The Ring: Terror's Realm

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The Ring: Terror's Realm

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Infogrames North America (US), Kadokawa Shoten (Japan), Asmik Ace Entertainment (Japan)

Developer: Asmik Ace Entertainment

Supporting companies: Pole To Win (testing), Price Design Team (US packaging), Scarab (art)

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2000-02-24^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[2]	T-27902M
US	2000-09-26^[4]	$39.9939.99^[5]	T-15122N

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The Ring: Terror's Realm, known in Japan as Ring (リング), is a Sega Dreamcast survival horror game developed by Asmik Ace Entertainment. Based on the 1998 film Ring, the game was first published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in February 2000, and was later localized and brought to the United States by Infogrames the following August.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	The Ring: Terror's Realm	The Ring: Terror's Realm
Japanese	リング	Ring

Production credits

Executive Producer: Hiroaki Kai (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.)
Producer: Hitoshi Iida (角川書店), Masashi Suzuki (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.)
Character Design: Katsuya Terada
Cast
- Meg: Soness Steavens
- Robert: Kevyn S. Johnson
- John: Jeffrey J. Johnston
- Jack: Richard M. Whitelock
- Lukino: John Broadwater
- Sadako: Sachiko Okada, Karen Smith, Andy Fredrick
Promotion Staff: Yoshinobu Sato (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.), Shunsuke Wada (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.), Maki Kazuno (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.), Taiji Kawai (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.)
Product Staff: Mikio Ono (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.), Junko Hosoya (Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc.)
Director: Atsushi Suzuki
Main Program: Atsushi Suzuki
Program: Tetsuya Furuta, Iwashi
Main Graphic: Yoshimi Kaida
Character Main Graphic: M.T
Character Graphic: Yoshitaka Asaji, Hajime Okano, Ryuichi Noguchi (Scarab), Takahiro Sakuma (Scarab), Seiko Takanashi (Scarab), Tohru Honda (Scarab)
Monster Director: Masanao Kita (Scarab)
Map Main Graphic: Yoshimi Kaida
Map Graphic: Hiroki Hamashima, Hideo Nakamura, Tomoyo Kyomori, Taizo Murakami, Naoto Abe, Yousuke Tachibana, Hideki Kawakami
Object Graphic: Muneyuki Tejima?
Map Design: Katsuhiko Sakurai (Designkombinat Co.)
Planner: Satoshi Iwasaki, Shigeto Yasuda, Yasuyuki Kawaguchi, Hisaya Takabayashi
Scenario: Hisaya Takabayashi
3D Computer Graphics, Sound Track, Sound Effects, Script Translation and Voice Actors Management by: Nurding Group
Nurding Crue: Tsutomu Fuzawa, Yoshiaki Tonooka, Sota Namba, Yoshikazu Sasano, Nobuhiro Miyamura, Yasuhiro Asaga, Kazuhiro Kawamoto, Shigeki Hanawa, Mariko Ogawa, Masayuki Itokazu, Kazuhiro Higuchi, Elain E. Nishizaki, Jaron Sperry, Akiko Koyama
Sound Convert: Yoshiyuki Ishii
Openingdemo Movie: Masamichi Kawanabe
Openingdemo Music: Akira Nishizaki
MA Supervisor: Daniel Griffith
Nurding Support Friends: Eglamedia (London), Nurding Inc. US Staff, Break Co.,Ltd., Kelp Co.,Ltd., Keiko Ogata
Test Player: Yugo Shinogi, Shigeki Yoshino, Jun Fukai, Eiji Amihama, Shinya Doinaga, Kanako Umezawa, Masato Hiraguri, ポールトゥウィン株式会社
Special Thanks: Hiroshi Okamoto, Manabu Yamada, Takehiro Urabe, Yoshiyuki Asano, Masayuki Takahashi, Hajime Endoh, Miyuki Arai, Hajime Okano, Naoto Sekiguchi, Mitsuru Fukuoka, Meri Matsumoto, Asuka Fujii, 株式会社スカラベ, Design Konbinant Co.,Inc, Nurding Group, A.S.T. Works Company of Japan. (Nurdinggroup), Nurding Ltd. (Nurdinggroup), Nurding Inc. (Nurdinggroup), Queen'S Promotion Inc. (Nurdinggroup), Xeonix Co Ltd. (Nurdinggroup)

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: The Ring: Terror's Realm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

JP flyer

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #7: "September/October 2000" (2000-08-01)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)^[6]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

50

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Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

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60

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Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

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59

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Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

44

^[10]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

35

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

47

^[12]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

88

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC-U

39

^[15]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

58

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GameWEEK (US)

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50

^[17]

Next Generation (US)

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0

^[18]

Virtual'nyye radosti (BY)

65

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	50
Based on 13 reviews

The Ring: Terror's Realm

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Compliance

Main article: The Ring: Terror's Realm/Compliance.

Technical information

Main article: The Ring: Terror's Realm/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ File:TheRing DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/000209/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-04-13 20:09)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-10-19 04:28)
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September/October 2000" (US; 2000-08-01), page 97
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 93
↑ Ação Games, "Dezembro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 47
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-07 (2000-03-03)" (JP; 2000-02-18), page 22
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 76
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 35
↑ Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 108
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 156
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 187
↑ Famitsu, "2000-03-03" (JP; 2000-02-18), page 31
↑ Fun Generation, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-22), page 76
↑ Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 92
↑ GameWEEK, "July 3, 2000" (US; 2000-07-03), page 17
↑ Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 105
↑ Virtual'nyye radosti, "" (BY; 2003-09-30), page 1

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[:File:ODCM_US_07.pdf_p97-5] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September/October 2000" (US; 2000-08-01), page 97

[:File:EGM_US_134.pdf_p93-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 93

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_158.pdf_p47-7] Ação Games, "Dezembro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:DCM_JP_20000303_2000-07.pdf_p22-8] Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-07 (2000-03-03)" (JP; 2000-02-18), page 22

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p76-9] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 76

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p35-10] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 35

[:File:Dreamzone_11_2000_Scan.pdf_p108-11] Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 108

[:File:EGM_US_134.pdf_p156-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 156

[13] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 187

[14] Famitsu, "2000-03-03" (JP; 2000-02-18), page 31

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_59.pdf_p76-15] Fun Generation, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-22), page 76

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_24.pdf_p92-16] Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:GameWEEK_US_2000-07-03.pdf_p17-17] GameWEEK, "July 3, 2000" (US; 2000-07-03), page 17

[:File:NextGeneration_US_69.pdf_p105-18] Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 105

[19] Virtual'nyye radosti, "" (BY; 2003-09-30), page 1

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Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Compliance

Technical information

External links

References