Tomcat Alley

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Mega-CD
Windows PC

Tomcat Alley

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Sega PC

Developer:

The Code Monkeys

Novotrade

Genre: Virtual Cinema (バーチャルシネマ)^[1], Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

日本語

English

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-12-22^[2]	¥7,8007,800	G-6039
US	1994-03^[3]^[4]	$59.9959.99^[5]^[6]	4429
EU	1994-05^[7]^[8]		4429
DE	1994		4429-18
ES	1994		4429-06
FR	1994		4429-09
PT	199x
UK	1994-05^[7]^[8]	£49.9949.99^[7]	4429
AU	199x		FMEG57SMR
BR	199x		063290
AS	199x		4429-11
US	1995-11	$39.9539.95^[9]
UK	1996-03-15^[10]	£29.9929.99^[11]	MK-85014-50

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Tomcat Alley (トムキャットアレイ) is a flight simulator-esque game for the Sega Mega-CD. It is heavily reliant on full motion video, with gameplay being little else but lining up cursors on targets within a short period of time. It was later brought in an updated form to Windows-based PCs.

Curiously Tomcat Alley recycles the photography from the Japanese version of After Burner III for its cover art.

Gameplay

While Tomcat Alley predominantly features the F-14 Tomcat, the player has no direct control over any aircraft in the game, just a target reticle. The objective is usually to lock on and fire at enemy targets within a certain time limit - failing to do so eventually leads to a game over. Aside from the HUD, all visuals are made up of full motion video, including the sequences shown when a weapon is fired.

History

Development

A Sega Saturn version was once scheduled for 1995, but cancelled for unknown reasons. It is not thought this version got very far - it was announced shortly before the Saturn's release, and disappeared from the schedules shortly afterwards. A Mega-CD 32X version was also in preproduction^[12], but never saw release either.

Production credits

Cast: Gregory Balaban, Jolie Jackunas, Mark Carlton, David L. Crowley, Diana Lee Hsu, Miguel Marcott
Game Design by: Sam Nicholson, John Zuur Platten, Elliot Simon Gay, Chris W. Bankston
Original Score & Sound Design by: Mars Lasar
Director of Photography: Sam Nicholson
Executive Producer: Chris W. Bankston
Engineering by: Elliot Simon Gay
Written by: John Zuur Platten
Producers: Sam Nicholson, John Zuur Platten
Directed by: Sam Nicholson

Source:

Intro demo^[13]

Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Schmit
Special Effects Supervisor: David Kuklish
Aerial Photography by: Clay Lacy
Production Coordinators: Tony Cabalu, Janette Shew
Production Auditor: Dorothy Duder
Casting by: Patrick Rush
Programmed by: The Code Monkeys
Programming: Elliot Simon Gay
Additional Programming: Colin Hogg, Mark Richard Kirkby
Graphics: Joe Lewis
Special Musical Appearance by: Herbie Hancock
Production Designer: Tom Buderwitz
Mechanical Effects: Michael Haase, Michael Huitron, Eric Heisler, Rocky Gonzales, John Miles, Russ Zinter
Conceptual Artists: Jim Chrisoulis, Robert Miller
Set Decorator: Billy Mitchell
Set Dresser: Richard Mendenhall
Property Master: Bill King
Gaffer: John Kennedy
Motion Control Photography: Casey Wilson
Camera Assistants: Joseph Clauss, Andrew Turman, Scott Smith
Key Grip: Jerry Vaughn
Grips: Michael Graef, Brad Sharbit
Set Construction: Ronald Record, Joshua Record
Script Supervisor: Christina Gunderson
Key Costumer: Brenna Charlesbois
Assistant Costumers: Molly Mitchell, Kimberly Guenther
Make-up Artist/Hair Stylist: Danny Mark
Sound Mixer: Glen Berovitz
Boom Operator: Brad Bryan
Guitars by: Emery Kyneur
On-Line Editor: Tony Shepherd
Off-Line Editor: Tim Batt
Digital Production/Macintosh Consultant: Randy Fugaté
Additional Voices: Tony Cabalu, Cyrena Vladish
Production Assistants: Larry Gobel, Ross Vinstein, Tina Hill, Cyrena Vladish, Susan Townsend
Writer's Assistant: Melinda Bell
Miniatures: Larry Detweiler, Ziggy Carr, Larry Addison, Joe Commando, Dana Teisch, Paul Ozzimo, Justin Kraus, Brian Ranger, Sean Frazier, Erica Loomis, Rebecca Cambruzzi, Dina Duhl, Booka Bickar, Evan Jacobs, Ted Smith
Painters: Rachel Kelley, Laurah Grijalva, Babette Brunelle, Paulette Fox
Pyrotechnics: Pete Slegle, Paul Staples
Computer Graphics: Rob Menapace
Computer Consultant: Todd Mahon
Computer Generated Planes by: Homer & Associates, Peter Conn, Seth Greenberg
"Tomcat" Stock Footage Courstesy of: Grumman Aircraft
"Blackhawk" Stock Footage Courtesy of: Sikorsky Aircraft
Aircraft Interiors Furnished by: Ernie Sheldon
Camera Consultant: Leon Bijou
Cameras Furnished by: Arriflex Corporation, Volker Bahnemann, Bill Russell
F-14 and MiG Model Kits Furnished by: Revell
Special Thanks to: Riley R. Russell

