Blue Almanac
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| Blue Almanac | ||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Kodansha Research Institute | ||||||||||
| Developer: HOT-B, Cube (audio) | ||||||||||
| Genre: RPG[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Blue Almanac (ブルーアルマナック) is a 1991 RPG for the Sega Mega Drive by HOT-B and the first Mega Drive game published by Kodansha Research Institute. While it was only released in Japan, a western release of the game, now retitled as Star Odyssey, was planned by Sage's Creation for release in July 1991[4], but the translation was cancelled for unknown reasons.
Versions of Star Odyssey were reviewed by GamePro and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, complete with a MSRP of $69.99[5] (or $69.95[6]), suggesting the game was close to a US release.
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History
Two prototypes were independently discovered by drx[7] and by Brandon Cobb, head of Super Fighter Team, who subsequently acquired a license to complete the translation from HOT-B successor company Starfish (who like to revisit old properties), with intentions on releasing it on the twentieth anniversary of the original release. Despite his PR claiming that he received an "unofficial license" from Sega to distribute the game, Sega really asked him to remove their copyrights and trademarks, consequently making the translation fully unlicensed (while Blue Almanac is fully licensed).
Production credits
- Main Program: A B Y
- Sub Program: Kimihiro Endo
- Scenario: H.Okinaka
- Music: Cube Corp., Masaru Suzuki
- Graphic Design: Yukihito Morikawa, Yasuyuki Osada, Mike Yorozuya, Nc30-1004193, Tanuma Yosaku
- Special Thanks: Minoru Fujita, Hisao Yosida, Mitsuru Fujimori, Takako Iizuka, Ryo Kinoshita, Sabu Gikuni
- Director: Miyabi
- Producer: Y.Tonomura, Masahiro Tanaka
- Produced by: HOT.B Co.,Ltd., Kodansha Sohken
- Presented by: Kodansha Sohken
Magazine articles
- Main article: Blue Almanac/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)[9]
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)[10]
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #15: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)[11]
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Blue Almanac/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:BlueAlmanac MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 18
- ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 GamePro, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 48
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 35
- ↑ File:Blue Almanac MD credits.pdf
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 92
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 91
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 90
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 57
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 28
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
- ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 42
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 115
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
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