The Golden Compass

For the Nintendo DS game, see The Golden Compass (Nintendo DS).

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The Golden Compass
System(s): PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Shiny Entertainment
Distributor: Halifax (IT)
Licensor: New Line Cinema
Peripherals supported: Nunchuk
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Italiano Español Dansk Nederlands Svenska Norsk
Release Date RRP Code US 2007-12-04 RVL-P-R5AE RVL-R5AE-USA DE 2007-11-30 RVL-P-R5AP RVL-R5AP-NOE ES 2007-11-30 RVL-P-R5AP FR 2007-11-30 RVL-P-R5AP RVL-R5AP-FRA IT 2007 RVL-P-R5AP PT 2007 RVL-P-R5AP UK 2007-11-30 RVL-P-R5AP RVL-R5AP-UKV RU 2007 RVL-P-R5AP AU 2007-12-13 RVL-P-R5AP RVL-R5AP-AUS CA 2007 RVL-P-R5AE US 2007-12-04 EU (SE/DK/NO/FI) 2007-11-30 DE 2007-11-30 SEGA-PC069-GE INL-S069-GE ES 2007-11-30 SEGA-PC069-SP INL-S069-SP FR 2007-11-30 PT 2007 UK 2007-11-30 SEGA-PC069-UK INL-S069-UK UK (alt) 2007 SEGA-PC069-UK INL-S069-UK IT 2007-11-30 SEGA-PC069-IT INL-S069-IT CZ 200x PL 2007-12-14 79.90zł79.90 PL (Dookoła Filmu) 200x RU 200x AU 2007-12-13 TH 200x US ▼ 2007-12-14 $29.9929.99 10440 US 2007-12-04 ULUS-10315 DE 2007 ULES-00950 INL-U00950-GE ES 2007 ULES-00950 FR 2007 ULES-00950 PT 2007 ULES-00950 UK 2007-11-30 ULES-00950 INL-U00950-UK IT 2007 ULES-00950 RU 2007 ULES-00950 AU 2007-12-13 ULES-00950 INL-U00950-AU KR 2008-01-29 US 2007-12-04 SLUS-21677 DE 2007-11-30 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-GE ES 2007-11-30 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-SP FR 2007-11-30 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-FR PT 2007 UK 2007-11-30 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-UK IT 2007 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-IT RU 2007 AU 2007-12-13 SLES-54996 INL-P54996-AU CA 2007 SLUS-21677 JP 2008-03-27 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) BLJM-60068 US 2007-12-04 BLUS-30083 DE 2007-11-30 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-GE ES 2007-11-30 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-SP FR 2007-11-30 BLES-00180 PT 2007 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-PT UK 2007-11-30 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-UK IT 2007 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-IT RU 2007 AU 2007-12-13 BLES-00180 INL-B00180-AU CA 2007 BLUS-30083F KR 2008-01-29 US 2007-12-04 DE 2007-11-30 INL-XT202902-GE ES 2007-11-30 INL-XT202902-SP FR 2007-11-30 INL-XT202902-FR PT 2007-11-30 UK 2007-11-30 INL-XT202902-UK IT 2007 INL-XT202902-IT RU 2007-11-30 AU 2007-12-11 INL-XT202902-AU CA 2007-12-04 68014

The Golden Compass, called Lyra no Bouken: Ougon no Rashinban (ライラの冒険 黄金の羅針盤) in Japan, is an action game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Sega for the Windows PC, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360. It was the last game developed by Shiny before their merger with The Collective. A separate version was developed for the Nintendo DS by Artificial Mind & Movement.

The game is based upon the 2007 fantasy film The Golden Compass. Dakota Richards and Freddie Highmore reprise their roles from the film as Lyra and Pan respectively.

