Gunstar Heroes/Reception

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Critical reception

Mega Drive version

Ratings

Publication awards

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
60	1700 igr dlya Sega	2001-xx-xx	RU RU		^[1]	[details]
83	Beep! MegaDrive	1993-09-08	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[2]	[details]
92	Consoles +	1993-1x-xx	FR FR		^[3]	[details]
40	Cool Gamer	2002-10-13	RU RU		^[4]	[details]
92	Computer & Video Games	1993-08-15	UK UK		^[5]	[details]
60	Edge	1993-08-19	UK UK		^[6]	[details]
90	Electronic Gaming Monthly	1993-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[7]	[details]
95	Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide	1993-11-18	UK UK		^[8]	[details]
73	Famitsu	1993-09-03	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[9]	[details]
89	Freak	1993-xx-xx	IL IL		^[10]	[details]
99	GameFan	1993-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[11]	[details]
80	Game Power	1993-1x-xx	IT IT		^[12]	[details]
90	GamePro	199x-xx-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[13]	[details]
80	Gamers	1993-09-24	DE DE		^[14]	[details]
90	GamesMaster	1993-10-21	UK UK		^[15]	[details]
78	Game Informer	1993-1x-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[16]	[details]
92	Game Informer	1998-0x-xx	US US	NTSC-U	^[17]	[details]
90	Hippon Super	1993-09-03	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[18]	[details]
85	Hobby Consolas	1993-xx-xx	ES ES		^[19]	[details]
88	Hyper	199x-xx-xx	AU AU		^[20]	[details]
88	Joypad	1993-1x-xx	FR FR	PAL	^[21]	[details]
87	MAN!AC	1993-xx-xx	DE DE		^[22]	[details]
88	Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming	1993-08-26	UK UK	PAL	^[23]	[details]
64	Mega	1993-08-19	UK UK	PAL	^[24]	[details]
90	Mega Action	1993-11-04	UK UK		^[25]	[details]
86	Megablast	1993-12-29	DE DE	PAL	^[26]	[details]
89	Mega Force	1993-11-10	FR FR		^[27]	[details]
80	Mega Fun	1993-09-22	DE DE	PAL	^[28]	[details]
95	MegaTech	1993-08-20	UK UK	PAL	^[29]	[details]
93	Mean Machines Sega	1993-08-28	UK UK	PAL	^[30]	[details]
92	Megazone	1994-02-23	AU AU		^[31]	[details]
94	Player One	1993-1x-xx	FR FR		^[32]	[details]
81	Power Up!	1993-10-09	UK UK		^[33]	[details]
83	Power Play	1993-11-12	DE DE		^[34]	[details]
82	Sega Magazin	1993-11-03	DE DE		^[35]	[details]
94	Sega Magazine	1993-12-10	UK UK	PAL	^[36]	[details]
73	Sega Power	1993-09-02	UK UK	PAL	^[37]	[details]
87	Sega Pro	1993-08-12	UK UK	PAL	^[38]	[details]
94	Sega Zone	1993-08-xx	UK UK	PAL	^[39]	[details]
94	Sega Force Mega	1993-10-14	UK UK	NTSC-J	^[40]	[details]
86	Sega Mega Drive Review	1995-04-03	RU RU		^[41]	[details]
88	Sega Saturn Magazine	1995-08-08	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[42]	[details]
80	Sonic the Comic	1993-08-21	UK UK	PAL	^[43]	[details]
89	Todo Sega	1993-xx-xx	ES ES	PAL	^[44]	[details]
80	Tricks 16 bit	1998-03-20	RU RU		^[45]	[details]
85	Video Games	1993-09-29	DE DE	PAL	^[46]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	46	84	40	99	59	Mixed
World	NTSC-J	5	85	73	94	22	Very positive
World	NTSC-U	5	90	78	99	21	Very positive
World	PAL	14	85	64	95	31	Very positive
JP	All	4	83	73	90	18	Very positive
JP	NTSC-J	4	83	73	90	18	Very positive
US	All	5	90	78	99	21	Very positive
US	NTSC-U	5	90	78	99	21	Very positive
UK	All	16	86	60	95	35	Mixed
UK	NTSC-J	1	94	94	94	0	Very positive
UK	PAL	9	85	64	95	31	Very positive
FR	All	4	91	88	94	6	Very positive
FR	PAL	1	88	88	88	0	Very positive
DE	All	7	83	80	87	7	Very positive
DE	PAL	3	84	80	86	6	Very positive
ES	All	2	87	85	89	4	Very positive
ES	PAL	1	89	89	89	0	Very positive
IT	All	1	80	80	80	0	Positive
AU	All	2	90	88	92	4	Very positive
IL	All	1	89	89	89	0	Very positive
RU	All	4	67	40	86	46	Mixed

