Titan Wars

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Titan Wars
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Crystal Dynamics (US, Europe), BMG Victor (Japan)
Developer:
Distributor: BMG Interactive Entertainment (EU), Ecofilmes (PT)
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Genre: 3D Shooting[1], Shooting[2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e[3] T-15903G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US 		$59.9959.99[6] T-15911H
ESRB: Teen
Sega Saturn
EU 		T-15911H-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Saturn
PT 		STJBM0203
Sega Saturn
UK 		£44.9944.99[9] T-15911H-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Saturn
PL
Non-Sega versions

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Titan Wars (タイタンウォーズ), called Solar Eclipse in the US, is a 1996 shoot-'em-up by Crystal Dynamics for the Sega Saturn. The game is a successor to the 1993 3DO game Total Eclipse (as well as its 1995 PlayStation adaptation, Total Eclipse Turbo), but features improved gameplay over that game.

Like Total Eclipse, the game was also released on the PS1, but only in Europe; North America and Japan only recieved the Saturn original.

During development the game was known as 3D Space Combat Simulator, being listed under this name on the box of early North American Saturn consoles.

Gameplay

Titan Wars is a 3D on-the-rails spaceship shooter very similar in nature to Nintendo's Star Fox series. The player travels forward into the screen, shooting enemies while avoiding projectiles and obstacles. Pressing L or R rotates the ship 90 degrees.

Cutscenes are presented as full motion video sequences with live actors.

Also included are bonus stages where the player has to shoot as many cows as possible.

The NTSC-U version also contains a video previewing several of Crystal Dynamics' Saturn games, including Blazing Dragons, Gex, The Horde, Off-World Interceptor Extreme, 3D Baseball '95 and the unreleased port of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

Levels

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Notavailable.svg Tethys
Notavailable.svg Dione
Notavailable.svg Rhea
Notavailable.svg Enceladus and Mimas
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Production credits

Team Titan
  • Lead Programmer: Stephen D. White
  • Programmer: Bob Smith
  • Lead Artist: Terry Falls
  • Artist: Simon Knights, Steve Suhy
  • Lead Game Designer: Eric Lindstrom
  • Designer: Noah Hughes
  • Product Marketing Manager: Jim Curry
  • Produced By: Andy Trapani
Live Action Crew
  • "Raven" Maj. Delany Kelt: Claudia Christian
  • "Stuntman" Lt. Jake Cross: Gary Hudson
  • "Hellcat" Lt. Sarah Underhill: Jillian McWhirter
  • "Cobra" Lt. Major Green: John Lage
  • "Pitbull" Lt. Maj. Peterson: Tracey Ross
  • "Hopscotch" Lt. Pachenko: Ritchie Montgomery
  • "Vegas" Lt. Ramirez: Juan Garcia
  • "Phantom" Lt. Major Gregson: Stephen Park
  • "Digger" Lt. Morris: Jana Copley
  • Crazy Colonist: Dennis Burkely
  • Susan Powell: Kim Miyori
  • Spinner: Charles Martinet
  • Capt. Banks: Stephen Markle
  • Joshua: Joe Paulino
  • Flight Computer: Tracy Heffernan
  • Intercom Voice: Joe Paulino
  • "Buzzard" Lt. Hogan: Neil Dickson
  • "Scarecrow" Lt. Radakovich: Kevin Baxter
  • "Maestro" Lt. Phillips: Marita Deleon
  • IRIS: Tracy Heffernan, Stephen Markle, Charles Martinet, Kim Miyori, Joe Paulino
  • Executive Producer of Live Action: Andy Trapani
  • Associate Producers: Gary Hudson, Frederick Bailey III
  • Story and Screenplay: Eric Lindstrom
  • Additional Story and Dialogue: Jim McGrath
  • Production Manager: Aaron M. Heck
  • 3D Animation: Terry Falls, Simon Knights
  • Editing and Post Production Supervision: Dan Brazelton
  • Director of Photography: Jurgen Baum
  • First Assistant Director: Robert Kay
  • Second Assistant Director: Bobby Bonilla
  • Script Supervisor: Joan Chen
  • Music & Foley By: John Lawrence, Bill Hendrickson, Tom Corwyn
  • Production Designer: Philip Brandes
  • Wardrobe: Marita Deleon
  • Make-Up: Stephanie Fowler
Additional Game Crew
  • Additional Programming: Adam Woodbury, Doug Ihde, Dan Su, Lloyd Pique
  • Terrain Tile Art: Maj Cole
  • Additional Art: Juan Ruiz, David Pounders, Jean Z. Xiong, Andy Mitchell
  • Executive Producer: Jon Horsley
  • Storyboards: Vincent Castillo, Andy Mitchell
  • Level Layout & Additional Design: Jeremy Bredow, Seth Carus, Riley Cooper, J. Epps, Chazz Geiwitz, Noah Hughes, Josh Rose
  • Object Assembly: Mark Ybarra
  • Music By: John Lawrence, Bill Hendrickson, Power of 2 Music
  • Music Processing and Sound Effects: Burke Trieschmann
  • Tools Gimp: Sean Vikoren
  • Decompression & Video Decompositing: Leland Susser
  • Test Manager: Conan Tigard
  • Lead Tester: Caroline Esmurdoc
  • Testing: Ed Chennault, Richard D'Aloisio, Jake Espinoza, Scott Hill, Billy Mitchell, Pappalardo Laurence, Laurence Monji, Raphael Pepi, Kam Ralston, Rodney Rapp, Ilya Reeves, Kenny Reeves, Sheatiel Sarao, Serguei Savtchenko, Mari Schaal, Ben Schulz, Kevin Seiter, Eric Simonich, William Sudderth, Jeff Todd
  • Special Thanks: Linda White, Crystal White, Pamela Lindstrom, Jake Lindstrom, Shannon Lindstrom, Marko Trapani, Marlene Trapani, Kymm Friedmann, Gerry Knights, David Kirk, Jennifer Bulka, George W. Young, Dan Dorosin, Ted Fitzgerald, Jeff Kesselman, Kathy Appuhn, Kim Gishler, Chris Espinosa, Kristen Growney, Madeline Canepa, Scott A. Steinberg, Amy Hennig, Richard Lemarchand, Michelle Smith, Don Dacanay, Sheatiel Sarao, Roz Horsley, Brendan Cahill, Diddy, Kendall, Jack Scratch, Steve M. Suhy, Buck
Source:
In-game credits
TitanWars Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
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Source:
US manual
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Magazine articles

