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Pulseman

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Game Freak

M2

Sound driver: SMPS 68000 (modified)

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-07-22^[2]	¥7,8007,800	G-4098
JP ▼	2007-04-24^[6]	600pts600^[7]
US ▼	2009-07-13^[3]	900pts900^[3]
EU ▼	2009-07-03^[4]^[5]	900pts900^[4]
AU ▼	2009-07	900pts900^[8]

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Pulseman (パルスマン) is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed by Game Freak and published by Sega. Originally seeing a Japanese-exclusive release in July 1994, it was later brought to North America on Sega Channel in 1995, and eventually released worldwide on Nintendo Virtual Console in April 2007.

In February 2007, fan translation group M.I.J.E.T. released an English translation of the game.^[9]

Development

In development, the game was originally known as Spark.

Many of Pulseman's staff, including director Ken Sugimori and composer Junichi Masuda, would go on to produce the world-renowned Pokémon series.

Magazine articles

Main article: Pulseman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-07: "July 1994" (1994-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-08: "August 1994" (1994-07-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[10]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[12]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

68

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

69

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

81

^[15]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[16]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

81

^[17]

	69
Based on 8 reviews

Pulseman

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	138a104e
MD5	b0952bec44386411651ad944c67cf86c
SHA-1	5fd76a5f80e4684b5f9d445ddb893679985684e6

2MB

1994-05

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, AU
English translation by M.I.J.E.T. at Minimalist Jettison

References

↑ File:Pulseman MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/e08urZgh9BnSoSUqah5__X6jCdYr9Wmg (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:48)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/pulseman (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 01:48)
↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Console-virtuelle-Wii-/Pulseman--278645.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 00:26)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_pulseman/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 10:15)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19761&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:30)
↑ https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1099/
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 242
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 21
↑ Famitsu, "1994-07-29" (JP; 1994-07-15), page 1
↑ Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 56
↑ Mega Fun, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-21), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-08), page 58
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 139

Pulseman

Music: Pulseman (1994) | Pulseman e.p. (1994) | Electrace Pulseman (1994)

[:File:Pulseman_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:Pulseman MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200720095133.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20101122224833.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fdetail.2Fe08urZgh9BnSoSUqah5_X6jCdYr9Wmg-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/e08urZgh9BnSoSUqah5__X6jCdYr9Wmg (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-22 22:48)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170625014812.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fmegadrive.2Fpulseman-4] 4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/pulseman (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-25 01:48)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FV3GvQ-5] ttps://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Console-virtuelle-Wii-/Pulseman--278645.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20180306002649.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.co.jp.2Fwii.2Fvc.2Fsoftware.2F03.html-6] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 00:26)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20070427101536.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fvc.sega.jp:80.2Fvc_pulseman.2F-7] ttp://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_pulseman/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 10:15)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120403013048.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.au.2Findex.php.3Faction.3Dcatalogue.26prodcat_id.3D41.26prod_id.3D19761.26pageID.3D4-8] ttp://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19761&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:30)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.romhacking.net.2Ftranslations.2F1099.2F-9] ttps://www.romhacking.net/translations/1099/

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 242

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-08.pdf_p21-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 21

[12] Famitsu, "1994-07-29" (JP; 1994-07-15), page 1

[:File:Mega_UK_24.pdf_p56-13] Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 56

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-10.pdf_p64-14] Mega Fun, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-21), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_37.pdf_p58-15] Sega Pro, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-08), page 58

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[17] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 139

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (パルスマン), originally known as '''''Spark''''', is a platform game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It was only released on cartridge for a Japanese audience, but was available to North American consumers via the [[Sega Channel]]. The game was not sold in Europe.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (パルスマン) is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] action platform game developed by [[Game Freak]] and published by [[Sega]]. Originally seeing a Japanese-exclusive release in July 1994, it was later brought to North America on [[Sega Channel]] in 1995, and eventually released worldwide on [[Nintendo Virtual Console]] in April 2007.
-It was developed by [[Game Freak]], the development team that would later go on to produce the ''Pokémon'' series of games for Nintendo. Many of ''Pulseman<nowiki>'</nowiki>''s staff, including director Ken Sugimori and composer Junichi Masuda worked on both games.
+In February 2007, fan translation group [[M.I.J.E.T.]] released an English translation of the game.{{ref|https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1099/}}
-''Pulseman'' has since been brought to the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service, making it available to Europe for the first time. [[M.I.J.E.T.]] also made [http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/Pulseman/Pulseman.html a fan translation patch].
+==Development==
+In development, the game was originally known as '''''Spark'''''.
+Many of ''Pulseman<nowiki>'</nowiki>''s staff, including director Ken Sugimori and composer Junichi Masuda, would go on to produce the world-renowned ''Pokémon'' series.
 ==Magazine articles==
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 * Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: [http://vc.sega.jp/vc_pulseman/ Mega Drive]
 * Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/e08urZgh9BnSoSUqah5__X6jCdYr9Wmg US], [http://web.archive.org/web/20120403013048/http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19761&pageID=4 AU]
+*[http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/Pulseman/Pulseman.html English translation] by [[M.I.J.E.T.]] at [http://mijet.eludevisibility.org Minimalist Jettison]
 ==References==

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Contents

Development

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References