Gameplay

Achievements

Main article: The Golden Compass/Achievements.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	The Golden Compass	The Golden Compass
Japanese	ライラの冒険 黄金の羅針盤	Lyra no Bouken: Ougon no Rashinban
French	À la Croisée des Mondes: La Boussole D'or	At the Crossworlds: The Golden Compass
German	Der Goldene Kompass	The Golden Compass
Spanish	La Brújula Dorada	The Golden Compass
Italian	La Bussola D'oro	The Golden Compass
Portuguese	A Bússola Dourada	The Golden Compass
Polish	Złoty Kompas	Golden Compass
Czech	Zlatý Kompas	Golden Compass
Russian	Золотой компас	Golden Compass

Downloadable content

Title and description	Links	Releases
HD Trailer	Steam	US 2007-12-21 FREEfree

Magazine articles

Main article: The Golden Compass/Magazine articles.

Production credits

PlayStation 2 version

Shiny Entertainment

• Game Directors: Michael Saxs Persson, David Msika
• Animation & Cinematics Director: Manjit Jhita
• Senior Animator: Brian Weber
• Animators: Aung Zaw Oo, Alex Limon
• Junior Animators: Cliff Ward, Clayton Lee
• Lead Animation Scripter: Mark Florentino
• Animation Scripters: Andrew LeMat, Maria Rousseau, Sean Williams
• Junior Animation Scripter: Cort Soest
• Junior Facial Animators: Nora Magyar, Dylan Chandler Jones, Sean Ruiz
• Cinematic Artist: Shaun Novak
• Junior Cinematic Artist: Jason Choi
• Junior Cinematic Scripter: Karen K. Soh
• Art Director: Jonathan Gwyn
• Senior Artists: Daniel Chevalier, Kari Sutherland
• Senior Environment Artists: Chris Naves, Jason Lewis, Shane Estanislao
• Artists: Scott Scherrer, Christopher Jones, Mehran Cyrus Torgoley, David Robert Donatucci, Thomas Hamilton
• Junior Artists: Colin Robertson, Mark Edward Khalil, Trevor Carr, Jane Lo-Reed, Jonathan Oakes
• Character Modeler: Stephen G. Wells
• Character Riggers: Daniel Platt, Nina Huynh, Richard Garcia, Thuan Duy Ho, Jolene Goya
• Concept Artists: Sean O'Daniels, Darran Hurlbut
• Audio Director: Levon Louis
• Audio Designers: Aaron Berkson, Eli Hason
• Junior Audio Designer: Erick Ocampo
• Lead Designers: Benjamin "BJ" Cholewinski, Kenneth Lee, Dax Berg
• Head Writer: Dalan Musson
• Designers: Ken Moodie, Fred Corchero, Nick Parde
• Assistant Designers: Mark Nonato, Frank Hernandez III
• Producers: Maja Persson, Jorge "HoHo" Oseguera, Lidia C. Hernandez, Mark Harwood
• Assistant Producers: Justin Goldstein, Jonathan D. Apour, Matt Sandler
• Director of Technology: Soren Hannibal
• Tools Director: Torgeir Hagland
• Lead Engine Programmer: Martin Jensen
• Senior Programmers: Rosen Baklov, Niall Ryan
• Programmers: Carlos Bustamante, Ian McCown, John Moses, Mike Sheldon, Brandon Meesak, Kelvin Yong, Mike Saucedo
• Junior Programmers: Kyle Donaldson, Franco Junio, Vince McDonnell
• Gameplay Programmers: Darryl Alexander Davis, Tony Lu, Anthony N. Merrill, Justin Smith, Nick Falcon, Jeremy Hill, Darryl Taverner
• Visual Effects Director: Charles Bloomer
• Junior Visual Effects Artists: Ryan Ehrenberg, Seth Haak, Allen Will, Aaron Du Bois
• FMV Editing: Jason Choi
• Narrator - Wildlife Waystation: Featurette, Lani Minella
• Shiny QA: Christopher Corey, Aaron Goodson, Colin Koestler, Adam Chavez, Isidoro Alastra, Raul Gutierrez
• Studio Head: Michael Saxs Persson
• Finance Manager: Sam Park
• IT Manager: Mike Lewis
• IT: Mike Fajardo
• Administrative Assistant: Patti Torres
• HR: Essie Greene
• Speccial Thanks: To our families, Shawn Berryhill, Amber Bloomer, Scott Bruno, Agung Budiutomo, Kevin Burke, Shaun Chevalier, Martine Colette, Neil Egland, Roar Flølo, David K. Fried, Matthew Gwyn, Martin Jajam, Jasneil Jhita, Priya Jhita, Mack Kablan, Steve Klett, Leonardo Martinez, Pamela McSwain, Eddie Price, Peter Rosenlund, Mark Schwaiger, Blake Seow, Mike Smith, Krystal Sosa, Mark Sosa, Charles Sutherland, Jay Vales, Dakota Weber, Paul Zimmer
• Additional Character Models: Liquid

