Panzer Dragoon Zwei

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Panzer Dragoon Zwei
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR)
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (3 tracks)
Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Mission Stick, Shuttle Mouse, Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Dramatic Shooting (ドラマティックシューティング)[2], Shooting[3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e[4] GS-9049
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US 		$59.9959.99[8] 81022
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Saturn
EU 		81022-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Saturn
DE 		81022-50
USK: 12
Sega Saturn
PT 		STJSE0206
Sega Saturn
UK 		£44.9944.99[13] 81022-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Saturn
GR
Sega Saturn
PL 		199zł199
Sega Saturn
AU 		FPAN03SSC
OFLC: G8
Sega Saturn
BR 		R$64.9964.99 192146
Tectoy: Todas as Idades

Panzer Dragoon Zwei (パンツァードラグーン ツヴァイ), also known as Panzer Dragoon II and Panzer Dragoon II Zwei, is an "on-rails" shoot 'em up game released exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It was the second Panzer Dragoon game released but it is a prequel of the series. It was developed by Team Andromeda, one of Sega's internal development studios.

Story

The game is set prior to the original Panzer Dragoon against the backdrop of a war between the Empire led by its sixth Emperor and the nation of Meccania over remnants of the Ancient Age. Jean-Luc Lundi lives in a superstitious village where mutant coolias are killed as unlucky omens. Lundi defies the village tradition by adopting a mutant coolia with wings and a glowing green throat, naming it Lagi. After Lagi is full grown, Lundi takes the coolia out to try to get him to fly. While Lundi takes Lagi out, an automated Ancient Age ship called Shelcoof destroys Lundi's village. Lagi fires at Shelcoof with lasers from his mouth, the trademark attack of dragons from the Ancient Age. Lundi and Lagi pursue Shelcoof in parallel with the forces of Meccania, who seek to control Shelcoof.

Gameplay

The game is a rail shooter like its predecessor. The player controls a dragon, Lagi, and its rider, Lundi, through an aiming reticle that can be moved over the whole screen with the D-Pad, with enemies appearing across four quadrants tracked by an on-screen radar. The dragon follows the reticle, allowing the player to dodge obstacles and enemy fire. Lagi initially cannot fly and runs along the ground in the early stages instead. The player can pan the field of view by moving the reticle with Left and Right or can rotate the view 90 degrees at a time with L and R. Though the game is on rails and largely follows predetermined paths, stages now have branching paths at certain points, with the player's choice affecting the scenery as well as the enemy types and bosses that the player encounters.

Enemies can be defeated with Lundi's handgun, which is fired by pressing A, B, or C, or Lagi's homing lasers, which can lock on up to eight enemies by holding A, B, or C while moving the reticle over them. A meter fills as enemies are shot down; when it is green, the player can use the berserk attack, a rain of lasers from Lagi that targets all enemies on screen until the bar is emptied, by pressing X, Y, or Z.

The dragon's health is indicated by a bar in the corner of the screen. It takes damage from enemies and from obstacles. The dragon has part of its health restored at the beginning of each stage. The game ends if the dragon runs out of health, but it can be continued from the beginning of the current stage as long as the player has credits remaining. Each stage is scored based on enemy kill ratio, damage taken, the number of continues used, and the time taken to complete each section. During the game, the dragon unlocks alternate forms based on the routes taken and points accrued. There are six forms available, with a final form unlocking for the final boss.

After completing the game, Pandra's Box is unlocked, which is an extras menu that gives players the ability to alter dragon statistics, change the game difficulty, access new weapons, alter or replay individual levels, and replay cutscenes. To unlock everything in Pandra's Box, the player must have a total number of clears of at least 20, a total playtime of at least 30 hours, a best shot down ratio of 100%, or a save game from Panzer Dragoon Saga saved to the Saturn's internal memory.

Stages

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Episode 1

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Episode 2

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Episode 3

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Episode 4

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Episode 5

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Episode 6

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Last Episode

Production credits

Team Andromeda Presents
Source:
In-game credits (JP)[15]
Source:
Developer mentions[16]
Source:
In-game credits
Panzer Dragoon Zwei US Saturn credits.pdf
[17]
Source:
US manual
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[18]

Magazine articles

Main article: Panzer Dragoon Zwei/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Panzer Dragoon Zwei/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
87 №42, p58/59
Sega Saturn
 87
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
94
[19]
Consoles + (FR)
97
[20]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[13]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[21]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
88
[22]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
80
[23]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
99
[24]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
90
[25]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[26]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
89
[27]
Joypad (FR)
91
[28]
Maximum (UK)
100
[29]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
92
[30]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
87
[31]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
99
[32]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
92
[33]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[34]
neXt Level (DE)
90
[35]
Player One (FR)
95
[36]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
85
[37]
Score (CZ)
80
[38]
Secret Service (PL)
99
[39]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
80
[40]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[41]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
99
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
95
[43]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
92
[44]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
97
[45]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
93
[46]
Strana Igr (RU)
73
[47]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
76
[48]
Ultra Player (FR)
100
[49]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
87
[50]
VideoGames (US)
90
[8]
Sega Saturn
 90
Based on
35 reviews

