Lethal Enforcers

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Lethal Enforcers

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Konami

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Peripherals supported: Konami Justifier

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-12-10^[2]	¥9,800 (10,094)9,800e^[3]	T-95073
US	1993-06-25	$49.9949.99^[4]	T-95096
EU	1993		T-95096-50
UK	1993-10-29^[5]	£54.9954.99^[6]	T-95096-50
AU	1993	$159.95159.95^[7]
AS	199x
JP	1993-10-29^[1]	¥9,800 (10,094)9,800e^[8]	T-95014
JP (Famitsu-ban)	199x
US	1993-11^[9]		T-95015
EU	1993-11-19		T-95015-50
UK	1993-12^[10]	£54.9954.99^[11]^[12]	T-95015-50

Lethal Enforcers (リーサルエンフォーサーズ) is a 2-player light-gun shooting game originally released for the arcades by Konami in 1992. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD in 1993, as well as the Super NES (with censorship) at around the same time.

Gameplay

In order to make an accurate conversion of the arcade game, Konami opted to produce their own light gun for the console ports Lethal Enforcers known as The Justifier, rather than using the existing first party light guns for their 16-bit consoles (the Menacer in the case of the Mega Drive). Both, the Mega Drive and Mega-CD version of Lethal Enforcers were packaged with a light blue Justifier for the Mega Drive and no stand-alone version of the game without the gun were sold. Because of this, consumers who would purchase both, the cartridge and CD-ROM versions of Lethal Enforcers would be left with a spare Justifier light gun that they would likely never use, since in order for two players to use their guns, a separately-sold pink Justifier is required that daisy-chains into the blue Justifier.

The premise of the game is simple: you're a police officer and you shoot the criminals before they shoot you while leaving the civilians unharmed. When using the standard controller, / shoot and reloads; when using the Justifier, pulling the trigger when aimed at any area of the screen shoots, and pulling the trigger when aimed away from the screen reloads. You can also use weapons some enemies drop, by shooting at the weapon icons which appear on the screen after killing the relevant enemy.

History

Release

At least ten special copies of the Mega-CD version were known to be given away in a contest by the Japanese magazine Famitsu.^[13]^[14] [More information on this is needed.]

The Mega-CD version of Lethal Enforcers was the second game to be given an MA-17 rating by Sega's Videogame Rating Council^[15], following Night Trap. The game was banned in Germany^[16].

Legacy

Lethal Enforcers was followed by Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters, which was also ported to both the Mega Drive and Mega-CD.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Arcade Game Staff

Programmer: Y.Hatano
Game Graphics: S.Johnson
Photographers: J.Narita
Sound Effects: H.Maezawa
Music Composer: K.Fukui
Hardware Design: H.Matsuura, H.Ueno
Cabinet Graphics: K.Hale, D.Marshall
Director: Y.Hatano

Genesis Staff

Programmers: M.Ueno, Y.Matsuhana, Moai Sasaki, K.Hashimoto
Game Graphics: N.Takemoto, N.Sasaki
Sound Effects: Devi Kobayashi, Como Soeda, Ikejirioduchi, Otsumami Matsuo
Sound Programmers: A.Fujio, O.Kasai
The Justifier Design: M.Okada, T.Ohishi
Package Design: Yoshihashi
Director: M.Ueno
Producer: Tomikazu Kirita

Source: In-game credits

Mega-CD version

Arcade Game Staff

Programmer: Y.Hatano
Game Graphics: S.Johnson
Photographers: J.Narita
Sound Effects: H.Maezawa
Music Composer: K.Fukui
Hardware Design: H.Matsuura, H.Ueno
Cabinet Graphics: K.Hale
Director: Y.Hatano

Sega-CD Staff

Programmers: Y.Matsuhana, Moai Sasaki, M.Ueno, K.Hashimoto
Game Graphics: N.Takemoto, N.Sasaki
Sound Effects: K.Muraoka, A.Fujio, K.Imai
Music Arrange: Tappi
Guitar Player: Motoaki Furukawa (Kukeiha Club)
The Justifier Design: M.Okada, T.Ohishi
Package Design: Yoshihashi
Director: Sasaki & Ueno
Producer: Tomikazu Kirita

Source: In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Lethal Enforcers/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[17]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-21)^[18]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[19]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #53: "December 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[20]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #145: "December 1993" (1993-11-15)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #146: "January 1994" (1993-12-15)^[21]
Mega (UK) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-16)^[22]
Computer & Video Games (UK) #149: "April 1994" (1994-03-15)^[23]

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #21: "Enero 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-09: "September 1993" (1993-08-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-11: "November 1993" (1993-10-08)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	68	^[24]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	78	^[25]
Consoles + (FR)	79	^[26]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	80	^[27]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)	95	^[28]
GamePro (US)	100	^[29]
Hippon Super (JP)	70	№1994-01, p43
Mega (UK)	89	№15, p38-40
Mega Machines (UK)	91	№2, p34-37
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	74	^[30]
Player One (FR)	75	^[31]
Sega Power (UK)	78	№51, p48
Sega Zone (UK)	89	№15, p60-61
Video Games (DE)	63	^[32]

	81
Based on 14 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Justifier

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Poster Justifier PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Justifier

Mega Drive, AS^†
Cover
Cart

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	68	^[33]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	78	^[25]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	82	^[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)	65	^[34]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)	82	^[35]
Famitsu (JP)	70	№255, p40
GamePro (US)	95	^[36]
GamesMaster (UK)	93	№11, p44-46
	63	№47
Hippon Super (JP)	70	№1993-11, p41
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	78	№17, p50-51
Mega (UK)	89	№15, p38-40
Mega Action (UK)	85	№8, p50-51
Mega Machines (UK)	92	№2, p34-37
MegaTech (UK)	80	№22, p58-60
Player One (FR)	50	№37, p144
Sega Magazine (UK)	78	^[37]
Sega Power (UK)	89	№49, p48-49
Sega Pro (UK)	88	№27, p52-53
Video Games (DE)	63	^[38]

	78
Based on 20 reviews

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc Jewel Case Justifier

Mega-CD, JP (Famitsu-ban)

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Justifier

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Disc Justifier

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	51d9a84a
MD5	849d73aedfd102fae1adc762bfbb6dcd
SHA-1	309b41c6d4159f4f07fe9a76aca4fc4ddf45de63

2MB

1993-11

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	ca2bf99d
MD5	b837e85dc4a002a511ca4f2a33f4e1be
SHA-1	b9cc7ff3c6a50b2624358785bcadd1451e23993e

2MB

1993-11

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	f25f1e49
MD5	63038691ac82a02290404745bce53b13
SHA-1	14245fccf4d7e5d1dd4ad5f426507516e71e3a06

2MB

1993-12

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1993-08-13

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

604,285,248

CD (EU)

T-95015-50

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

604,285,248

CD (JP)

T-95014

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

604,285,248

CD (US)

T-95015

References

Lethal Enforcers games for Sega systems
	Lethal Enforcers (1993) \| Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994)
	Lethal Enforcers I & II (Cancelled)

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[:File:GamePlayers_US_0612.pdf_p94-17] Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_16.pdf_p30-18] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 30

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Lethal Enforcers

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Release

Legacy

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References