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Scorcher
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega (US, Europe) , Acclaim Entertainment (Japan)
Developer: Zyrinx
Distributor: Scavenger
Genre: Racing[1]
Number of players: 1
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1997-08-22
¥5,8005,800
T-8128G
US
1997-03-05[2]
81214
EU
1997-05-15[3]
MK81214-50
DE
1997-05-15[3]
MK81214-50
PT
199x
UK
1997-05-15[3]
£39.9939.99[3]
MK81214-50
PL
1997
BR
199x
192106
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Scorcher (スコーチャー) is a futuristic racing video game released among other systems for the Sega Saturn . The Japanese Saturn version of the game is the rarest release on the platform.
During development the game was known as Vertigo .
History
It was the last game to be developed by Zyrinx before disbanding. The game was built on the graphics engine used by Zyrinx in their 1995 32X technical demo, but converted to use the Saturn's 3D hardware capabilities.
Production credits
Executive Producer: Manny Granillo
Producer: Steve Hutchins
Associate Product Manager: Matt Dunbar
Assistant Producer: Michael S. Jablonn
Packaging: Sarah Wittmer , Eric Smith
Testers:
Lead Tester: Matt Underwood
Assistant Lead Testers: Howard Gipson , Aaron Hommes , Grant Luke, Dave Paniagua
Testers: Mo Berry, Elton Brown, Christian Clausen, John Diamonon, Mike Dobbins , Sean Doidge , Danny Dunn, Chris Garrett, Rod Hong, Dennis Lee , Laine Maeda, Lorne Miller, Marcus Montgomery , Abe Navarro , Mark Paniagua , Sean Potter , Josh Simpson, Stewart Stanyard, Alan Tan, Fernando Valderrama , Polly Villatuya, Peter Young
Special Thanks: Bernie Stolar , Ted Hoff , Shuji Utsumi , Shin Hamanaka, Anne Moellering , Andrew Stein , Mark Moeller , Undyne Stafford , Arvin Carlson , Mike Needham , Scott Allen , Eileen Sacman and the SEEDY Crew
Main programming: David Guldbrandsen+Karsten Huidberg
Main graphics: Mikael Balle
Music + sfx: Jesper Kyd
System programming: Jens Bo Albretsen
Mathematics: Sami Badawi
Additional gfx: Jacob Andersen + Sami Badawi
Gametesting: Jesper Kyd
Bike layout: Jesper Vorsholt J regensen
Team assistants: Nicole Salem + Stacy Roberts
Manual: Sami Badawi + Jesper Kyd
Manual Layout: Jacob Andersen
Developed by: Zyrinx 1996
Greetings to: Lemon + fetus + Daniel Small + Chrstian Laursen + Lisa Darrow + Kirsten Bogden,+ Mikko Tahtinen + Guz + Martin "Mez" Damsbo + Hans "Sjok" Hansen + Maurice Garces
Source : US manual [4]
Magazine articles
Main article: Scorcher/Magazine articles .
Physical scans
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Based on4 reviews
Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard
Disc
Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc
Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover
Saturn, BR
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Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
121,389,072
CD-ROM (EU)
MK81214-50 V3.004
?
121,374,960
CD-ROM (US)
81214 V2.000
References