Blue Almanac
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- For the aftermarket re-release of the game, see Star Odyssey (Super Fighter Team).
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
Publisher: Kodansha Research Institute | ||||||||||
Developer: HOT-B, Cube (audio) | ||||||||||
Genre: RPG[1][2] | ||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Blue Almanac (ブルーアルマナック) is a 1991 RPG for the Sega Mega Drive by HOT-B and the first Mega Drive game published by Kodansha Research Institute. While it was only released in Japan, a western release of the game, now retitled as Star Odyssey, was planned by Sage's Creation for release in July 1991
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[4], but the translation was cancelled for unknown reasons. Versions of Star Odyssey were reviewed by GamePro and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, complete with a MSRP of $69.99
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[5] (or $69.95
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[6]), suggesting the game was close to a US release.
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History
Two prototypes were independently discovered by drx[7] and by Brandon Cobb, head of Super Fighter Team, who subsequently acquired a license to complete the translation from HOT-B successor company Starfish (who like to revisit old properties), with intentions on releasing it on the twentieth anniversary of the original release. Despite his PR claiming that he received an "unofficial license" from Sega to distribute the game, Sega really asked him to remove their copyrights and trademarks, consequently making the translation fully unlicensed (while Blue Almanac is fully licensed).
Production credits
- Main Program: A B Y
- Sub Program: Kimihiro Endo
- Scenario: H.Okinaka
- Music: Cube Corp., Masaru Suzuki
- Graphic Design: Yukihito Morikawa, Yasuyuki Osada, Mike Yorozuya, Nc30-1004193, Tanuma Yosaku
- Special Thanks: Minoru Fujita, Hisao Yosida, Mitsuru Fujimori, Takako Iizuka, Ryo Kinoshita, Sabu Gikuni
- Director: Miyabi
- Producer: Y.Tonomura, Masahiro Tanaka
- Produced by: HOT.B Co.,Ltd., Kodansha Sohken
- Presented by: Kodansha Sohken
Magazine articles
- Main article: Blue Almanac/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[9]
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also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[10]
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also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #15: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[11]
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Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Blue Almanac/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:BlueAlmanac MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
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- ↑ File:Blue Almanac MD credits.pdf
- ↑ ', "January 1991" (; 1990-12-08), page 92
- ↑ ', "February 1991" (; 1991-01-08), page 91
- ↑ ', "April 1991" (; 1991-03-08), page 90
- ↑ ', "July 1991" (; 1991-06-08), page 57
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