Rise of the Dragon

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NTSC-U
NTSC-J

Rise of the Dragon

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega (Japan, US), Dynamix (US) (re-release),

Developer: Dynamix

Game Arts, Bits Laboratory

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-09-25^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-6002
US	1994-03^[3]	$49.9949.99^[4]	4301
US (Jewel Case)			T-110035

Non-Sega versions
Amiga IBM PC Macintosh

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Rise of the Dragon, known as Rise of the Dragon: A Blade Hunter Mystery (ライズオブザドラゴン～ブレイド・ハンター・ミステリー～) in Japan, is an adventure game for the Sega Mega-CD.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Rise of the Dragon	Rise of the Dragon
English (US)	Rise of the Dragon	Rise of the Dragon
Japanese	ライズオブザドラゴン～ブレイド・ハンター・ミステリー～	Rise of the Dragon: A Blade Hunter Mystery

Production credits

Cast

Blade Hunter: Naoki Tatsuta
Anice Rumanov: Saeko Shimazu
Deng Hwang: Michihiro Ikemizu
Jake Wizard: Hirohiko Kakegawa
Mayor Vincent: Masaharu Satoh
Pamera Litton: Yuko Mizutani
Fau Hwan: Ai Origasa
Casey Jones: Ryonosuke Ohbayashi
Candi: Satomi Kourogi
Bum (Old Man): Kinpei Azusa
Barren: Daisuke Gouri
Guard Man: Shinobu Satouchi
Ralph: Toshio Kobayashi
Dorothy: Rihoko Yoshida
Yang Ryuho: Kouhei Miyauchi
Johnny Qwang: Chikao Ohtsuka
Maharajah: Kousei Tomita

Staff

Designer And Director: Jeff Tunnell
Art Director: Randy Dersham
Conceptual Art And Characters: Robert Caracol
Game Development System: Richard Rayl, Dariusz Lukaszuk, Kevin Ryan
Artists: Erian Hahn, Mark Brenneman
Programmers: Louie McCrady, Rich Rayl, Kevin Ryan, Nels Bruckner, Darek Lukaszuk
Audio Director: Alan McKean
Music and Sounds: Chris Stevens
Original Score: Don Latarski
Dialogue and Text: Jerry Luttrell, David Selle

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Rise of the Dragon/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[5]
Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-09: "September 1992" (1992-08-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[9]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

77

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[4]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[11]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

55

^[12]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

35

^[13]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

88

^[14]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

89

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[18]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

81

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[20]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

74

^[21]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[22]

	75
Based on 17 reviews

Rise of the Dragon

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US (older)
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, US (newer)
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

285,763,296

CD (JP)

G-6002

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

234,059,280

CD (US)

4301

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

234,021,648

CD (US)

T-110035

References

↑ File:RiseoftheDragon MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/MSxekROmuc8/m/Gj-IjsNDk-MJ
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 315
↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 163
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-08), page 24
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Famitsu, "1992-08-21,28" (JP; 1992-08-07), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74
↑ Hippon Super, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-04), page 46
↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 32
↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 110
↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 72
↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-XX), page 121
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 66
↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 48
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 60
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 32
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 85
↑ VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

Rise of the Dragon

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[:File:GamePro_US_048.pdf_p62-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p315-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 315

[:File:SegaVisions_US_22.pdf_p163-6] Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 163

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-09.pdf_p24-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-08), page 24

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p38-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[9] Famitsu, "1992-08-21,28" (JP; 1992-08-07), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0706.pdf_p74-10] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 74

[11] Hippon Super, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-04), page 46

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p32-12] Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 32

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p110-13] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 110

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p72-14] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 72

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_01.pdf_p121-15] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "September 1992" (JP; 1992-08-XX), page 121

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p66-16] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 66

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p48-17] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p60-18] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 60

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p32-19] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 32

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p85-21] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_US_65.pdf_p73-22] VideoGames, "June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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Rise of the Dragon

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References