Tomcat Alley

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Tomcat Alley

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, PC

Publisher: Sega

Developer: The Code Monkeys

Novotrade

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-12-22	¥7,8007,800	G-6039
US	1994-03^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	4429
EU	1994-04^[1]^[2]		4429
DE	1994		4429-18
ES	1994		4429-06
FR	1994		4429-09
BR	199x		063290
US	1995-11	$39.9539.95^[5]
EU	1996-03-15^[6]		MK-85014-50

ESRB

VRC

Sega

ELSPA

BBFC

Tectoy

Tomcat Alley (トムキャットアレイ) is a flight simulator-esque game for the Sega Mega-CD. It is heavily reliant on full motion video, with gameplay being little else but lining up cursors on targets within a short period of time. It was later brought in an updated form to Windows-based PCs.

Curiously Tomcat Alley recycles the photography from the Japanese version of After Burner III for its cover art.

Gameplay

While Tomcat Alley predominantly features the F-14 Tomcat, the player has no direct control over any aircraft in the game, just a target reticle. The objective is usually to lock on and fire at enemy targets within a certain time limit - failing to do so eventually leads to a game over. Aside from the HUD, all visuals are made up of full motion video, including the sequences shown when a weapon is fired.

History

Development

A Sega Saturn version was once scheduled for 1995, but cancelled for unknown reasons. It is not thought this version got very far - it was announced shortly before the Saturn's release, and disappeared from the schedules shortly afterwards.

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Cast: Gregory Balaban, Jolie Jackunas, Mark Carlton, David L. Crowley, Diana Lee Hsu, Miguel Marcott
Game Design by: Sam Nicholson, John Zuur Platten, Elliot Simon Gay, Chris W. Bankston
Original Score & Sound Design by: Mars Lasar
Director of Photography: Sam Nicholson
Executive Producer: Chris W. Bankston
Engineering by: Elliot Simon Gay
Written by: John Zuur Platten
Producers: Sam Nicholson, John Zuur Platten
Directed by: Sam Nicholson

Source:

In-game introduction credits

Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Schmit
Special Effects Supervisor: David Kuklish
Aerial Photography by: Clay Lacy
Production Coordinators: Tony Cabalu, Janette Shew
Production Auditor: Dorothy Duder
Casting by: Patrick Rush
Programmed by: The Code Monkeys
Programming: Elliot Simon Gay
Additional Programming: Colin Hogg, Mark Richard Kirkby
Graphics: Joe Lewis
Special Musical Appearance by: Herbie Hancock
Production Designer: Tom Buderwitz
Mechanical Effects: Michael Haase, Michael Huitron, Eric Heisler, Rocky Gonzales, John Miles, Russ Zinter
Conceptual Artists: Jim Chrisoulis, Robert Miller
Set Decorator: Billy Mitchell
Set Dresser: Richard Mendenhall
Property Master: Bill King
Gaffer: John Kennedy
Motion Control Photography: Casey Wilson
Camera Assistants: Joseph Clauss, Andrew Turman, Scott Smith
Key Grip: Jerry Vaughn
Grips: Michael Graef, Brad Sharbit
Set Construction: Ronald Record, Joshua Record
Script Supervisor: Christina Gunderson
Key Costumer: Brenna Charlesbois
Assistant Costumers: Molly Mitchell, Kimberly Guenther
Make-up Artist/Hair Stylist: Danny Mark
Sound Mixer: Glen Berovitz
Boom Operator: Brad Bryan
Guitars by: Emery Kyneur
On-Line Editor: Tony Shepherd
Off-Line Editor: Tim Batt
Digital Production/Macintosh Consultant: Randy Fugaté
Additional Voices: Tony Cabalu, Cyrena Vladish
Production Assistants: Larry Gobel, Ross Vinstein, Tina Hill, Cyrena Vladish, Susan Townsend
Writer's Assistant: Melinda Bell
Miniatures: Larry Detweiler, Ziggy Carr, Larry Addison, Joe Commando, Dana Teisch, Paul Ozzimo, Justin Kraus, Brian Ranger, Sean Frazier, Erica Loomis, Rebecca Cambruzzi, Dina Duhl, Booka Bickar, Evan Jacobs, Ted Smith
Painters: Rachel Kelley, Laurah Grijalva, Babette Brunelle, Paulette Fox
Pyrotechnics: Pete Slegle, Paul Staples
Computer Graphics: Rob Menapace
Computer Consultant: Todd Mahon
Computer Generated Planes by: Homer & Associates, Peter Conn, Seth Greenberg
"Tomcat" Stock Footage Courstesy of: Grumman Aircraft
"Blackhawk" Stock Footage Courtesy of: Sikorsky Aircraft
Aircraft Interiors Furnished by: Ernie Sheldon
Camera Consultant: Leon Bijou
Cameras Furnished by: Arriflex Corporation, Volker Bahnemann, Bill Russell
F-14 and MiG Model Kits Furnished by: Revell
Special Thanks to: Riley R. Russell

Tomcat Alley is a trademark of Sega
Copyright 1994 Sega

Source:

In-game production credits

Japanese version

Sega Studios

Director of Digital Technologies: Randy Fugaté
Digital Video Editing/Digital Audio ReMix/Computer Graphics: Randy Fugaté
Assistant Producer: Vy Nong
Production Coordinator: Berj Beramian

Japanese Localization Team - AOI Advertising Promotion Inc

Producer: Hidomitsu Kobayashi
Director: Masami Higashida
Production Manager: Hiroko Arai, Tyomin Nakae
Recording Studio: Video Tech Co., Ltd.
Cast: Tsutomu Isobe, Osamu Kobayashi, Teseho Genda, Iomasa Kayumi, Mami Koyama, Hiroshi Isobe, Yuka Koyama, Kazunari Tanaka

SEGA of America, Inc.

