Gaiares

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Gaiares
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Renovation Game (JP), Renovation Products (US)
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,4008,400 T-49013
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$69.9569.95[2] 49066

Gaiares (ガイアレス) is a 1990 shoot-'em-up by Telenet Japan released for the Sega Mega Drive in the Japan and US only, published by Renovation. The US version also came with a poster. It was one of the first games to use 8 Megabit instead of 4 Megabit cartridges, a big portion of that is used for cutscenes.

Story

In the year 3000, humans have polluted Earth to such an extent that Gulfer, a group of space pirates, plan to use the pollution to fuel weapons of mass destruction. The United Star Cluster of Leezaluth feel the only way to stop this from happening is to blow the Sun up, but allows the humans one chance to save themselves: by sending Dan Dare (Diaz in Japan) in a special ship to stop Gulfer.

Aiding Dan in a special sub-ship is the TOZ System, run by Leezaluth emissary Alexis, which can steal powers from the space pirates's own ships. Should you succeed, Leezaluth will give the humans a new planet to inhabit.

Gameplay

A changes movement speed. B shoots. C sends Alexis out straight ahead to take the weapon of the nearest enemy. You can keep taking the same type of weapon, which will increase that weapon's strength, until the type has been maxed out. Furthermore small capsules can be picked up to wipe out all enemies on screen or to install a shield that can absorb multiple enemy hits.

Some stages feature branching paths that can be selected by flying high or low on the screen.

Production credits

  • Game Design: M.Yamamoto, K.Yokota
  • Character Design: T.Iwata, K.Yokota
  • Graphic Design: K.Yokota, T.Iwata, Y.Kuzumoto
  • Program: M.Yamamoto
  • Sound: S.Ogawa (Business Support Co., Ltd.)
  • Special Thanks: K.Fukushima, Y.Fukushima, J.Fukushima, T.Fukushima, Y.Abe, T.Kinoshita, E.Kikuchi, T.Miura, T.Matsuzawa, A.Suzuki, Y.Shimizu, K.Ohta, Y.Yamauchi, T.Umezu
  • (C) Telenet Japan 1990
  • (C) Renovation Products 1990
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Gaiares/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • Gaiares MD US PrintAdvert 2.jpg

    US print advert 2

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #20: "March 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mega Play (US) #4: "May/June 1991" (1991-0x-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
91
100 №20, p62[2]
79 №14, p124
84 №2, p40/41/42/43[8]
78
89 №15, p60/61
84 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 86
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[9]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[10]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
91
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
88
[1]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[12]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
60
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[2]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[14]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
79
[15]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[16]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
90
[17]
MegaTech (UK)
83
[18]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
84
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
84
[19]
Player One (FR)
89
[20]
Power Play (DE)
78
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
84
[22]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
69
[23]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[24]
User (GR) NTSC
70
[25]
Video Games (DE)
76
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
21 reviews

Gaiares

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Gaiares md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Gaiares md jp manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 5d8bf68b
MD5 47e140ae1e70984e6cd638e6e8f8485f
SHA-1 f62e8be872dc116c4cc331c50ae63a63f013eb58
1MB 1990-12 Cartridge (US/JP)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:EGM US 020.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 020.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:GamePro US 020.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 020.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ GamePro, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 77
  4. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 33
  5. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 5 May 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 25
  6. ↑ Sega Visions, "April/May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 33
  7. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 7 July 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 21
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:MegaTech UK 02.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 02.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 83
  10. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 36
  11. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Aprile 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 46
  12. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 316
  13. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1
  14. ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 43
  15. ↑ Joystick, "Mars 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 124
  16. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
  17. ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1991" (US; 1991-04-xx), page 42
  18. ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
  19. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  20. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 60
  21. ↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 128
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  23. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  24. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
  25. ↑ User, "Mártios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 83
  26. ↑ Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 84
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