Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter

n/a

NTSC-U
NTSC-J
PAL

Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), VIC Tokai (US)

Developer: Almanic, Team "Saga", ALU

Licensor: Dynamic Planning

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-02-26^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-4078
US	1993		T-23036
EU	1993		1069
UK	1993-07^[3]^[4]	£39.9939.99^[3]^[4]	1069
AU	199x
KR	199x		GM8078JG
AS	199x		G-4078
ZA	199x
JP	199x	¥?	?

Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter, called MazinSaga (マジンサーガ) in Japan and Mazin Wars in Europe, is a beat-'em-up developed by Sega in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive to tie into the MazinSaga manga series.

Story

Mazinger-Z

In 1999, the Biobeast Force, led by Godkaiser Hell, swiftly and successfully destroys the Earth's current state of existence in a matter of months, driving the few survivors underground. One such survivor, Dr. Koji Kabuto, creates the Mazinger-Z, a suit of armor he wears to become capable of battling the Biobeasts to save what remains of Earth.

Gameplay

The game blends a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with a one-on-one fighting game. Players control Koji Kabuto in the Mazinger-Z armor through six stages, each set in a different location on the ruined Earth. The first three segments of each stage follow the conventional beat-'em-up format, and the fourth segment is a boss fight that more closely resembles a one-on-one fighting game. The Mazinger-Z can change size; the boss characters are much larger than it in the beat-'em-up segments but comparable size in the fighting segments.

In the beat-'em-up segments, the Mazinger-Z can walk with and and can move forward and backward in the plane with and . It can dash with and . It jumps with and attacks with . Depending on the distance to the opponent, the attack can be a throw, a kick, or a sword slash. Pressing multiple times in sequence performs a combo; pressing repeatedly quickly performs the "wall of steel," a rapid series of sword thrusts. The Mazinger-Z can also attack after jumping and do a diving stab with + while in mid-air. It can do a wider cut by attacking after a dash or a spinning slash by attacking in the air while dashing. It also has a special attack executed with that hits enemies around it at the cost of some health.

During the boss segment, gameplay changes to a fighting game format. In these fights, the Mazinger-Z moves with and and crouches with . It guards with , attacks with , and jumps with . Blocked special attacks still inflict a small amount of damage. Pressing a direction while attacking changes the attack. For example, holding away from the opponent while attacking performs a wide slash, and pressing with attacking performs an upward slash.

The Mazinger-Z is defeated when it loses all of its health. If the player has extra lives remaining, it is revived. In the beat-'em-up sections, it is revived in place after a moment; in the fighting sections, the fight starts over. If the player runs out of lives, the game ends but can be continued from the beginning of the stage as long as the player has continues remaining. The player can choose the number of starting lives and continues as well as the difficulty level (Easy, Normal, or Hard) in the options. The player is awarded extra lives at 100,000, 300,000, and 700,000 points.

Items

	Life Chakra
	Restores a portion of health.
	Invincible
	Makes the Mazinger-Z invincible for a short duration.
	1-Up
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Gold Dust
	Gives the player 1,000 bonus points.
	Crystal
	Gives the player 5,000 bonus points.

Stages

	Tokyo

	India

	Europe

	New York

	Egypt

	The Counterattack
	This stage consists of fights against all of the bosses from the previous five stages.
	The Last Battle

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Mazin Wars	Mazin Wars
English (US)	Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter	Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter
Japanese	マジンサーガ	MazinSaga

Production credits

Original Author: Go Nagai
Planner: Takashi Nagai
Chief Programmer: Yozi Iwashita
Programmer: Hiromitsu Shioya
Game Designed by: Team "Saga"
Object Graphic Designer: Naoyuki Hayakawa
BG Graphic Designer: Yasuo Wakatsuki
Assistant Graphic Designer: Hidetoshi Fujioka, Takehito Suzuki
Music Composer and Sound Creator: Kazuo Sawa
Sound Support: Hiromitsu Shioya
Special Thanks: Tadashi Makimura, Nanako Geya, Masaru Miyashita, Masumi Goto
Directors: Takashi Yoneda, Tommy Bon Bon, Satsuki Mizuno
Producer: Kenzi Nagai
Program and Graphic: Almanic Corp.
Planning and Production: Dynamic Planning, Inc.