Game Gear version

Ratings

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
55	Famitsu	1995-03-17	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[47]	[details]
80	GamesMaster	1992-11-05	UK UK		^[48]	[details]
85	Mean Machines Sega	1995-12-xx	UK UK	NTSC-J	^[49]	[details]
70	Sega Saturn Magazine	1995-03-08	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[50]	[details]
82	Sega Saturn Magazine	1995-08-08	JP JP	NTSC-J	^[51]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	5	74	55	85	30	Positive
World	NTSC-J	4	73	55	85	30	Positive
JP	All	3	69	55	82	27	Positive
JP	NTSC-J	3	69	55	82	27	Positive
UK	All	2	83	80	85	5	Very positive
UK	NTSC-J	1	85	85	85	0	Very positive

Sales

Mega Drive version

Date	Japan	North America	Europe	Worldwide

Game Gear version

Date	Japan	Worldwide

Software charts

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

References

↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 22
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 132
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 98
↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 38
↑ Edge, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 104
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55
↑ Famitsu, "1993-09-17" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 38
↑ Freak, "12/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 85
↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 60
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 7" (1993-10-21, 24:00) (+0:00)
↑ Game Informer, "November/December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 37
↑ Game Informer, "September 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 74
↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 41
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 70
↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-26), page 28
↑ Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 58
↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 80
↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 33
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 86
↑ Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 38
↑ MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 36
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 71
↑ Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 28
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 66
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 09, 1993" (UK; 1993-10-09), page 1
↑ Power Play, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-12), page 132
↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 70
↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 125
↑ Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 44
↑ Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 66
↑ Sega Force Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 22
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Sonic the Comic, "21st August 1993" (UK; 1993-08-21), page 11
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 96
↑ Famitsu, "1995-03-31" (JP; 1995-03-17), page 40
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 2, episode 6" (1992-11-05, 24:00) (+0:00)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 62
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 133
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

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Prototypes: 1993-04

[1] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf_p22-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 22

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_025.pdf_p132-3] Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 132

[4] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 98

[:File:CVG_UK_142.pdf_p38-5] Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 38

[:File:Edge_UK_001.pdf_p104-6] Edge, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 104

[:File:EGM_US_052.pdf_p38-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p55-8] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 55

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0248.pdf_p38-9] Famitsu, "1993-09-17" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 38

[10] Freak, "12/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0110.pdf_p14-11] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePower_IT_22.pdf_p85-12] Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 85

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p54-13] GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-06.pdf_p60-14] Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 60

[gamesmastertv3x07-15] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 7" (1993-10-21, 24:00) (+0:00)

[:File:GameInformer_US_013.pdf_p37-16] Game Informer, "November/December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 37

[:File:GameInformer_US_065.pdf_p74-17] Game Informer, "September 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 74

[18] Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 41

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p68-19] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Hyper_AU_002.pdf_p42-20] Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p70-21] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 70

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p30-22] MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:MDAG_UK_14.pdf_p28-23] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-26), page 28

[:File:Mega_UK_12.pdf_p58-24] Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 58

[:File:MegaAction_UK_07.pdf_p80-25] Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 80

[:File:Megablast_DE_1994-01.pdf_p33-26] Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 33

[:File:MegaForce_FR_22.pdf_p86-27] Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 86

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-10.pdf_p38-28] Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 38

[:File:MegaTech_UK_21.pdf_p36-29] MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 36

[:File:MeanMachinesSega12UK.pdf_p71-30] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 71

[:File:Megazone_AU_37.pdf_p28-31] Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 28

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_036.pdf_p66-32] Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 66

[33] Power Up!, "Saturday, October 09, 1993" (UK; 1993-10-09), page 1

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1993-12.pdf_p132-34] Power Play, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-12), page 132

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_02.pdf_p70-35] Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 70

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_01.pdf_p125-36] Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 125

[:File:SegaPower_UK_47.pdf_p46-37] Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_23.pdf_p44-38] Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 44

[:File:SegaZone_UK_11.pdf_p66-39] Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 66

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_05.pdf_p22-40] Sega Force Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 22

[41] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[43] Sonic the Comic, "21st August 1993" (UK; 1993-08-21), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_07.pdf_p58-44] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 58

[45] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-10.pdf_p96-46] Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 96

[47] Famitsu, "1995-03-31" (JP; 1995-03-17), page 40

[gamesmastertv2x06-48] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 2, episode 6" (1992-11-05, 24:00) (+0:00)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p62-49] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 62

[:File:SSM_JP_19950401_1995-04.pdf_p133-50] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 133

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-51] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

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Gunstar Heroes/Reception

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Contents

Critical reception

Mega Drive version

Ratings

Breakdown

Game Gear version

Ratings

Breakdown

Sales

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Software charts

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

References