Pandemonium!

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Pandemonium!

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Crystal Dynamics (US), Sega (Europe), Bandai (Japan)

Developer: Jumpin' Jack Software

Developer(s) of original games: Toys for Bob

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-04-25^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[3]	T-13316G
US	1997-04-24^[4]		T-15914H
EU	1997-06-12^[5]		MK81090-50
DE	1997-06-12^[5]		MK81090-50
UK	1997-06-12^[5]	£39.9939.99^[5]	MK81090-50
GR	199x
PL	1997
AU	199x		FPAN04SSC

Non-Sega versions
N-Gage PlayStation Windows PC

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Pandemonium!, known as Magical Hoppers (マジカルホッパーズ) in Japan, is a 2.5D platformer released for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

Pandemonium! is a 2.5D platform game where the objective is to collect coins, jump on the heads of enemies and get to the end of the stage.

Versions

The Saturn and PlayStation versions are broadly the same, with the PlayStation offering softer lighting(because use dithering framebuffer) and the Saturn lacking some alpha transparency effects, but the Saturn version have the majority of the transparency effects. The Saturn version also has longer load times.

Full motion video clips on the Saturn are rendered at a lower resolution, with borders filling out the space.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Pandemonium!	Pandemonium!
English (US)	Pandemonium!	Pandemonium!
Japanese	マジカルホッパーズ	Magical Hoppers

Production credits

Game Production

Saturn Programming: Robert Leyland
Jumpin' Jack: Larry Berkin, Eric Wilder, Brad Van Tighem, Robert Leyland
Test: Casey Craig, Chris Bruno, Dan Miley, Doug Leslie, Billy King, Richard Krinock, Samson R. Maciel, Matt Prescott, Dave Dao, Beely Mitchell, Rolef Conlan, Karl Hagemann, Sheatiel Sarao
Saturn A/V: Steve Papoutis
Saturn SFX: Brad Van Thighem
Special Thanks: Madeline Canepa, Jeff Hall, Rich Lemarchand, Ben Szymkowiak, Andy Mitchell

Source:

Capture End credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Pandemonium!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-11: "1997-11 (1997-04-11)" (1997-03-28)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

95

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[14]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[15]

GameFan (US)

85

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[17]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

78

^[18]

Level (TR)

100

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

83

^[20]

Mega Console (IT)

NTSC-U

87

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

82

^[22]

Neo (PL)

80

^[23]

Player One (FR)

93

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[25]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[26]

Saturn Power (UK)

88

^[27]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

83

^[28]

Sega Power (GR)

88

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[32]

	80
Based on 22 reviews

Pandemonium!

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, GR
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU

Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

92,092,560

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81090-50 V1.300

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

134,235,696

1997-02-25

CD-ROM (JP)

T-13316G V1.056

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

91,916,160

CD-ROM (US)

T-15914H V1.001

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File	Type	Size	description
ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	229	About this game.
BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	63	About this game
CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	134	Copyright

References

↑ File:MagicalHoppers Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-11 (1997-04-11)" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 31
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Press release: 1997-05-15: Scorching New Saturn Games From Super-Cool Sega
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66/67 (66)
↑ Saturn Power, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 60-63 (60)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 64/65 (64)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 138 (140)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 108
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 51
↑ Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 98
↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 6: June 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 21
↑ GamePro, "August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Hyper, "September 1997" (AU; 1997-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Level, "10/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 75
↑ Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Mega Fun, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-04), page 72
↑ Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Player One, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 150
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
↑ Saturn Power, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 28
↑ Sega Power, "Ávgoustos-Septémvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 140
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:MagicalHoppers_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:MagicalHoppers Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230533.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee3.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)

[:File:SSM_JP_19970411_1997-11.pdf_p31-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-11 (1997-04-11)" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 31

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-4] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[Press_release:_1997-05-15:_Scorching_New_Saturn_Games_From_Super-Cool_Sega-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Press release: 1997-05-15: Scorching New Saturn Games From Super-Cool Sega

[:File:CVG_UK_188.pdf_p66_.2866.2F67.29-6] Computer & Video Games, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66/67 (66)

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_01.pdf_p60_.2860-63.29-7] Saturn Power, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 60-63 (60)

[:File:SSM_UK_20.pdf_p64_.2864.2F65.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 64/65 (64)

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p140_.28138.29-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 138 (140)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15_.2813.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_066.pdf_p108-11] Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 108

[:File:CVG_UK_188.pdf_p66-12] Computer & Video Games, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66

[:File:EGM_US_096.pdf_p51-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 51

[14] Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-07.pdf_p98-15] Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 98

[:File:GameFan_US_0506.pdf_p21-16] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 6: June 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:GamePro_US_107.pdf_p76-17] GamePro, "August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:Hyper_AU_047.pdf_p80-18] Hyper, "September 1997" (AU; 1997-xx-xx), page 80

[19] Level, "10/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-06.pdf_p75-20] MAN!AC, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 75

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_38.pdf_p62-21] Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-07.pdf_p72-22] Mega Fun, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-04), page 72

[:File:Neo_1_PL.pdf_p28-23] Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_076.pdf_p92-24] Player One, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-08_19970425.pdf_p150-25] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 150

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-12_19970627.pdf_p90-26] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_01.pdf_p60-27] Saturn Power, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_44.pdf_p28-28] Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 28

[29] Sega Power, "Ávgoustos-Septémvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:SSM_UK_20.pdf_p64-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p140-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 140

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-32] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

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Pandemonium!

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Extra content

References