Slider

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Slider
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega, Victor Musical Industries (JP)
Developer: Loriciel, Victor Musical Industries
Licensor: Infogrames, JPI
Genre: Puzzle, Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-04-26 ¥3,800 (3,914)3,800e T-60017 US 1991-10 $34.9534.95 2315 EU 1992-02 2315 UK 1992-02 £24.9924.99 2315
Non-Sega versions Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST IBM PC PC Engine

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Slider, known in Japan as Skweek (スクウィーク), is an action game for various home computers by Loriciel. It was ported to the Sega Game Gear by Victor Musical Industries and published by Sega.

Gameplay

The objective of Slider is to move Slider across 99 levels, turning all of the floor tiles pink in a given amount of time. Enemies continously spawn from nests, and Slider can dispatch them with projectiles fired with . Bonuses frequently appear across the map, and hitting an enemy, falling off the screen or failing to clear the stage in time causes the player to lose a life.

The Game Gear version of Slider differs slightly from its home computer counterparts, with levels scrolling horizontally rather than vertically. Also collecting all four Teddy Bears grants lives in this version, whereas in the original it acts another means of finishing a stage.

Tiles

	Starting point
	A special tile to point out where Slider has begun on the map.
	Floor tiles
	Blue and green floor tiles can be changed pink by walking over them.
	Walls
	In the Game Gear game, all walls are solid objects that can never be removed.
	Ice
	Causes Slider to keep moving in one direction until he overlaps a different type of tile.
	One-way
	Attempts to force Slider to travel in one direction. If going against the arrow, Slider will slow down, but going with it will cause him to speed up.
	Enemy nest
	Constantly spawns enemies.
	Blue boom
	Causes both itself and the eight surrounding tiles to disappear after a short period.
	Green boom
	Kills all the enemies currently on-screen.
	Booby trap
	Disappears when stepped on.
	Shortcut
	Allows Slider to fast travel to another shortcut tile if is pressed.

Weapons

	Laser gun
	Multi-fire gun
	Plus gun
	Diagonal gun
	Octagonal gun
	Freeze gun
	Barrier

Bonus items

	Teddy bears
	Baby Slider
	Hamburger
	Ice cream
	Door
	Green sand clock
	Pink sand clock
	Shoe
	Wings
	Gift box

Enemies

	Ghost
	Menace
	Slipster
	Bopper
	Tentacles
	Crasher
	Painter

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Slider	Slider
English (US)	Slider	Slider
Japanese	スクウィーク	Skweek

Magazine articles

Main article: Slider/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-03: "March 1991" (1991-02-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-04: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)

Artwork

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Physical scans

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Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 0 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 58 Consoles + (FR) 96 Console XS (UK) PAL 82 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 76 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 80 Game Zone (UK) 28 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 60 Hobby Consolas (ES) 74 Joypad (FR) PAL 68 Joystick (FR) 81 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) 77 Player One (FR) 90 Power Play (DE) 63 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 79 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 84 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 82 Sega Force (UK) 69 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 56 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) 70

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Slider

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 3d9c92c7 MD5 1a796dfa3b3b9010d259506ddc4a43a6 SHA-1 0788c35636abba46beb01acebfd1697cdb54161c	128kB		Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 4dc6f555 MD5 634a3ef93d9e93b79f194559541adeb8 SHA-1 ab37b26ca62339720d1cefcb152a0aca545359aa	128kB		Cartridge (US/EU)

References

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