Samurai Shodown

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Samurai Shodown

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD, Sega Game Gear

Publisher:

Sega

Takara

JVC Musical Industries

Developer:

Saurus

System Vision

Funcom

Takara

Original system(s): Neo Geo

Publisher(s) of original games: SNK

Developer(s) of original games: SNK

Sound driver:

SMPS 68000

Peripherals supported:

Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Number of players:

1-2,

1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-11-19^[2]	¥8,8008,800	G-4127
US	1994		T-103066
EU	1995-02^[5]		1184-50
PT	199x
UK	1995-02^[5]	£49.9949.99^[6]^[5]	1184-50
AU	1995-04^[7]	$99.9599.95^[7]	FSAM01SMC
JP	1994-12-09^[4]	¥4,8004,800	T-146027
US	1994		T-103018
US	1995-01^[8]		T-60175
EU	1995-06^[9]^[10]		T-60175-50
UK	1995-06^[9]^[10]	£34.9934.99^[11]	T-60175-50
AU	199x
BR	1996-06	R$69.9969.99	063696

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Samurai Shodown, known as Samurai Spirits (サムライスピリッツ) in Japan, is a versus fighting game by SNK, originally developed for Neo Geo AES/MVS hardware. It is the first in the series, and is notable for using weapons rather than relying on hand-to-hand combat during battles - one of the first fighting games of its type to do so.

After being released for the Neo Geo in 1993, ports were made to a variety of platforms, including the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD and Sega Game Gear.

Gameplay

Characters

	Gen-An

	Calford

	Haohmaru

	Ukyo

	Charlotte

	Tamtam

	Nakoruru

	Wan-Fu

	Jubei

	Hanzo

	Kyoshiro

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Samurai Shodown	Samurai Shodown
English (US)	Samurai Shodown	Samurai Shodown
Japanese	サムライスピリッツ	Samurai Spirits

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Executive Producer: Nobuyuki Tanaka
Producer: Yasushi Okahara, Takahiro Shima
Direction: Zizi
Main Programmer: Haccyan
Assistant Programmer: Yama
Graphic System: Hideki
Graphic Design: Original from SNK
Graphic Design Modify: M.Toshiro, T.Koyama
Sound Design: Original from SNK
Sound System: Den
Sound Arrangement: Shinichi Yamazaki, Kazuhiko Oshikiri, Hideki Nagai, Hiroyuki Takei
Collision Tuning: Kuzira, Shikanosuke, Koyaman 3D

Takara Staff and Takara USA Staff

Producers: S.Suzuki
Director: T.Ikenoue
Production Composers: T.Hocho, K.Kijima, S.Takagi, D.Fowler
USA Marketing Planner: T.Kinya
Art Work Composers: INTAC I.T.C. Staff
Special Thanks to: All SNK Staff, Rika
Translated by: Saurus Co., Ltd.
Presented by: Takara Co., Ltd.

Mega-CD version

JVC Musical Industries Inc

Executive Producer: Makato Orii
Producer: Yoji Takenaka
Game Testers: Aki Akaike, Julio C Arreygue, Jeremy Klein

JVC Victor Entertainment Inc

Executive Producer: Harunobu Komori
Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
Director: Kazuya Tominaga
Co Director: Gaku Sato
Assistant: Ryo Misawa

Funcom

Main Programmer: Roar Flølo
Cruncher and Realtime Animation Decruncher: Eivind Hagen, Johan Köhler, Morten B Ofstad
Other Programming: Anders Dybdahl, Eivind Eklund, Morten B Ofstad, Carl-Henrik Skårstedt
Graphic Artists: Joachim Barrum, Torkell Bernsen, Colin McMahon, Tommy Svensson
Music and Sound: Kim Jensen
Animation Editing: Vebjørn Strømmen
Producer: Trond W Larsen

Source: In-game credits

Funcom

Artist: Colin McMahon, Torkell Bernsen, Joachim Barrum, Vebjørn Strømmen, Glenn Kristofferson, Jack Kristoffersen

Source: Manual credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Samurai Shodown/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Samurai Shodown/Promotional material.

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	60	^[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	69	^[13]
Consoles + (FR)	93	^[14]
Famitsu (JP)	60	№310, p40
GamePro (US)	88	^[15]
GamesMaster (UK)	85	№27, p72
Games World: The Magazine (UK)	86	№10, p13
Hobby Consolas (ES)	89	^[16]
Mega Fun (DE)	75	^[17]
Micromanía (tercera época) (ES)	80	^[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	61	^[19]
Player One (FR)	94	^[20]
Sega Magazine (UK)	62	№14, p94-95
Sega Power (UK)	75	№64, p40-42
Sega Pro (UK)	85	№41, p34-35
Video Games (DE)	86	^[21]
VideoGames (US)	70	^[22]

	78
Based on 17 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Silver)

Cart

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

71

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[23]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[24]

Player One (FR)

90

^[25]

Sega Magazin (DE)

79

^[26]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

67

^[27]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

53

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

68

^[28]

	72
Based on 8 reviews

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Game Gear version

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	93FD73DC
MD5	71B53A4577065E11453928774A7B64B0
SHA-1	2AAF7B6F9D37275995D4A62BB8A465333D8B0BF4

512kB

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	98171DEB
MD5	4898DB4B63C7024842E748FB81C95A55
SHA-1	D7330F5ABCADB5C199299B24C22334BE0072EC80

512kB

Cartridge (US)

References

Samurai Shodown

Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits games for Sega systems
	Samurai Shodown (1994) \| Shin Samurai Spirits Haohmaru Jigokuhen (Unlicensed) (1998)
	Samurai Shodown (1994)
	Samurai Shodown (1995)
	Samurai Spirits Zankurou Musouken (1996) \| Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidou Retsuden (1997) \| Samurai Spirits Amakusa Kourin (1997) \| Samurai Spirits Best Collection (1998)
	Nakoruru: Anohito Kara no Okurimono (2002)
	Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden (2005)

[:File:SamuraiShodown_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:SamuraiShodown MD JP Box.jpg

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[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_14.pdf_p94-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Sega Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 94

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p13-6] Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf_p12-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 12

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p230-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 230

[:File:CVG_UK_164.pdf_p60-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 60

[:File:SegaPower_UK_68.pdf_p52-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 52

[:File:SegaPower_68_jul_95.pdf_p52-11] File:SegaPower 68 jul 95.pdf, page 52

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-12.pdf_p23_.2821.29-12] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 21 (23)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86_.2884.29-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_039.pdf_p111_.28110-111.29-14] Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 110-111 (111)

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p44_.2842-44.29-15] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42-44 (44)

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_042.pdf_p63_.2860-63.29-16] Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 60-63 (63)

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-02.pdf_p96-17] Mega Fun, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96

[:File:Micromania3_ES_001.pdf_p106-18] Micromanía (tercera época), "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 106

[:File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p76_.2876-77.29-19] Mean Machines Sega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-30), page 76-77 (76)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_051.pdf_p80_.2882-84.29-20] Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 82-84 (80)

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p87_.2891.29-21] Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 91 (87)

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p101-22] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 101

[:File:EGM_US_071.pdf_p36-23] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:EGM_US_073.pdf_p36-24] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_058.pdf_p142-25] Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 142

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_27.pdf_p10-26] Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 10

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_19.pdf_p82-27] Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 82

[:File:SegaPro_UK_48.pdf_p65-28] Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 65

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Samurai Shodown

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References