Skeleton Krew

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Skeleton Krew

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher:

Core Design

Developer:

Core Design

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-05More...^[1]	$?	T-115036
UK	1995-03	£?	T-115036-50
FR	1995-03	?F	T-115036-50
DE	1995-03	DM ?	T-115036-50
ES	1995-03	?Ptas	T-115036-50
AU	1995	$?	?
BR	1996-12	R$?	051120

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Skeleton Krew is an action game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was never released in Japan or Asia. It uses an isometric perspective. Being released late in the console life cycle, it features very detailed graphics and advanced effects such as sprite tilting and simulated floodlights (as seen in the opening). Versions for Amiga and Amiga CD32 were also released.

Gameplay

Three characters are available: Rib, Spine and Joint, representing the classical game archetypes of speed, power and balance type.

The directional keys are used to navigate, and turn the characters upper body while fires the selected weapon. When the character doesn't fire, is for selecting weapons and is for jumping, although the jumps are severly lacking in height. A 6 button controll scheme was also implemented, mapping upper body rotation and jumping to different buttons.

Money and score items are scattered througout the game. Collecting 1000 points gives the player an extra life and resets the counter. Interestingly there are no other pickups, such as health restoring items (TODO?)

A password system is used to record progress.

Production credits

Graphics: James Ryman, Heather Gibson
Programming: Chris Long, Jason Gosling
Music and SFX: Nathan McCree
Level Design: Heather Gibson, Bob Churchill
Concept and Story: Guy Miller, James Ryman
Testing: Jamie Morton, Troy Horton, Darren Price, David Ward, Tiziano Cirillo
Produced by: Jeremy Smith

Magazine articles

Main article: Skeleton Krew/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #30: "April 1995" (1995-02-28)
also published in:

Sega Magazine (UK) #15: "March 1995" (1995-02-xx)More...^[2]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
CD Consoles (FR)	44	№4, p136-139
Consoles + (FR)	88	№45, p118/119
Computer & Video Games (UK)	82	More...^[3]
Games World (UK)	90	№11, p79
Joypad (FR)	83	№44, p57
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	83	More...^[4]
Player One (FR)	85	№51, p94/95
Sega Magazine (UK)	82	More...^[5]
Sega Power (UK)	86	№65, p46/47
Sega Pro (UK)	91	№43, p58/59
Ultimate Gamer (US)	80	No results^[6]

	81
Based on 11 reviews

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References

[:File:EGM_US_070.pdf_p125_-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 125

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p100_-2] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-xx), page 100

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p70_.2870-71.29-3] Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 70-71 (70)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega30UK.pdf_p71_.2870.2F71.29-4] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 70/71 (71)

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p88_.2888.2F89.29-5] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-xx), page 88/89 (88)

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p88_-6] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-xx), page 88

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