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Manual
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Inlay
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Reg Card
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Leaflet 01
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Leaflet 02
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Soft Information Vol. 6
Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Panzerzwei sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
PanzerDragoonIISaturnEUManual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, PT
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, PT (4,990$)
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Cover
Saturn, GR

Saturn, AU
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, BR
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Cover

Technical information

Main article: Panzer Dragoon Zwei/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
494,477,424 CD-ROM (EU) 81022-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
475,308,624 1996-02-27 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9049 V1.001
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
493,814,160 CD-ROM (US) 81022 V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1996-02-05 Page

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File Type Size description
OMAKE.TXT TXT 3,843 Warning message
README.TXT TXT 27,814 Messages from the developers.
WORLD.TXT TXT 8,638 Warning message


Save data

The game makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as well as the Saturn Backup Memory to save progress through the game as well as unlock extras.


Saturn (NTSC-J) Save Data
Name Comment Blocks Description
PANDRA_ZWEI (Rank) 8


External links

  • Sega of America webpage: Saturn
  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Saturn

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wave-master.com/wm/works/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-05-19 20:54)
  2. ↑ File:Panzerzwei sat jp backcover.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
  4. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp:80/sega/p_cafe/DB/09049/09049.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-06 07:59)
  5. ↑ http://sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/pd2.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-15 06:19)
  6. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/X_fMSk0TWDE/m/48YuZQr_pMsJ
  7. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/J4Znml1DpDc/m/j6B50Ae7IeAJ
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61
  9. ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-05-06), page 20
  10. ↑ File:LeicesterMercury UK 1996-04-27 16.jpg
  11. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 61
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Edge, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 68
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 66
  14. ↑ File:TopSecret_PL_51.pdf, page 37
  15. ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei JP Saturn credits.pdf
  16. ↑ @Yoshihiro39ta on Twitter
  17. ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei US Saturn credits.pdf
  18. ↑ File:Panzerzwei sat us manual.pdf, page 14
  19. ↑ 576 KByte, "Június 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 24
  20. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 84
  21. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 32
  22. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-03-29" (JP; 1996-03-15), page 1
  23. ↑ Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 45
  24. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14
  25. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 6 June 1996" (US; 1996-05-04), page 52
  26. ↑ GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 66
  27. ↑ Game Informer, "May 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  28. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 66
  29. ↑ Maximum, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-04-27), page 124
  30. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68
  31. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 62
  32. ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "7-8/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 143
  33. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 16
  34. ↑ Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 83
  35. ↑ neXt Level, "Juni 1996" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 12
  36. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 90
  37. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 10-11" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 80
  38. ↑ Score, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-11-01), page 110
  39. ↑ Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 65
  40. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 52
  41. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 20
  42. ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "10/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  43. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-24), page 70
  44. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
  45. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 227
  46. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "16 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-07), page 10
  47. ↑ Strana Igr, "May/Iyun 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 136
  48. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 42
  49. ↑ Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 78
  50. ↑ Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 90


Panzer Dragoon Zwei

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Books: Panzer Dragoon Zwei no Sekai: Panzer Dragoon Zwei Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou: Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack (1997)
Music: Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Soundtrack (1996)
Sega Saturn
Prototypes: 1996-02-05



Games in the Panzer Dragoon Series
Sega Saturn
 Panzer Dragoon (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei (1996) | Panzer Dragoon I & II (1996) | Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998)
Windows PC
 Panzer Dragoon (1996) | Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020)
Sega Game Gear
 Panzer Dragoon Mini (1996)
LCD handheld game
 Panzer Dragoon (1997)
Xbox
 Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)
Nintendo Switch
 Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020) | Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake (20xx)
Sony PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Steam
Google Stadia
 Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020)
Sampler Discs
Sega Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Playable Preview (1995) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Taikenban (1997) | Panzer Dragoon Saga Demo Disc (1998)
Xbox
Panzer Dragoon Orta Demo Disc (2002)
Panzer Dragoon related media
Music
 Panzer Dragoon SMF Music Data (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Original Sound Track (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Original Full Sound Version (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Power Remix (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Soundtrack (1996) | O.V.A. Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack (1996) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (1997) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Complete Album (1998) | Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu (1999) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Memorial Album (2001) | Panzer Dragoon Orta: Die Panzer Dragoons Chronik (2002) | Panzer Dragoon Orta Original Soundtrack (2002) | Panzer Dragoon Orta Official Soundtrack (2003) | Panzer Dragoon (2016) | Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement (2018) | Panzer Dragoon: Remake The Definitive Soundtrack (2021)
Music
 Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Arrange Album "Alternative Elements" (1996) | Panzer Dragoon Original Sound Track (Remastered) (2006) |
Book
 Panzer Dragoon Koushiki Guide Book (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei no Sekai: Panzer Dragoon Zwei Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Panzer Dragoon OVA Fan Book (1996) | Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou: Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack (1997) | Panzer Dragoon Azel (1998) | Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG Official Guide (1998) | V Jump Books Game Series: Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (1998) | Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG Guide Book (1998) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Panzer Dragoon Orta (2003) | Kaze to Akatsuki no Musume: Panzer Dragoon Orta (2004)
Film
 Panzer Dragoon (1996)
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