Japanese Liason: Yukimi Shimura
Production Coordinator: Osamu Shibamiya

SEGA Enterprises, Ltd.

Hiroshi Asoh, Ryoichi Hasagawa

Magazine articles

Main article: Tomcat Alley/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

TomcatAlley MCD BR PrintAdvert.jpg

Mega-CD BR print advert
PC US print advert 2
PC ES print advert

Mega-CD print advert in GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[9]
Sega Visions (US) #20: "August/September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[10]

PC print advert in Next Generation (US) #11: "November 1995" (1995-10-24)

Mega-CD print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #158: "January 1995" (1994-12-15)

Mega-CD print advert in Mega Force (FR) #32: "Octobre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

CD Consoles (FR) #1: "Novembre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[11]
CD Consoles (FR) #2: "Décembre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[12]

Mega-CD print advert in SuperGamePower (BR) #7: "Outubro 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

54

^[13]

Digitiser (UK)

NTSC

55

^[17]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[19]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[20]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[22]

Gamers (DE)

53

^[23]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

57

^[24]

Hyper (AU)

80

^[25]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

90

^[26]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

90

^[27]

Joypad (HU)

88

^[28]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

78

^[29]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

69

^[30]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

90

^[31]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

77

^[32]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

90

^[33]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[34]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[14]

Player One (FR)

86

^[35]

Play Time (DE)

75

^[36]

Power Up! (UK)

75

^[37]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[38]

Sega Magazin (DE)

80

^[39]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[40]

Sega News (CZ)

90

^[41]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[42]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[43]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

58

^[44]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[45]

Supersonic (FR)

80

^[46]

The Zone (AU)The Zone (AU)

87

^[47]

Todo Sega (ES)

85

^[48]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

66

^[49]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[50]

	77
Based on 38 reviews

Tomcat Alley

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, FR
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, DE
Cover

Mega-CD, ES
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

PC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

59

^[7]

Dimension-3 (US)

50

^[51]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

30

^[52]

PC Gamer (UK)

8

^[53]

	37
Based on 4 reviews

Tomcat Alley

PC, US
Cover

PC, EU
Cover
Disc Manual Jewel Case Manual (back)

References

↑ File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 79
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 86
↑ File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 174
↑ File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf
↑ Press release: 1995-11-08: Sega delivers arcade gaming action on the PC
↑ File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 88
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 File:CVG UK 173.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 173.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 198
↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
↑ CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 15
↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:CVG UK 152.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 152.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 25
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-20)
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-30" (JP; 1994-12-16), page 42
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 40
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 45
↑ GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 71
↑ Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 13
↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 38
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 34
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 110
↑ Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 40
↑ Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 40
↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 6
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 131
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 30, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-30), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 22
↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 88
↑ Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 58
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 22
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
↑ The Zone (AU)The Zone (AU) "Season 1, episode 4" (1994-05-21, ) (+0:00)
↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 89
↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61
↑ ^51.0 ^51.1 File:Dimension3 US 07.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dimension3 US 07.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^52.0 ^52.1 File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 89 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p89" defined multiple times with different content
↑ PC Gamer, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-22), page 100

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p79-1] File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p86-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 86

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p174-3] File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 174

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p-4] File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf

[Press_release:_1995-11-08:_Sega_delivers_arcade_gaming_action_on_the_PC-5] Press release: 1995-11-08: Sega delivers arcade gaming action on the PC

[:File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p88-6] File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 88

[:File:CVG_UK_173.pdf_p58-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 File:CVG UK 173.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 173.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p122-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p198-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 198

[:File:SegaVisions_US_20.pdf_p24-10] Sega Visions, "August/September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_01.pdf_p15-11] CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p23-12] CD Consoles, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:CVG_UK_152.pdf_p56-13] 13.0 ^13.1 File:CVG UK 152.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 152.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p76-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p25-15] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p144-16] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144

[digitiser1994-07-20-17] Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-20)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_21.pdf_p100-18] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p34-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[20] Famitsu, "1994-12-30" (JP; 1994-12-16), page 42

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p40-21] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p54-22] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p45-23] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 45

[24] GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 71

[:File:Hyper_AU_007.pdf_p44-25] Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:Joypad_FR_031.pdf_p40-26] Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p110-27] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110

[28] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p38-29] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 38

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p34-30] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 34

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p110-31] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 110

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p40-32] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 40

[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p40-33] Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 40

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p6-34] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 6

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p48-35] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-07.pdf_p131-36] Play Time, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 131

[37] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 30, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-30), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-03_19950315.pdf_p41-38] Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p22-39] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 22

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p88-40] Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 88

[:File:Sega_News_1_CZ.pdf_p19-41] Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p46-42] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p58-43] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 58

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p22-44] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 22

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-45] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supersonic_FR_25.pdf_p32-46] Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[thezone1x04-47] The Zone (AU)The Zone (AU) "Season 1, episode 4" (1994-05-21, ) (+0:00)

[:File:TodoSega_ES_18.pdf_p36-48] Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p89-49] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 89

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p61-50] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61

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Tomcat Alley

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Japanese version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

PC version

References