Main article: Titan Wars/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

TitanWars Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
JP flyer
TitanWars Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
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Print advert in Playmag (FR) #2: "Avril 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Hyper (AU) #31: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[18]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
58
[19]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
70
[20]
Fusion (US) NTSC-U
50
[21]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[22]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
78
[23]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
49
[24]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
89
[25]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
61
[26]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
52
[9]
Player One (FR) PAL
45
[27]
Power Up! (UK)
82
[28]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[29]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
81
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
54
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
57
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
47
[34]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
67
[35]
Última Generación (ES)
60
[36]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
68
[37]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[38]
Sega Saturn
 65
Based on
23 reviews

Titan Wars

Saturn, JP
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Saturn, US
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Disc
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Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, PT
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Cover
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Disc

Technical information

Main article: Titan Wars/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:TitanWars Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  3. ↑ File:TitanWars Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles/interviews/crystal_dynamics-solar_eclipse/ (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-21 16:13)
  5. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/LRH7TXlJsbM/m/SP3fmSDX6rsJ
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 57
  7. ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-04-08), page 45
  8. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 65
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 80
  10. ↑ File:TitanWars_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  11. ↑ File:Solareclipse sat us manual.pdf, page 24
  12. ↑ EGM², "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 8
  13. ↑ VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 66
  14. ↑ Next Generation, "November 1995" (US; 1995-10-24), page 160
  15. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 116
  16. ↑ Tips & Tricks, "Volume III, Issue 1: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  17. ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 77
  18. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
  19. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-04-26" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 1
  20. ↑ Fun Generation, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-08), page 70
  21. ↑ Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 7: February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 66
  22. ↑ GamePro, "February 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62
  23. ↑ Game Informer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 46
  24. ↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 85
  25. ↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 78
  26. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 75
  27. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 101
  28. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 11, 1996" (UK; 1996-05-11), page 1
  29. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 13" (JP; 1996-06-07), page 128
  30. ↑ Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 52
  31. ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-xx), page 20
  32. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-24), page 82
  33. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
  34. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17
  35. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 58
  36. ↑ Última Generación, "Marzo 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
  37. ↑ Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 79
  38. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1996" (US; 1996-01-xx), page 84


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