Creature Shock: Special Edition
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| Creature Shock: Special Edition | |||||||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Data East (JP)
Data East USA (US) | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: Argonaut Software, Interactive Studios | |||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: SCSP (1/1 track) | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: 3D Shooting[1], Shooting[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Creature Shock: Special Edition, known simply as Creature Shock (クリーチャーショック) in Japan, is a shoot-'em-up game for the Sega Saturn, although it was planned to be an exclusive title for the Mega CD. The North American version contains extra levels not present in the Japanese version as well as slightly better quality FMV.
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History
Development
Creature Shock was initially developed as an exclusive for the Sega Mega CD, with release planned for early 1995 by Virgin. Development was then shifted to be one of the first titles available for Atari's Jaguar CD in the autumn of 1995. both versions were delayed and eventually cancelled due to poor reception of the Jaguar version.
It is not known if the Mega CD version was cancelled prior to the Jaguar versions announcement or if both versions were planned to be released simultaneously.
The game was eventually released in 1996 for the PlayStation, 3DO and Saturn to critically negative reviews, with a CDI version being released only in PAL territories in 1997.
Versions
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| English (US) | Creature Shock: Special Edition | Creature Shock: Special Edition |
| Japanese | クリーチャーショック | Creature Shock |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Creature Shock: Special Edition/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[4]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #82: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[5]
Physical scans
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| Based on 6 reviews | |
| Saturn, JP |
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  Cover
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 Spinecard  Disc 1  Disc 2 |
| Saturn, US |
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  Cover
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 Disc 1  Disc 2  Manual |
Technical information
- Main article: Creature Shock: Special Edition/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:CreatureShock Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/FvC5-jFtg5s/m/W3OC1O06Qy0J
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 89
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 107
- ↑ Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 54
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 48
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 6" (JP; 1996-03-01), page 120
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 204
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
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