StarBlade

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StarBlade
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Namco, Sega (EU)
Developer: Tecnosoft
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse, XE-1 AP
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-10-28 ¥7,800 T-14014 US 1994 $? T-14025 UK 1994-11 £? 4284-50 FR 1994-11 ?F 4284-50 DE 1994-11 DM ? 4284-50 ES 1994-11 ?Ptas 4284-50
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StarBlade (スターブレード) is a 1991 arcade game developed by Namco which was later ported to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994. It is an on-the-rails shooter, set in space, where the player's aim is to gun down enemies and not be killed. It is compatible with the Sega Mouse and XE-1 AP.

Production credits

• Chief Director: H.Nakatani
• Assistant Director: K.Kobayashi
• Programmer: N.Matsuura, Y.Saitoh, Y.Ohmori
• Music and Sound Effects: S.Hosoe
• Visual Director: W.Yanagawa
• Visual Design: N.Kumagai, M.Tejima, M.Kimura
• Industrial Design: N.Yoshimatsu
• Mechanical Design: S.Kanebako, H.Igarashi, T.Wakayama, J.Uchida
• Electrical Design: M.Yamada, O.Morita, M.Ito
• Special thanks to: A.Ohsugi, H.Kikuchi, H.Takeshima, K.Mizuno, M.Takeda, S.Touyama, T.Ishikawa, T.Natsui, T.Sano, K.Teraoka, M.Inoue, M.Cooper-Hart (Namco America Inc)
• Producer: K.Sawano, M.Yamada

Source: In-game credits (JP)Media:StarBlade_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

Note: The staff roll shown at the end of the game is that of the arcade version; a staff list for the port is not available.

Magazine articles

Main article: StarBlade/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Beep! MegaDrive (JP) 68 №1994-10, p19 Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP) 80 №, p83 Consoles + (FR) 74 №40, p110 Weekly Famitsu (JP) 70 №307, p40 GamesMaster (UK) 71 №23, p72 Games World (UK) 82 №8, p21 Mega (UK) 75 №27, p44/45 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 75 №26, p110/111 Sega Power (UK) 87 №61, p68 Sega Pro (UK) 53 №40, p56 VideoGames (US) 80 №70, p101

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Based on 11 reviews

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	468,198,528		CD (JP)	T-14014
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	468,198,528		CD (US)	T-14025