Illbleed

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Illbleed

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega (Japan), AIA (US), Mr.Game (Taiwan)

Developer: Crazy Games

Supporting companies: Bill Corkery Productions (voice recording)

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Modem, Dreamcast VGA Box, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Virtual Horror Land (バーチャルホラーランド)^[1]^[2], Action^[3]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-03-29^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[2]	T-45601M
US	2001-04-25^[4]^[5]	$44.9944.99^[6]	T-46001N
TW	2002		T-45601M

Illbleed (イルブリード) is a Sega Dreamcast survival horror game developed by Crazy Games. First published in Japan by Sega in March 2001^[2], and later brought to the United States by AIA the following month, the game is most known for its quirky gameplay design and horror camp charm, and has since become a cult classic among survival horror fans.

Story

The afternoon following a school speech by protagonist Eriko about her unhappy childhood and hope for the future, her and her friends receive a mysterious ticket to a new horror theme park named Illbleed. While Eriko's friends goad her to join them, she initially refuses due to previous trauma with similar parks, but after her friends fail to return from their trip, she musters the courage to enter the park and rescue her lost friends.

Gameplay

To advance between levels, you need to kill all enemies (you need to find a weapon first) and checking the environment to advoid the traps.

To check a trap, the player need to uses these senses: smell, sight, hearing and the sixth sense (requires the Jump Pack).

The character dies if she/he get a heart attack due of the traps or when the HP bar is empty. When all playable characters died, the game ends.

History

Illbleed 's Western release was originally scheduled to be published in 2000, but Sega of America turned the game down on quality reasons.^[7] Third-party publisher AIA would later acquire the game's publishing rights, officially releasing the English-language version Illbleed in April 2001.

Working with Sega, Coolnet Entertainment planned to bring the game to the Xbox^[8], but the port did not materialise.

Production credits

Story: Shinya Nishigaki
Character Design: Masaki Segawa
Main programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
Art Director: Ryosuke Murakami
Chief CG Designer: Atsushi Yamamoto
Character Modeling: Masayuki Hasegawa, Masami Mashizume, Yuzuru Sakamoto
Creature Design: Ryosuke Murakami, Shinya Nishigaki, Tadashi Hashimoto, Tatsuru Shimizu
Character Modeling: Tadashi Kashimoto
Background Design: Shinya Nishigaki, Ryosuke Murakami, Tetsuro Sugimori, Ayumu Kojima
Background Modeling: Eiji Ohkoshi, Ryuzo Kishi, Akira Kurochi
Texture Design: Masami Hashizume, Eiji Ohkoshi, Yuki Takazawa, Akira Kurochi, Ryuzo Kishi
3DCG Animation: Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuru Shimizu, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tadashi Hashimoto, Akira Kurochi, Daichi Okaziwa, Masayuki Hasegawa
Continuity: Tetsuro Sugimori
Special Effects Design: Tatsuru Shimizu
2DCG Design: Yuki Takazawa, Akira Kurochi, Tatsuru Shimizu, Jyu Ikeda
Subscreen Design: Tatsuru Shimizu, Yuki Takazawa
Main programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
Enemy Movement Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
Subscreen Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi, Terufumi Ochi
Tool Programmer: Terufumi Ochi
Testing: Shinichiro Takahashi, Jyu Ikeda
Message Text: Tetsuro Sugimori
Game Data Management: Eiji Ohkoshi
Battle Director: Ayumu Kojima
Assistant Director: Ayumu Kojima, Eiji Ohkoshi
Production manager: Naomi Iwasaki
Publicity Art Works: Katsuhiro Moriyama
Special Thanks: Yutaka Kondo, Ichiro Ide, Kazuya Kasahara
Sound Designer And Music Composer: Yukinori Kikuchi, (Electric Zoo)
Usa Voice Recording Producer: Kayoko K. Dietsche
Recording Director / Casting: Lani Minella (Pro-Motions Production Co.)

