Red Zone

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Red Zone
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Time Warner Interactive
Developer:
Sound driver: Zyrinx/Jesper Kyd
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-48376
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-48376-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		HIC-95001

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Red Zone, known as Hardwired during development, is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Zyrinx.

It is noteworthy for achieving sprite rotations, 3D vectors and full motion video; things that were often considered impossible to do on Mega Drive hardware. No additional hardware (such as an extra chip in Virtua Racing is used. The game proudly announces this technical achievement before the title screen.

Zyrinx were previously responsible for Sub-Terrania, and the two games share similar graphics and logos. The soundtrack was again composed by Jesper Kyd.

Gameplay

The player controls an AH-64B Apache helicopter in an attempt to stop the dictator Madman Ivan Retovitz from taking over the world. The helicopter has both a normal gun (fired with A) and a variety of weapons (fired with B and switched between with C) that target a crosshair that is at a fixed distance from the front of the helicopter, which can be steered with the D-pad.

Around half of the game consists of flight missions.

Armor, weaponry and fuel need to be replenished by picking up items (marked with letters on the games map, accessible via the  START  button.

There are also on-foot missions, with three selectable soldiers. In this mode, the game also uses a lot technical tricks to simulate a 3D environment similar to e.g. Loaded on Sega Saturn. A defeated character is permanently dead.

Overall the game is rather puzzle oriented. Strict ammo limits and low health as well as limited fuel require a well planed approach.

A password system is used to record progress. The game has no score system.

Production credits

  • Code: David Guldbrandsen, Karsten Hvidberg, Jens Bo Albretsen
  • Graphics': Mikael Balle, Jesper Vorsholt Jørgensen
  • Music: Jesper Kyd
  • Additional Code: Thomas Risager (Guz)
  • Character Animation: Dan Harder
  • Acting & Math Support: Haissam Badawi


Magazine articles

Main article: Red Zone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
93 №156, p60[2]
68 №65, p44[3]
80 №0712, p140[4]
68 №66, p48[5]
72 №8, p15
86 №37, p55[6]
92 №27, p52-53
76 №1/95, p34[7]
90 №1, p105[8]
92 №25, p66-69[9]
60 №2, p101[10]
90 №48, p126-127
76 №2/95, p108/110[11]
94 №10, p96-97
78 №61, p76
84 №12/94, p95[12]
70 №71, p80[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 81
Based on
17 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[14]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[15]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
78
[16]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
93
[2]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[18]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[19]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
60
[20]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
68
[5]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[21]
Joypad (FR)
86
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
74
[22]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[23]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[7]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
75
[24]
Micromanía (tercera época) (ES)
90
[8]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
90
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
92
[9]
Next Generation (US)
50
[10]
Player One (FR)
90
[26]
Play Time (DE) PAL
76
[11]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[27]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
78
[28]
Sega Megazone (AU)
81
[29]
Todo Sega (ES)
92
[30]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
72
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
84
[32]
VideoGames (US)
70
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 76
Based on
30 reviews

Red Zone

Mega Drive, US
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Red Zone MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Mega Drive, AU

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Mega Drive, KR
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References

  1. ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 11
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 156.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:EGM US 065.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 065.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 142 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf_p142" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 066.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 066.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Joypad FR 037.pdf, page 55 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 037.pdf_p55" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-01.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Micromania3 ES 001.pdf, page 105 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Micromania3 ES 001.pdf_p105" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf, page 103 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf_p103" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:PlayTime DE 1995-02.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayTime DE 1995-02.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ File:VideoGames DE 1994-12.pdf, page 91
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 135
  15. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186
  16. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
  17. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 167
  18. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
  19. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 352
  20. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 220
  21. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15
  22. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 42
  23. ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 52
  24. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
  25. ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
  26. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 126
  27. ↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 96
  28. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 76
  29. ↑ Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 32
  30. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  31. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
  32. ↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 95
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