Vigilante

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Vigilante
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega, Arc System Works
Distributor: Tonka (US)
Licensor: Irem
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Irem
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit
Genre: Arcade
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1989-05 7023 EU 1989-07 7023 UK 1989-08 £24.9524.95 7023 AU 1989 7023 BR 19xx 026160
Non-Sega versions Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 MSX PC Engine ZX Spectrum

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Vigilante is an arcade beat-'em-up game released by Irem in 1988. The following year it was ported and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. Upon release, Vigilante was considered to be a sequel to the 1984 arcade game, Kung-Fu Master (known as Spartan X in Japan and in its NES incarnation, simply Kung-Fu).

Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game where an unnamed player protagonist (the "vigilante") attempts to rescue his girlfriend, Madonna (Maria in this Master System version) from a group known as the Skinheads (Rogues).

Although this version of the game was never released in Japan, the Master System Vigilante is compatible with the FM Sound Unit which was only supported by Japanese (and Korean) consoles.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to Kung-Fu Master, with the exception that it is now possible to pick up nunchaku to deal extra damage. A subsequent hit will cause the player to drop the nunchaku. punches (or attacks with the nunchaku) and kicks, + jumps.

Stages

There are five stages set across the city of New York.

	Stage 1 - City Streets
	Boss: Harly Hog
	Stage 2 - Junkyard
	Boss: Mad Dog
	Stage 3 - Bridge
	Boss: Macehead The Horrible
	Stage 4 - Downtown
	Boss: Iron Brian
	Stage 5 - Construction Sites
	Boss: Giant Defiant

Magazine articles

Main article: Vigilante/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ES advert (1990)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #94: "September 1989" (1989-08-16)
also published in:

• ACE (UK) #24: "September 1989" (1989-08-03)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #95: "October 1989" (1989-09-16)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 66 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 55 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 80 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 72 Console XS (UK) PAL 77 Computer & Video Games (UK) 67 The Games Machine (UK) 80 Hobby Consolas (ES) 71 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 72 New Computer Express (UK) 75 Power Play (DE) PAL 51 S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 62 Sega Power (UK) PAL 50 Sega Pro (UK) 70 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 77 Zero (UK) 84

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Vigilante

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Master System, AU (Sega Promo sticker)
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Master System, AU (Hotline/SP2 stickers)
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Master System, AU (Bonus sticker)
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Master System, BR (cardboard)
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 dfb0b161 MD5 6deabfc15d9aeb4c8ed1b641fb950de5 SHA-1 0dc37f1104508c2c0e2593b10dffc3f268ae8ff9	256kB		Cartridge (EU/US)

References

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