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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
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. Kabuto, creates the Mazinger-Z, a suit of armor he wears to become capable of battling the Biobeast to save what's left of Earth.
Gameplay
Controls are typical for a Sega beat-'em-up:
performs the special attack,
attacks (typically using Mazinger-Z's sword), and
jumps. The special attack is 3 seconds of swinging your sword around in a circle; performing the special attack costs life energy.
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
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Japanese
|
マジンサーガ
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MazinSaga
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Production credits
- ©Dynamic Planning, Inc. 1993
- ©Sega 1993
Magazine articles
- Main article: Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in
(US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
- (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[5]
Print advert in (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)
Print advert in (JP) #1993-03: "March 1993" (1993-02-08)
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Sega Retro Average
|
Publication
|
Score
|
Source
|
(JP)
|
70
|
[6]
|
(JP)
|
70
|
[7]
|
(FR)
|
79
|
№22
|
(UK)
|
63
|
[3]
|
(US)
|
72
|
|
(IT)
|
91
|
|
(US)
|
63
|
[8]
|
(UK)
|
81
|
№7, p46/47
|
(JP)
|
75
|
№1993-03, p38
|
(UK)
|
73
|
№12, p42/43
|
(UK)
|
65
|
№10, p48/49
|
(UK)
|
90
|
№18, p32-34
|
(UK)
|
85
|
№18, p65
|
(UK)
|
87
|
[9]
|
(FR)
|
90
|
№33, p50-53
|
(UK)
|
76
|
№44, p56/57
|
(UK)
|
81
|
№22, p67
|
(UK)
|
86
|
№9, p34/35
|
(UK)
|
65
|
[10]
|
(UK)
|
85
|
№6, p10
|
(FR)
|
91
|
№12, p30/31
|
|
Mega Drive, JP
|
 Cover
|
 Cart  Manual
|
Mega Drive, US
|
 Cover
|
 Cart  Manual
|
Mega Drive, EU
|
 Cover
|
 Cart
|
Mega Drive, FR
|
|
 Manual
|
Mega Drive, AU
|
|
 Cart
|
Mega Drive, KR
|
 Cover
|
  Cart
|
Mega Drive, Asia
|
 Cover
|
|
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
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-08), page 21 (23)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60 (64)
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 70-72 (70)
- ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 64-66 (64)