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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a sidescrolling action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of ''[[Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side]]''.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a sidescrolling action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of ''[[Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side]]'' featuring Shadow Yamoto.
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The initial run of ''X-Perts'' in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving. Later revisions covered up this error with a [[Deep Water]] sticker.
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==Story==
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In an alternate timeline in which she was not killed by the Black Orchid Corporation in 1993, the assassin Shadow Yamoto forms an ultra-secret counter-terrorist team called the X-Perts. A group of terrorists has taken over an undersea weapons factory. Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth. Shadow and her group must embark on a mission to avert the crisis.
  
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The initial run of ''X-Perts'' in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving - later revisions covered up this error with a [[Deep Water]] sticker.
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==Gameplay==
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The female ninja Shadow leads a team of two other fellow X-Perts in sabotage and other various missions. All three characters have character-specific special moves with differing attributes, along with three unique torture moves, which are used to interrogate various enemies. Players are able to switch characters mid-game in order to carry out different tasks.
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==Production credits==
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*'''Game Designers:''' [[Michael Latham]], [[Tony Van]]
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{{creditsheader|Developed by [[Abalone]]}}
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*'''Lead Programmer:''' Glyn Anderson
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*'''Programmers:''' Paul Taylor, David Good enough, Lee Powell
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*'''Character Animations:''' David Renneker, Czarina Liu, Linnea Wigren
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*'''Background Artists:''' Mike Nagatani, Mike Gonzales, Rick Gonzales, Scott Harper, Lara Norman
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*'''Project Managers:''' Mark Dickenson, Mike Malizola
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*'''Additional Character Animators - [[Metropolis Digital, Inc.]]:''' Rick Sevy, Jessi Chan, Stephanie Mulqueen
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*'''Additional Artists:''' Karen Mangum, Barry T. Smith, Diane Mello, Suzie Greene, Mary Patrician
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*'''Motion Capture Actors:''' Donna Ng, Brian Reynolds, Mike Smith, Tina Valencia
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*'''Motion Capture Facility:''' [[Metropolis Digital, Inc.]]
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*'''Sound Effects:''' [[Andy Armor]]
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*'''Recom Voice:''' Pat Chaney
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*'''Producer:''' [[Tony Van]]
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*'''Product Managers:''' [[Bill Onderdonk]], [[John Garner]]
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*'''Product Specialist:''' [[Clint Dyer]]
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*'''Assistant Producers:''' [[Greg Becksted]], [[Erik Wahlberg]]
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*'''Test Leads:''' [[Jeff Loney]], [[Rick Greer]]
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*'''Assistant Test Leads:''' [[Dave Paniagua]], [[Zac Fuller]], [[Maya de Campos]]
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*'''Testers:''' [[Mark Lerma]], [[Don Carmichael]], [[Joe Rousseau]], [[Christina Hurley]], [[Mark Dawson]], [[Chris Lucich]], [[Tony Lynch]], [[Jeff Junio]], [[George Sandoval]], [[Tim McKnew]], [[Geoff Jones]], [[Lloyd Kinoshita]], [[Annette Dancel]], [[Ward Farris]], [[David Wood]], [[Wesley Ng]], [[Ernie Deakyne]], [[Jonathan DeJono]], [[Kathleen Silkworth]], [[Todd Slepian]], [[Roger DeForest]]
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*'''Testing For Abalone:''' Mike Wiltse
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*'''Copywriter:''' [[Curtis Clarkson]]
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*'''Manual Design:''' [[Steve Cambouris]]
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*'''Special Thanks To:''' [[Janeen Anderson]], [[Eric Quakenbush]], [[Bill Person]], [[Donvan Green]], [[Sandi Hull]], [[Paul Kohler]], [[David Platshon]]
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==Magazine articles==
 
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==Artwork==
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:18, 3 September 2024

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X-Perts
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega of America
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$69.9969.99[3][4] 1574
ESRB: Teen

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X-Perts is a sidescrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side featuring Shadow Yamoto.

The initial run of X-Perts in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving. Later revisions covered up this error with a Deep Water sticker.

Story

In an alternate timeline in which she was not killed by the Black Orchid Corporation in 1993, the assassin Shadow Yamoto forms an ultra-secret counter-terrorist team called the X-Perts. A group of terrorists has taken over an undersea weapons factory. Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth. Shadow and her group must embark on a mission to avert the crisis.

Gameplay

The female ninja Shadow leads a team of two other fellow X-Perts in sabotage and other various missions. All three characters have character-specific special moves with differing attributes, along with three unique torture moves, which are used to interrogate various enemies. Players are able to switch characters mid-game in order to carry out different tasks.

Production credits

Developed by Abalone
Source:
US manual
XPerts MD US Manual.pdf
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: X-Perts/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Artwork

  • Early cover

  • Final cover

Physical scans

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1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
51
[8]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
24
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
38
[9]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
32
[10]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
86
[11]
Mega Fun (DE)
69
[12]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
0
[13]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
83
[14]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[3]
Sega Mega Drive
 50
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X-Perts

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
XPerts MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US (reprint)
XPerts MD US Box Back.jpgXPerts MD US Box Spine.jpgXPerts MD US Box.jpg
Cover
XPerts MD US CartTop.jpg
XPerts MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
XPerts MD US Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: X-Perts/Technical information.

External links

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 64
  2. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/SEFSrXb6KfE/m/IhaE7hN2el0J
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 71
  5. ↑ File:XPerts MD US Manual.pdf, page 26
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 3
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 272
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 20
  9. ↑ GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 78
  10. ↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 69
  11. ↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68
  12. ↑ Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 72
  13. ↑ Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 164
  14. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 233


X-Perts

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Sega Mega Drive
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Games in the Eternal Champions Series
Eternal Champions (1993) | Chicago Syndicate (1995) | Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (1995) | X-Perts (1996) | Eternal Champions (LCD) (1994) | Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter (unreleased)
Eternal Champions related media
Book
 Eternal Champions Special (1994) | Eternal Champions: Sega Genesis Official Power Guide (1994) | Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 1: The Cyber Warriors (1994) | Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 2: Citadel of Chaos (1994) | Eternal Champions Official Sticker Album (1993)
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