Difference between revisions of "Kinetic Connection"

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Kinetic Connection

System(s): Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Japan System House^[1]

Distributor: Samsung (KR)

Genre: Puzzle^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-03-29^[3]	¥3,8003,800	G-3401
KR	199x		GH1007JG

Kinetic Connection (キネティックコネクション) is a Sega Game Gear puzzle game. It appears to be part of a series of games by Sadato Taneda but the relationship is unknown.

The game has a cameo from Opa-Opa of Fantasy Zone fame, who also features prominently on the cover art.

Gameplay

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

The objective of the game is to reconstruct a scrambled video loop by swapping and rotating tiles. Tiles can be flipped on both the X- and Y-axis in order to fit together. Players can choose from seven different puzzles and can view the complete picture before scrambling it. There are three different ways to play the game, which affect the way the tiles are moved.

The player controls a cursor with the D-pad that can be used to select tiles. There are also buttons around the frame of the picture that correspond to an entire column or row. Tiles can be selected and buttons can be pressed with . Flipping tiles is done by toggling the ◀▶ (for flipping a tile horizontally) or ▲▼ (for flipping a tile vertically) buttons below the picture with and then selecting a tile, column, or row. The flip mode can be deactivated afterwards in the same manner.

The game has a timer to keep track of how long it takes the player to complete a puzzle and uses a battery backup to record the top times for each puzzle and mode.

Game 1

In this mode, the player can select any tile. When two tiles are selected, their positions are swapped. Entire columns or rows can also be selected using the buttons around the frame; when two columns or two rows are selected, their entire contents are swapped.

Game 2

This mode is similar to a sliding puzzle. One of the tiles, which the player chooses before beginning the game, is omitted, leaving an empty spot to which another tile can be moved. The player can select any tile adjacent to the empty spot, which moves the selected tile to that position. Selecting other tiles has no effect, and the column and row buttons are only used for flipping.

Game 3

In this mode, the player cannot select and move tiles individually but can instead rotate entire columns and rows, somewhat like a Rubik's Cube. Pressing a button around the frame moves the entire line of tiles in that direction, with the tile at one end moving to the other end.

Puzzles

Cockpit

Opa-Opa

Pentan

Climber

Pipeline

Cube

Monolith

Magazine articles

Main article: Kinetic Connection/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-03: "March 1991" (1991-02-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[4]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

72

^[5]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[6]

Sega Pro (UK)

78

^[7]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

72

^[8]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[9]

	70
Based on 6 reviews

Kinetic Connection

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	4af7f2aa
MD5	3393b5a16edd56194b1bb869e6324cb1
SHA-1	7447e0ad5e8e14c3ae05a274d393ca34de044855

128kB

Cartridge (JP)

8kB backup

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Biox
↑ File:KineticConnection GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 35
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-04), page 43
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 18
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

Kinetic Connection
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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-03.pdf_p35-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 35

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p148-5] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148

[6] Hippon Super, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-04), page 43

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p18-7] Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 18

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-8] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

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+| distributor={{company|[[Samsung]]|region=KR}}
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+| gg_date_kr=199x
+| gg_code_kr=GH1007JG
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+| savetype={{SaveType
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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (キネティック コネクション) is a [[Sega Game Gear]] puzzle game released only in Japan. It appears to be part of a series of games by [[Sadato Taneda]] but the relationship is unknown. In the game, you must reconstruct a scrambled video loop by swapping and rotating tiles.
+}}
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (キネティック コネクション) is a [[Sega Game Gear]] puzzle game. It appears to be part of a series of games by [[Sadato Taneda]] but the relationship is unknown.
+The game has a cameo from [[Opa-Opa]] of ''[[Fantasy Zone]]'' fame, who also features prominently on the cover art.
+==Gameplay==
+{{ScreenThumb|Kinetic Connection, Game 1.png|width=160|Game 1}}
+{{ScreenThumb|Kinetic Connection, Game 2.png|width=160|Game 2}}
+{{ScreenThumb|Kinetic Connection, Game 3.png|width=160|Game 3}}
+The objective of the game is to reconstruct a scrambled video loop by swapping and rotating tiles. Tiles can be flipped on both the X- and Y-axis in order to fit together. Players can choose from seven different puzzles and can view the complete picture before scrambling it. There are three different ways to play the game, which affect the way the tiles are moved.
+The player controls a cursor with the D-pad that can be used to select tiles. There are also buttons around the frame of the picture that correspond to an entire column or row. Tiles can be selected and buttons can be pressed with {{2}}. Flipping tiles is done by toggling the ◀▶ (for flipping a tile horizontally) or ▲▼ (for flipping a tile vertically) buttons below the picture with {{1}} and then selecting a tile, column, or row. The flip mode can be deactivated afterwards in the same manner.
+The game has a timer to keep track of how long it takes the player to complete a puzzle and uses a [[battery backup]] to record the top times for each puzzle and mode.
+===Game 1===
+In this mode, the player can select any tile. When two tiles are selected, their positions are swapped. Entire columns or rows can also be selected using the buttons around the frame; when two columns or two rows are selected, their entire contents are swapped.
+===Game 2===
+This mode is similar to a [[wikipedia:Sliding puzzle|sliding puzzle]]. One of the tiles, which the player chooses before beginning the game, is omitted, leaving an empty spot to which another tile can be moved. The player can select any tile adjacent to the empty spot, which moves the selected tile to that position. Selecting other tiles has no effect, and the column and row buttons are only used for flipping.
+===Game 3===
+In this mode, the player cannot select and move tiles individually but can instead rotate entire columns and rows, somewhat like a [[wikipedia:Rubik's Cube|Rubik's Cube]]. Pressing a button around the frame moves the entire line of tiles in that direction, with the tile at one end moving to the other end.
-The game has numerous cameos from [[Opa-Opa]] of ''[[Fantasy Zone]]'' fame.
+===Puzzles===
+{{gallery|widths=160|screens=yes|
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Cockpit.png|Cockpit}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Opa-Opa.png|Opa-Opa}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Pentan.png|Pentan}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Climber.png|Climber}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Pipeline.png|Pipeline}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Cube.png|Cube}}
+{{gitem|Kinetic Connection, Puzzles, Monolith.png|Monolith}}
+}}
 ==Magazine articles==
 {{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
+==Promotional material==
+{{gallery
+|{{galleryPrintAd|bemega|1991-03|140}}
+}}
 ==Physical scans==
-<section begin="GG_ratings" />{{ratings
+{{ratings|GG}}
-| icon=GG
-| segapro=78
-| segapro_source={{num|4|page=18|pdf=SegaPro UK 04.pdf}}
-}}<section end="GG_ratings" />
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Game Gear
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 | square=yes
 | cart=KineticConnection GG JP Cart.jpg
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Game Gear
+| region=KR
+| front=KineticConnection GG KR Box Front.jpg
+| spinemissing=
+| square=yes
+| cart=
 }}
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 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{KineticConnectionOmni}}

Difference between revisions of "Kinetic Connection"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 16:07, 3 October 2024

Contents

Gameplay

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Puzzles

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References