©Dynamic Planning, Inc. 1993

©Sega 1993

Presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[5]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-03: "March 1993" (1993-02-08)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

79

^[8]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

63

^[3]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

90

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[10]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

89

^[11]

Game Power (IT)

91

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[13]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

85

^[15]

Mega (UK)

PAL

65

^[16]

Mega Force (FR)

90

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

74

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

88

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

87

^[20]

Player One (FR)

90

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

59

^[23]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

86

^[24]

Sega Force (UK)

NTSC

65

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[26]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

85

^[27]

Supergame (BR)

87

^[28]

Supersonic (FR)

91

^[29]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[30]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

62

^[31]

	76
Based on 27 reviews

Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, ZA
Cover
Cart

Mega Play version

Mega Play,
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	1bd9fef1
MD5	f978463dca8bc6f44f28c665b59965f6
SHA-1	5cb87bb4efc8fa8754e687b62d0fd858e624997d

1MB

1992-12

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	4b07a105
MD5	f1b8477c6f20e4a4491f01dbc4d869ec
SHA-1	40e48ce531ed013d5a4a6f689e70781df3e0095c

1MB

1992-12

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	45b3a34b
MD5	f3ae6147d9ad2d40e781a49c7263f746
SHA-1	bcaf2820f22d4a7bcf6324f288698192996875bd

1MB

1992-12

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	36459b59
MD5	a9979ae2dd33c6db2c2bd87a28d5ebde
SHA-1	3509fdf8bd0a589c216a5032eef0c09a51c7a578

1MB

1992-12

Page

References

↑ File:MSMF MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 63
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 49
↑ Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 103
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-03-10), page 126
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 23
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138
↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Aprile 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 102
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 51
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 68
↑ Game Power, "Maggio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 55
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 38
↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 48
↑ Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 62
↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 32
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 70
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 50
↑ Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 56
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 62
↑ Sega Zone, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-xx), page 34
↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Sonic the Comic, "7th August 1993" (UK; 1993-08-07), page 10
↑ Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 18
↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 112
↑ Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 102

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[:File:CVG_UK_141.pdf_p63-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 63

[:File:Mega_UK_10.pdf_p49-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 49

[:File:SegaVisions_US_15.pdf_p103-5] Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 103

[:File:1700_igr_dlya_Sega_2003.pdf_p126-6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-03-10), page 126

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-03.pdf_p23-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_022.pdf_p138-8] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138

[:File:CVG_IT_25.pdf_p102-9] Computer + Video Giochi, "Aprile 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:EGM_US_053.pdf_p51-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p68-11] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 68

[:File:GamePower_IT_17.pdf_p55-12] Game Power, "Maggio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 55

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p64-13] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 64

[14] Hippon Super, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-04), page 38

[:File:Joypad_FR_022.pdf_p86-15] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:Mega_UK_10.pdf_p48-16] Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 48

[:File:MegaForce_FR_19.pdf_p112-17] Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-05.pdf_p62-18] Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p32-19] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 32

[:File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf_p70-20] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 70

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_033.pdf_p50-21] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 50

[:File:SegaPower_UK_44.pdf_p56-22] Sega Power, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-03), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_22.pdf_p62-23] Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 62

[:File:SegaZone_UK_09.pdf_p34-24] Sega Zone, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-xx), page 34

[:File:SegaForce_UK_19.pdf_p64-25] Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[27] Sonic the Comic, "7th August 1993" (UK; 1993-08-07), page 10

[:File:Supergame_BR_23.pdf_p18-28] Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 18

[:File:Supersonic_FR_12.pdf_p30-29] Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 30

[30] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 112

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-08.pdf_p102-31] Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 102

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Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Stages

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega Play version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References