Scorcher
From Sega Retro
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Scavenger (US, Europe), Acclaim Entertainment (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Zyrinx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Sega (US, Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Racing[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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
| Sega Retro Average | ||||||
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75 |
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  Cover
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 Spinecard  Disc |
| Saturn, US |
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  Cover
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 Manual |
| Saturn, EU |
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 Cover
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 Disc |
| Saturn, FR (Blister pack) |
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 Cover
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| Saturn, PT |
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| Saturn, BR |
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   Cover
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Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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121,389,072 | CD-ROM (EU) | MK81214-50 V3.004 | ||||||||||
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121,374,960 | CD-ROM (US) | 81214 V2.000 |
References
- ↑ File:Scorcher Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Press release: 1997-05-15: Scorching New Saturn Games From Super-Cool Sega
- ↑ File:Scorcher sat us manual.pdf, page 27
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-01-29), page 74/75 (74)
- ↑ Saturn Power, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 70/71 (70)