Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter

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Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega, VIC Tokai (US)
Developer: Almanic, Team "Saga", ALU
Licensor: Dynamic Planning
Sound driver: SMPS Z80
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-02-26 ¥6,800 G-4078 US 1993 $? T-23036 UK 1993-07 £39.99 1069 FR 1993 ?F 1069 DE 1993 DM ? 1069 ES 1993 ?Ptas 1069 AU 199x $? ? AS 199x ? G-4078 KR 199x ₩? GM8078JG JP 199x ¥? ?
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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
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

PDF

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)

PDF

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

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

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Beep! MegaDrive (JP) 70 №1993-03, p21 Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP) 70 №, p84 Consoles + (FR) 79 №22 Computer & Video Games (UK) 63 №141, p63 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) 72 Game Power (IT) 91 GamePro (US) 63 №54, p60 GamesMaster (UK) 81 №7, p46/47 Hippon Super (JP) 75 №1993-03, p38 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 73 №12, p42/43 Mega (UK) 65 №10, p48/49 MegaTech (UK) 90 №18, p32/33/34 MegaTech (UK) 85 №18, p65 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 87 №9, p70-72 Player One (FR) 90 №33, p50/51/52/53 Sega Power (UK) 76 №44, p56/57 Sega Pro (UK) 81 №22, p67 Sega Zone (UK) 86 №9, p34/35 Sega Force (UK) 65 №19, p64-66 Sonic the Comic (UK) 85 №6, p10 Supersonic (FR) 91 №12, p30/31

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Based on 21 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart File:Mazin Saga MD US Manual.pdf Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover

Mega Drive, FR
File:Mazin Wars MD FR Manual.pdf Manual

Mega Play version

Mega Play,
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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