Border Down

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Border Down
System(s): Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega G.rev
Developer: G.rev
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Dreamcast VGA Box, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Strategic Side-Scroll Shooting/Senryaku-kei Yoko Scroll Shooting (戦略系横スクロールシューティング), Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 2003 ¥? GDL-0023 JP 2003-09-25 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e T-46703M JP (Genteiban) 2003-09-25 ¥8,800 (9,240)8,800e T-46702M

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Border Down (ボーダーダウン) is a Sega NAOMI GD-ROM horizontal shoot-'em-up game developed by G.rev, released in 2003. It was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in the same year, with both a standard and Limited Edition released.

Border Down is a pseudo sequel to Taito's Metal Black. The games share certain enemy designs, story elements, gameplay mechanics and staff members. The Dreamcast version features both original and remixed layouts for each stage. The remixed stages also offer a new soundtrack. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.

Gameplay

By default, holding shoots straight, tapping creates a homing shot, changes movement speed and fires a concentrated laser beam. Unlike other games, Border Down has no lives system but rather uses it's own "border" system. Each stage has 3 layouts, called green, yellow and red border respectively. When losing a life, the player is forced to go "down" to the next border. Reversing this is only possible by clearing a score goal set for the respective stage. Like most games released during this period, Border Down features detailed score mechanics and an external guide is recommended, although the game reveals some mechanics that are unlocked based on playtime.

History

Release

The game received a reprint on January 17th, 2008.

Production credits

• Director / Game Design: Hiroyuki Maruyama
• Main Program: Katsuyuki Fujita
• Stage / Player Program: Masakazu Takeda
• Enemy Program: Shunsuke Ono
• Main Graphic: R.Hideyuki.Katoh
• Music Compose / Sound Effect: Yasuhisa Watanabe - Yack. -
• Sub Graphic: Masami Kikuchi, Yokeno, Samejima, Ken Minefuji
• Character Design: Kadotukasa
• English Translation: Yuko Shirahashi
• Special Thanks: Kenji Sasaki (Sega Rosso), Jun Taniguchi (Sega Rosso), Takashi Hiraro (Sega Rosso), Kaoru Uno (Sega), Toshiaki Yuasa (Sega), Shinji Hosoe, Norihiro Furukawa
• Presented by: G.rev

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Border Down/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Dreamcast flyer

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI GD-ROM, JP
Disc

Dreamcast version

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Publication Score Source

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Publication Version Score Edge (UK) NTSC-J 60

	60
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Border Down

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, JP (Genteiban)
Cover
Spinecard Manual Booklet Audio CD

Technical information

Main article: Border Down/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	1,196,692,896	2003-08-13	GD-ROM (JP)	T-46702M, T-46703M V1.000 (Original, Genteiban)

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, Arcade