Voice Staff

Voice actors: Marc Biagi, Steve Brodie, Dan Castle, Ryan Drummond, Lani Minella, Jorg Tittel, Kai Vilmelnsen, Bill Corkery, Tetsuro Sugimori
Recording Studio: Bill Corkery Productions

Motion Capture Crew

Motion Actors: Masashi Ogawa, Mako Shumizu
Motion Capture Staff: (Jungle Corp.), Masaharu Inoue, Akio Tatematsu, Meguni Hirano, Takeo Koga, Jun Nagase, Masashige Hiranuma, Tetsuya Kawada, Makoto Shioura, Shinichiro Kato, Norie Takahashi, Fumie Kobayashi, Sonoko Kawada

Sega Corporation Staff

Producer: Hirokazu Kojima
Product Manager: Toyohisa Hiwatari
Manual Designers: Hiroki Osawa, Satoru Ishigami
Special Thanks: Hisao Oguchi (Hitmaker), Masanao Maeda, Yoshihiro Sakuta, Junichi Shimizu, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Shinichiro Sugiura, Hiroyuki Miyano, Hitoshi Todo, Akira Nishikawa, Hideki Yohkaichiya, Takayuki Suzuki, Akinobu Koechi, Takayoshi Ohuchi, Hiromichi Hisada
Game Scenario And Dialog: Shinya Nishigaki
Sales Management Director: Tomoaki Ogawa
Director: Tetsuro Sugimori
Producer: Shinya Nishigaki

Source:

In-game credits

ILLBleed™ (US) Credits

Story: Shinya Nishigaki
Character Design: Masaki Segawa
Main Programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
Art Director: Ryosuke Murakami
Chief CG Designer: Atsushi Yamamoto
Character Model CG Designers: Masayuki Hasegawa, Masami Mashizume, Yuzuru Sakamoto
Creature Design: Ryosuke Murakami, Shinya Nishigaki, Tadashi Hashimoto, Tatsuru Shimizu
Creature Model CG Designer: Tadashi Kashimoto
Game Map Designers: Shinya Nishigaki, Ryosuke Murakami, Tetsuro Sugimori, Ayumu Kojima
Map Model CG Designers: Eiji Ohkoshi, Rydzo Kishi, Akira Kurochi
Texture Designers: Masami Hashizume, Eiji Ohkoshi, Yuki Takazawa, Akira Kurochi, Ryuzo Kishi
3D Animation Designers: Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuru Shimizu, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tadashi Hashimoto, Akira Kurochi, Daichi Okaziwa, Masayuki Hasegawa
Special Effects: Tatsuru Shimizu
Continuity: Tetsuro Sugimori
2D Designers: Yuki Takazawa, Akira Kurochi, Tatsuru Shimizu, Zyu Ikeda
Window Designers: Tatsuru Shimizu, Yuki Takazawa
Battle Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
3DMap Tool Programmer: Terufumi Ochi
Sound Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
Window Programmer: Terufumi Ochi
Master Check: Shinichiro Takahashi, Zyu Ikeda
Message Text: Tetsuro Sugimori
Game Data Control: Eiji Ohkoshi
Battle Director: Ayumu Kojima
Assistant Director: Ayumu Kojima, Eiji Ohkoshi
Production Manager: Naomi Iwasaki
Publicity Art Works: Katsumiro Moriyama
Special Thanks: Yutaka Kondo, Ichiro Ide, Kazuya Kasahara
Sound Designer and Music Composer: Yukimori Kikuchi (Electric Zoo)
USA Voice Recording Producer: Kayoko K. Dietsche
Recording Director/Casting: Lani Minella (ProMotions Production Co.)
Voice Actors: Marc Biagi, Steve Brodie, Dan Castle, Ryan Drummond, Lani Minella, Jorg Tittel, Kai Vilmenlnsen, Bill Corkery, Tetsuro Sugimori
Recording Studio: Bill Corkery Productions
Motlon Capture Crew: Motion Actors, Mafashi Ogawa, Mako Shumizu
Motion Capture Staff (Jungle Corp.): Masaharu Inoue, Akio Tatesatsu, Neguni Hirano, Takeo Koga, Jun Magase, Masashige Hiranuma, Tetsuya Kawada, Makoto Shioura, Shinichiro Kato, Funie Kobayashi, Sonoko Kawada
English Version Script: Kayoko Dietsche, Ken Gratz, Martin Czyzewski, Black Sheep, Inc.

AIA USA, LTD.

President: Ellen Fuog
Director of Product Development: Ken Gratz
Special Thanks: Black Sheep, Inc., Jeff Hill, Martin Chwierut, Martin Czyzewski, Martin Iwanicki, Michael Korajda, Jorg S. Tittel
Localization Team: Mitsuo Makise (SB), Hiroyasu Nozawa, Yoshiteru Sato, Asae Tanaka, Gao Xian Feng
Sega Corporation Staff: Hisag Oguchi (Hitmaker), Masanao Maeda, Jin Shimazaki, Kathy Schorack
Game Scenario & Dialogue: Shinya Nishigaki
Sales Management Director: Yokoaki Ogawa
Director: Tetsuro Sugimori
Producer: Shinya Nishigaki
Packaging: MarketForce, Inc.
Oh, yeah! Pete too. ;-)

