Soldier of Fortune

For the Sega Mega Drive game known as "Soldiers of Fortune" in the US, see The Chaos Engine.

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Soldier of Fortune

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Crave Entertainment

Developer: Runecraft

Licensor: Activision

Original system(s): PC

Developer(s) of original games: Raven Software

Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Mouse, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast VGA Box, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2001-07-24^[1]	$39.9939.99^[2]	T-40212N
EU	2001-08-17		T-17726D-50
DE	2001-08-17		T-17726D-50
FR	2001-08-17^[6]		T-17726D-50
PT	2001-08-17
UK	2001-09-14^[3]^[4]	£19.9919.99^[5]	T-17726D-50
AU	2001-07-30^[7]

Non-Sega versions
Windows PC

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Soldier of Fortune is a first person shooter originally released for PC in 2000, published by Activision and developed by Raven Software. The following year the game was brought to the Sega Dreamcast by Crave Entertainment and Runecraft. The game was controversial at launch due to its high amounts of graphic violence and gore, featuring different forms of dismemberment.

The Dreamcast version is mostly the same as the PC original, and even supports the Mouse and Keyboard peripherals, but it lacks the multiplayer component, lacks some graphical effects, simplifies some level geometry and is notorious for having lengthy load times.

History

Release

In the UK, Soldier of Fortune was initially set to be released on August 17th, but was recalled at the last minute due to not having the BBFC certificate printed on the front cover^[8]. Still, enough copies slipped through for it to make number 2 in that week's ELSPA Dreamcast charts, before disappearing the following week and not returning until it re-entered at number 1 after it's revised release date of September 14th. Due to this there are two variants; one with the BBFC certificate on the front cover and disc, and a rarer version without.

Magazine articles

Main article: Soldier of Fortune/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

90

^[9]

Bonus (YU)

PAL/NTSC

85

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

89

^[11]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[13]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

74

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[2]

Game Station (UK)

80

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

Neo Plus (PL)

80

^[17]

Play (PL)

80

^[18]

PSX Extreme (PL)

PAL

77

^[19]

Power Unlimited (NL)

75

^[20]

	79
Based on 13 reviews

Soldier of Fortune

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc File:SoldierFortune-DC-EU-Manual.pdf Manual

Dreamcast, EU (No BBFC certificate)

Technical information

Main article: Soldier of Fortune/Technical information.

External links

Crave Entertainment webpage Dreamcast

References

↑ http://www.ebgames.com:80/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2001-08-22 00:10)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 88
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/videogames/bs-dreamcast/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-11 20:37)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/PXNewL1fz38/m/fDnnLXaqRzsJ
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 42
↑ http://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=17663 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-15 03:32)
↑ http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/longpage.asp?gameid=5263 (Wayback Machine: 2002-01-02 11:30)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/82iAsJMVi1c/m/VeF_YDOQXi4J
↑ 576 Konzol, "Szeptember 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Bonus, "7/2001" (YU; 2001-08-25), page 33
↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 2001" (FR; 2001-xx-xx), page 96
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 64
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2001" (US; 2001-08-07), page 147
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 210
↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Game Informer, "August 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
↑ Play, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
↑ PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 55
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 9, September 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 60

Soldier of Fortune
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[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010822001018.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.ebgames.com:80.2Febx.2Fcategories.2FnewReleases.2Fmorenr-DC.asp-1] ttp://www.ebgames.com:80/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2001-08-22 00:10)

[:File:GamePro_US_156.pdf_p88-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "September 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 88

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20011111203744.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.amazon.co.uk:80.2Fexec.2Fobidos.2Ftg.2Fstores.2Fstatic.2F-.2Fvideogames.2Fbs-dreamcast.2F-3] ttp://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/videogames/bs-dreamcast/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-11 20:37)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Fuk.games.video.dreamcast.2Fc.2FPXNewL1fz38.2Fm.2FfDnnLXaqRzsJ-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/PXNewL1fz38/m/fDnnLXaqRzsJ

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_24.pdf_p42-5] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 42

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20021215033239.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.micromania.fr.2Fzooms.2F.3Fref.3D17663-6] ttp://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=17663 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-15 03:32)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20020102113020.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.gameswarehouse.com.au.2Flongpage.asp.3Fgameid.3D5263-7] ttp://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/longpage.asp?gameid=5263 (Wayback Machine: 2002-01-02 11:30)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Fuk.games.video.dreamcast.2Fc.2F82iAsJMVi1c.2Fm.2FVeF_YDOQXi4J-8] ttps://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/82iAsJMVi1c/m/VeF_YDOQXi4J

[9] 576 Konzol, "Szeptember 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:Bonus_16_SCG.pdf_p33-10] Bonus, "7/2001" (YU; 2001-08-25), page 33

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_117.pdf_p96-11] Consoles +, "Octobre 2001" (FR; 2001-xx-xx), page 96

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_24.pdf_p64-12] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 64

[:File:EGM_US_146.pdf_p147-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2001" (US; 2001-08-07), page 147

[14] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 210

[gamestationuk2001-07-27-15] Game Station (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:GameInformer_US_100.pdf_p106-16] Game Informer, "August 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:Neo_Plus_35_PL.pdf_p39-17] Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 39

[18] Play, "Listopad 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 32

[19] PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 55

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_093_200109.pdf_p60-20] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 9, September 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 60

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Soldier of Fortune

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Contents

History

Release

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References