Tomcat Alley is a trademark of Sega

Source:

In-game credits^[14]

Sega Studios

Director of Digital Technologies: Randy Fugaté
Digital Video Editing/Digital Audio ReMix/Computer Graphics: Randy Fugaté
Assistant Producer: Vy Nong
Production Coordinator: Berj Beramian

Japanese Localization Team - AOI Advertising Promotion Inc

Producer: Hidomitsu Kobayashi
Director: Masami Higashida
Production Manager: Hiroko Arai, Tyomin Nakae
Recording Studio: Video Tech Co., Ltd.
Cast: Tsutomu Isobe, Osamu Kobayashi, Teseho Genda, Iomasa Kayumi, Mami Koyama, Hiroshi Isobe, Yuka Koyama, Kazunari Tanaka

SEGA of America, Inc.

Japanese Liason: Yukimi Shimura
Production Coordinator: Osamu Shibamiya

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

: Hiroshi Asoh, Ryoichi Hasagawa

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[15]

Magazine articles

Main article: Tomcat Alley/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Tomcat Alley/Promotional material.

Artwork

Mega-CD US prototype cover

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[16]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[17]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

54

^[18]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[19]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[20]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[21]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[5]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[22]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

57

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

90

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

90

^[25]

Joypad (HU)

88

^[26]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

78

^[27]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

69

^[28]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

77

^[29]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[31]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[7]

Player One (FR)

86

^[32]

Sega Magazin (DE)

80

^[33]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[8]

Sega News (CZ)

90

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[36]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

58

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[38]

Supersonic (FR)

80

^[39]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

66

^[40]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[6]

	78
Based on 29 reviews

Tomcat Alley

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, UK
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, FR
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, DE
Cover

Mega-CD, ES
Cover

Mega-CD, PT
Cover

Mega-CD, AU
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover
Manual

Mega-CD, AS^†
Cover
Disc

PC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

59

^[11]

Dimension-3 (US)

50

^[41]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

30

^[42]

PC Gamer (UK)

8

^[43]

	37
Based on 4 reviews

Tomcat Alley

PC, US
Cover

PC, EU
Cover
Disc Manual Jewel Case Manual (back)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

535,465,728

CD (DE)

4429-18

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

570,425,856

CD (EU)

4429

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

534,654,288

CD (JP)

G-6039

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

569,743,776

CD (US)

4429(Alt)

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

570,094,224

CD (US)

4429

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-02-10

CD-R

Page

References

Tomcat Alley
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Promotional material Prereleases: Prototype 1994-02-10

[:File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:TomcatAlley MCD JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200622192404.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmega-cd.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p174-3] GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 174

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FlncLVP7dg9Q.2Fm.2F5EChs9lHAfAJ-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/lncLVP7dg9Q/m/5EChs9lHAfAJ

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p40-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p61-6] 6.0 ^6.1 VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61

[:File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p76-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Mean Machines Sega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 76

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p88-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 88

[Press_release:_1995-11-08:_Sega_delivers_arcade_gaming_action_on_the_PC-9] Press release: 1995-11-08: Sega delivers arcade gaming action on the PC

[:File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p88-10] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:CVG_UK_173.pdf_p58-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Computer & Video Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-14), page 58

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Fatl.resumes.2Fc.2FHeDxGZEBeRs.2Fm.2FSufooWuB8xEJ-12] ttps://groups.google.com/g/atl.resumes/c/HeDxGZEBeRs/m/SufooWuB8xEJ

[:File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits_Intro.pdf_p-13] File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits_Intro.pdf

[:File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-14] File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits_JP.pdf_p-15] File:TomcatAlley_MCD_JP_SSCredits_JP.pdf

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p25-16] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p144-17] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144

[:File:CVG_UK_152.pdf_p56-18] Computer & Video Games, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-15), page 56

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_21.pdf_p100-19] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p34-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[21] Famitsu, "1994-12-30" (JP; 1994-12-16), page 42

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p54-22] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54

[23] GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 71

[:File:Joypad_FR_031.pdf_p40-24] Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p110-25] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:Joypad_3_HU.pdf_p13-26] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p38-27] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 38

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p34-28] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 34

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p40-29] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 40

[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p40-30] Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 40

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p6-31] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 6

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p48-32] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p22-33] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 22

[:File:Sega_News_1_CZ.pdf_p19-34] Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p46-35] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p58-36] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 58

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p22-37] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 22

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supersonic_FR_25.pdf_p32-39] Supersonic, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p89-40] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 89

[:File:Dimension3_US_07.pdf_p30-41] Dimension-3, "Volume 1, Issue 7: December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p89-42] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 89

[:File:PCGamer_UK_028.pdf_p100-43] PC Gamer, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-22), page 100

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Tomcat Alley

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

PC version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References