Sega of America

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President: Simon Jeffery
• Executive VP of Corporate Planning: Hitoshi Okuno
• VP of Product Development: Dave Cobb
• VP of Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
• VP of Sales: Sue Hughes-Taigen
• Director, Artists & Repertoire: Noah Muster
• Senior Producer: Gabriel Jones
• Associate Producer: Kimberly Marlis, Brand Inman
• Assistant Producer: Philip Ranches
• Director of Marketing: Don Mesa
• Product Marketing Manager: Logan Parr
• Assistant Product Marketing Manager: Ken Balough
• Project Manager: David Allen
• Director of Public Relations: Charles Scibetta
• Public Relations Manager: Steve Groll
• Public Relations Manager: (ONE PR Studio), Alexis Mervin
• Public Relations Coordinator: (ONE PR Studio), Scott Fry
• Licensing Manager: Josh Austin
• Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
• Creative Services Production Specialist: Heather Lucchetti
• QA Development Services Manager: Deni Skeens
• QA Supervisor: Josh Morton, Shawn Dobbins, Stephen Akana, Rhianna Kellom
• QA Lead: Bruce Burrows, Nestor Protacio, Joe Floyd, Lawrence Mann, Junior Sison
• QA Assistant Lead: Anthony Banks, Aaron Keillor, Ken Nacua, Dan Pangelina, John Belcher, Eduardo Camacho
• QA Tester(s): Dan Buchman, David Casallas, Dmitryi Khlynin, Jamie Kuroiwa, David Lee, Christine Letheby, Kelly Robertson, Chris Valleser, Anthony Williams, Jengis Alpar, Nathan Anderson, Aaron Ard, Adam Blumberg, Lisa Bonifacino, Nico Brenni, Stephan Brooks, Drave Cochems, John Dalton, Bernard De La Torre, Evan Dombrowski, Justin Edwards, Christopher Evans, Shannon Haley, Jeff C. Hawkins, Jake Holub, Shantel Jones, Milon Lee-Dockery, Niroth Keo, David Kho, Tony Lo, Nick Modica, Roxane Osborn, Daniel Pereira, Gemma ae fies, Andrew Thanyawatpoki, Boback Vakili, Rishad Virgin, Tamara Williamson, Luke Hoppel, Yuriy Pasko, John Remigio, Johnson Tang, Chris Balsdon, Morgan Condict, Keith Gesier
• Special Thanks: Rey Buzon, Scott Sampson, Ray Vasquez, Matthew Ellison, Scott Allen

New Line Cinema

• Senior Executive Vice President, Worldwide Licensing & Merchandising: David Imhoff
• Vice President, Creative Services, Licensing & Merchandising: John Mayo

Voice

• Casting, Celebrity Acquisition and Voice Production: Blindlight
• Casting Director: Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.
• Production Coordinator: Dave Lieber
• VO Producer: Alexandra Dorris
• Voice Directors: Lisa Schaffer, Dawn Hershey, C.S.A., Wes Gleason
• Recording Engineer: Harrison Deutsch
• Dialogue Editors: J. David Atherton, Harrison Deutsch
• Production Assistant: Jeffrey Parker
• Executive Assistant: Heather Lew
• Voice Talent: (in alphabetical order), Alan Shearman, Anna Graves, April Stewart, Brian Bloom, Brian George, Cameron Covell, Cathy Cavadini, Chris Edgerly, Coutenay Taylor, Danny Mann, Dave Mitchell, Dakota Blue Richards, Debi Derryberry, Enn Reitel, Erin Matthews, Fred Tatasciore, Freddie Highmore, Hellena Taylor, Hakeem Kae Kazim, J.G. Hertzler, James Horan, James Sie, JB Blanc, Jim Cummings, Kari Wahlgren, Kath Soucie, Mark Moseley, Michael Ensign, Michael Gough, Nicholas Smith, Nick Jameson, Nolan North, Oliver Muirhead, Paul Eidi, Robin Atkin Downes, Stephen Folourd, Steve Blum, Susanne Blakeslee, Wally Wingert, Wendee Lee

