Tactics Ogre

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Tactics Ogre
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Riverhillsoft
Developer: Riverhillsoft
Supporting companies: T's Music (audio)
Licensor: Quest
Original system(s): Super Famicom
Developer(s) of original games: Quest
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: RPG Simulation, Simulation
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-12-13 ¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e T-5306G
Non-Sega versions PlayStation Super NES

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Tactics Ogre (タクティクスオウガ) is a game in Quest's Ogre Battle series of strategy games. It was first released in 1995 on the Super Famicom before being ported to the Sega Saturn in 1996 — one month after a port of Densetsu no Ogre Battle was released. Neither of these versions were released outside Japan, however a PlayStation port would be brought overseas later.

Versions

The Saturn version of Tactics Ogre is very similar to the SNES version, though as 256x224 is not a supported video mode on Sega's console (unlike the PlayStation), the game appears "thinner" than its rivals and cutscenes are pillarboxed. There is, however, a wider view of the playfield and an enhanced soundtrack missing in the PlayStation conversion. It also has voiceovers for "important" cutscenes.

Also included in the Saturn version is an art gallery.

Production credits

Segasaturn Staff

• Programming: Kazuhisa Mitani, Takuya Yanai, Kouichi Fujiwara
• Graphics: Satoshi Gotou
• Sound: Hiromi Imakyurei
• Sound Edit: Tomohiro Akaki
• Music Data & Effect Sequence: Hiroyuki Hamada (T's Music)
• Effect Data: Yoshiyuki Kadooka (T's Music)

Narration production

• Casting coordinate: Radon'86
• Narration director: Junko Araki (Radon'86)
• Generalization: Kenji Uga (Q-Tec)
• Recording Engineer: Koji Aoyama (Q-Tec), Setsuo Yamai (Q-Tec)
• Voice actors: Nozomu Sasaki, Yumi Touma, Toshihiko Seki, Takehito Koyasu, Kazuhiko Inoue, Ken-Yu Horiuchi, Masaki Aizawa, Kazutoshi Naba, Kinryu Arimoto, Maya Okamoto, Shou Mayami, Fumihiko Tachiki, Yasuo Muramatsu, Run Sasaki, Masaru Hachinohe, Tsumugi Ohsawa, Mami Kingetsu

Original stuff

• Art Directed & System CG Designed: Hiroshi Minagawa
• Illustrated & BG-CG Designed: Akihiko Yoshida
• Additional CG Designed: Kazutaka Matsuda, Ryouichi Nakamura
• Main System Programmed: Tatsuya Azeyagi
• Battle Mode Programmed: Nobuo Morioka
• Additional Programmed: Katsuyuki Ito
• AI-Battle Programmed & Sound Manipurated: Toshiki Imai
• Music Composed, Arranged & Produced: Masaharu "Rezon" Iwata, Hitoshi "Ymoh.S" Sakimoto
• Additional Planned: Takayuki Yasumitsu
• Game Designed & Directed: Yasumi Matsuno

Cooperation

• Special thancs to: Nobuhiro Ito (Q-Tec), Yukio Kakehi, Kazuyuki Miura, Yoshihiko Miyazaki, Toshihiko Ichimaru, Ken-Ichirou Hayashi, Atsushi Fukuda
• Production assistance: Quest, Crosstalk, Q-Tec, Datam Polystar
• Producer: Junji Shigematsu
• Executve producer: Kazuhiro Okazaki
• Presented by: Riverhillsoft Inc.

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(C)1996 Riverhillsoft Inc.

Source:

In-game credits

File:Tactics Ogre Saturn credits.pdf

Magazine articles

Main article: Tactics Ogre/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-19: "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (1996-10-25)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-21: "1996-21 (1996-12-13)" (1996-11-22)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)

Physical scans

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Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 75 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 86 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 79 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 89

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Tactics Ogre

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: Tactics Ogre/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	433,986,336	1996-11-13	CD-ROM (JP)	T-5306G V1.003

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files

Folder / File	Type	Size	description
COMMENT.TXT	TXT	18,825	Messages from the developers.
TAC_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	299	About this game.
TAC_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	37	About original game
TAC_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	38	Copyright

References

Ogre Battle games for Sega systems
Densetsu no Ogre Battle (1996) | Tactics Ogre (1996)