© Sega Corporation 2001

Source:

US manual^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: Illbleed/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #12: "March 2001" (2001-01-28)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2001-07: "2001-07 (2001-03-09)" (2001-02-23)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2001-10ex: "2001-10 extra (2001-04-13ex)" (2001-03-30)

Print advert in 576 Konzol (HU) #39: "Május 2001" (2001-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

100% Consoles (FR)

NTSC-U

71

^[10]

576 Konzol (HU)

90

^[11]

Bonus (YU)

NTSC

68

^[12]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

75

^[13]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[14]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

87

^[15]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

82

^[16]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

80

^[17]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[19]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

81

^[20]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[6]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

44

^[22]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

76

^[23]

Neo Plus (PL)

80

^[24]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[25]

Play (PL)

82

^[26]

PSX Extreme (PL)

NTSC-J

70

^[27]

Strana Igr (RU)

70

^[28]

	73
Based on 20 reviews

Illbleed

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, TW
Cover
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Technical information

Main article: Illbleed/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ File:Illbleed DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://sega.jp/dc/010309/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 12:34)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab02 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ http://www.gexpress.com/detailedspecs.cfm?returndept=DC&returnpage=1&number=839204000017 (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-22 05:26)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/GkD9KP3ghZ0/m/8_-BLA8jWSUJ
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "May 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Holiday 2000" (US; 2000-11-28), page 20
↑ http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/1203_1/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-18 20:38)
↑ File:Illbleed DC US Manual.pdf, page 28
↑ 100% Consoles, "Juin/Juillet 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 57
↑ 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Bonus, "5/2001" (YU; 2001-06-25), page 35
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-10 (2001-04-06,13)" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 22
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 23" (UK; 2001-06-14), page 56
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamzone, "Mai 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Edge, "June 2001" (UK; 2001-05-21), page 72
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2001" (US; 2001-05-08), page 103
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 101
↑ Famitsu, "2001-04-06" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 33
↑ Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 87
↑ MAN!AC, "06/2001" (DE; 2001-05-02), page 47
↑ Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Next Generation, "July 2001" (US; 2001-06-19), page 86
↑ Play, "Lipiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 41
↑ PSX Extreme, "05/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 37
↑ Strana Igr, "May 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56

Illbleed

Books: Illbleed Zekkyou Survival Manual (2001)

Prototypes: 2001-01-15

[:File:Illbleed_DC_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Illbleed DC JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20140803123427.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fdc.2F010309.2F-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://sega.jp/dc/010309/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 12:34)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200201225739.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fdreamcast.2Fsoftware_l.html.23tab02-3] ttps://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab02 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)

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[:File:GamePro_US_152.pdf_p80-6] 6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "May 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:ODCM_US_10.pdf_p20-7] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Holiday 2000" (US; 2000-11-28), page 20

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20071118203808.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fcorp.2Frelease.2F2002.2F1203_1.2F-8] ttp://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/1203_1/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-18 20:38)

[:File:Illbleed_DC_US_Manual.pdf_p28-9] File:Illbleed DC US Manual.pdf, page 28

[:File:100.25Consoles_FR_06.pdf_p57-10] 100% Consoles, "Juin/Juillet 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 57

[11] 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:Bonus_14_SCG.pdf_p35-12] Bonus, "5/2001" (YU; 2001-06-25), page 35

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_113.pdf_p86-13] Consoles +, "Juin 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:DCM_JP_20010406.pdf_p22-14] Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-10 (2001-04-06,13)" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 22

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_23.pdf_p56-15] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 23" (UK; 2001-06-14), page 56

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-16] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamzone_FR_24.pdf_p40-17] Dreamzone, "Mai 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:Edge_UK_098.pdf_p72-18] Edge, "June 2001" (UK; 2001-05-21), page 72

[:File:EGM_US_143.pdf_p103-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2001" (US; 2001-05-08), page 103

[20] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 101

[21] Famitsu, "2001-04-06" (JP; 2001-03-23), page 33

[:File:GameInformer_US_098.pdf_p87-22] Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 87

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2001-06.pdf_p47-23] MAN!AC, "06/2001" (DE; 2001-05-02), page 47

[24] Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:NextGeneration_US_79.pdf_p86-25] Next Generation, "July 2001" (US; 2001-06-19), page 86

[26] Play, "Lipiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 41

[27] PSX Extreme, "05/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 37

[28] Strana Igr, "May 2001 1/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56

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Illbleed

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References