Sound Design/music

• Additional Sound Design and Mixing: by Soundelux Design Music Group
• Supervising Sound Designer: Michael Kitaball
• Operations Manager: Marc Aramian
• Project Manager: Shannon Potter
• Sound Design: Brad Beaumont, Clint Richardson, Candice Baldwin, Patrick Ginn, Chad Bedell, Mark Camperell, Bryan Celano, Shannon Potter, Justin Langley, Dutch Hill
• Foley Artists: Jeffrey Wilhoit, Jimmy Moriana
• Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
• Asset Coordinators: Patrick Ginn, Charles Gondak
• Cinematic Movie Mixing: Mark Camperell
• Music Composed By: Jamie Christopherson
• Additional Orchestrations By: Jamie Christopherson, Cody Westheimer, Deddy Tzur
• Orchestrated and Conducted By: James Sale
• Orchestra Contractor: Leslie Morris
• Orchestra: Diane Alancraig, Ann Atkinson, Rick Baptist, Steve Becknell, Delores Bing, Dmitri Bovaird, Denyse Buffum, Eve Butler, Darius Campo, Andrew Cook, Constance Deeter, Lisa Dondlinger, Earle Dumler, Judith Farmer, Stefanie Fife, Rick Gerding, Harris Goldman, Miriam Granat, Gary Grant, Gray, Gary, Laurence Greenfield, Paula Hochhalter, Steve Holtman, Carrie Holzman, Norman Hughes, Pat Johnson, Alan Kaplan, Roland Kato, Dan Kelley, Katie Kirkpatrick, Miran Kojian, Armen Ksajikian, Razdan Kuyumijian, Gary Lasley, Dane Little, Jean, Marinelli, Edith Markman, Mike Markman, Robert Matsuda, Malcolm McNab, Edward Meares, Joe Meyer, Jorge Moraga, Bruce Morgenthaler, Jennifer Munday, Dan Neufeld, Carolyn Osborn, Sid Page, Alyssa Park, Leslie Reed, John Reynolds, Michele Richards, Guillermo Romero, James Self, David Shostac, Haim Shtrum, Christina Soule, Lea Steffans, Phil Teele, Ashoka Thiagarajan, Olivia Tsui, Mari Tsumura, John Wittenberg, Christine Wu, Phillip Yao, Shari Zippert
• Cello Solos By: Victor Lawrence
• Recorders and Ethnic Woodwinds By: Chris Bleth
• Orchestra Mixed By: Thomas Vicari at LAFX
• Orchestra Mix Assistant: David Mattix
• Orchestra Recording Engineer: John Rodd
• Orchestra Session ProTools Operator: Thomas Graham
• Orchestra Recorded At: The Eastwood Stage, Warner Brothers Studios
• Scoring Recordist: Greg Dennen
• Scoring Technician: Ryan Robinson
• Stage Manager: Rich Wheeler
• Scoring Assistant: Jamie Olvera
• Special Thanks To: The American Federation of Musicians

for making the scoring session possible

• ©SEGA. SEGA is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. SEGA and the SEGA logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SEGA Corporation. All rights reserved. © MMVII New Line Productions, Inc. The Golden Compass” and all related characters, places, names and other indicia are trademarks of New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment. The Shiny Entertainment name and logo are trademarks of Foundation 9 Entertainment

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Dakota Blue Richards interview press release

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Technical information

Main article: The Golden Compass/Technical information.

ROM dump status

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External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 3
• Official website on Sega.com (English), Sega.jp (Japanese)
• Nintendo catalogue pages: Wii: US
• The Golden Compass on Xbox Marketplace: US, UK, AU
• The Golden Compass on PlayStation.com: PlayStation 3: JP, US, KR; PlayStation 2: US; PlayStation Portable: US, UK, KR
• The Golden Compass on Steam (offline)