team began to work on Wally Bear and the No! Gang. Originally titled "Wally Bear and the Just Say No Team", the name was changed after AGCI realized that the phrase "Just Say No" was copyrighted. During the development of Wally Bear, some of the development team including John Dunn and James Ferguson left to work on other projects, such as Bard's Tale IV.
Keith Rupp finished coding Wally Bear. While Keith was working on Wally Bear, his other project was put on hold. Warp Space, "an action-simulation of outer-space combat," was left unfinished.
While Keith was finishing Wally Bear, Donald Forbes and a few others were working on another rumored American Game Cartridges game titled Crossbow. The game was approximately 80% finished when it was displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Before Crossbow was finished, AGCI had run out of money. They stopped paying the employees, promising a higher rate on a contract basis if the employees stayed. Needless to say, many of the programmers got out while they could. Keith Rupp went on to form Baton Technology and many of the other programmers followed. American Video Entertainment purchased the rights to the Wally Bear game and they eventually published it.