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For the Sega 32X game, see Alone in the Dark.

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Alone in the Dark 2

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: I-Motion (US), Infogrames Multimedia (Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)

Developer: Infogrames, In Utero

Distributor: Kokopeli Digital Studios (US)

Licensor: JPI (JP)

Original system(s): PC

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-02-23^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-10602G
US	1996-08-06^[3]	$54.9954.99^[4]	T-29401H
EU	1996-05		T-15101H-50
DE	1996-05		T-15101H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-05^[5]	£44.9944.99^[5]	T-15101H-50
PL	1996	219zł219

Non-Sega versions
Template:PC9801FA ?? 3DO FM Towns IBM PC Macintosh PlayStation

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Alone in the Dark 2 (アローン・イン・ザ・ダーク２) is the direct sequel to Alone in the Dark and second entry in the series, developed by Infogrames for DOS, FM Towns and PC-9801 computers and the 3DO.

Enhanced versions for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation, also known in certain regions as Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back and Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge, were released in 1996. During development of these aforementioned console versions, they were known as Alone in the Dark: Hell's Kitchen^[6].

History

Legacy

Infogrames released Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare in 2001 for the Sega Dreamcast, the fourth entry in the Alone in the Dark series.

Production credits

An INFOGRAMES Production

Produced by: Bruno Bonneli
Saturn Conversion: Pascal Craponne, Nadim Noureddine, Patrice Ponce
Technical Guru: William Hennebois
Line Producer: Yolanda Alonso
Production Designer: Patrick Charpenet
Design: Josiane Girard, Malbieu-Claude Chaboud
3D Modeling: Patrice Griot
Full Screen Sequences & 3D Mapping: Stephane Bachelet, David Legrand, Yann Orhan
Mapping Tools: Christophe Nazaret
Sound Designers: Thierry Carron, Marc Albinet
Music: Laurent Paret, Christian Morei
Special thanks to: Eric Moffet, Norbert Calliar, Jean-Louis Boccard, Gilles Chavy, Leland Madren and Vincent Pourieux

Source:

US manual^[7]

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back	Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back
English (US)	Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge	Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge
Japanese	アローン・イン・ザ・ダーク２	Alone in the Dark 2

Magazine articles

Main article: Alone in the Dark 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Informer (US) #41: "September 1996" (1996-0x-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #8: "June 1996" (1996-05-22)

Print advert in Micromanía (tercera época) (ES) #17: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

89

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

43

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[11]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC

40

^[12]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

49

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

79

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[14]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

84

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

75

^[16]

Maximum (UK)

25

^[17]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

79

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

64

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

52

^[20]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[21]

Player One (FR)

86

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[23]

Sega News (CZ)

72

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[26]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

70

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

54

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[30]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

72

^[31]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

67

^[32]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[33]

	63
Based on 27 reviews

Alone in the Dark 2

Saturn, JP
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Saturn, US
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Manual

Saturn, EU
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Saturn, PT

Technical information

Main article: Alone in the Dark 2/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Alone in the Dark 2

Alone in the Dark 2
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Technical information Prototypes: 1996-05-21

Alone in the Dark games for Sega systems
Alone in the Dark (unreleased) \| Alone in the Dark 2 (1996) \| Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (2001)

[:File:AitD2_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:AitD2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191002103132.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0209.pdf_p50-3] Videogame Advisor, "Volume 2, Number 9: September 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0907.pdf_p62-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996" (US; 1996-06-11), page 62

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p93-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 93

[:File:Saturn_UK_Catalogue_1995.pdf_p26-6] Sega Saturn Consumer Brochure: Winter 1995 (UK), page 26

[:File:Aitd2_sat_us_manual.pdf_p16-7] File:Aitd2 sat us manual.pdf, page 16

[:File:GameInformer_US_041.pdf_p27-8] Game Informer, "September 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 27

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_054.pdf_p120-9] Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p26-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[11] Famitsu, "1996-03-01" (JP; 1996-02-16), page 33

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-05.pdf_p51-12] Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 51

[:File:GameFan_US_0407.pdf_p12-13] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 7: July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:GamePro_US_094.pdf_p76-14] GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf_p54-15] GamesMaster, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 54

[:File:Joypad_FR_053.pdf_p60-16] Joypad, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_07.pdf_p125-17] Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 125

[:File:MegaForce_FR_50.pdf_p75-18] Mega Force, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 75

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-09.pdf_p62-19] Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 62

[:File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf_p80-20] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 80

[:File:NextGeneration_US_20.pdf_p93-21] Next Generation, "August 1996" (US; 1996-07-23), page 93

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_064.pdf_p106-22] Player One, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-08.pdf_p54-23] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 8" (JP; 1996-03-29), page 54

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p18-24] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 18

[:File:SegaPower_UK_80.pdf_p48-25] Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_60.pdf_p26-26] Sega Pro, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 26

[27] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_UK_07.pdf_p80-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-24), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960223_1996-03.pdf_p217-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (JP; 1996-02-09), page 217

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p10-31] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 10

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-04.pdf_p92-32] Video Games, "4/96" (DE; 1996-03-20), page 92

[:File:VideoGames_US_90.pdf_p65-33] VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 65

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+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アローン・イン・ザ・ダーク２) is the direct sequel to ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' and second entry in the series, developed by [[Infogrames]] for DOS, FM Towns and PC-9801 computers and the 3DO.
+Enhanced versions for the [[Sega Saturn]] and [[PlayStation]], also known in certain regions as '''''Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back''''' and '''''Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge''''', were released in 1996. During development of these aforementioned console versions, they were known as '''''Alone in the Dark: Hell's Kitchen'''''{{fileref|Saturn UK Catalogue 1995.pdf|page=26}}.
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 ===Legacy===
-Infogrames released ''[[Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare]]'' in 2001 for the [[Sega Dreamcast]].
+Infogrames released ''[[Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare]]'' in 2001 for the [[Sega Dreamcast]], the fourth entry in the ''Alone in the Dark'' series.
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-[[Category:Unreleased 32X games]]
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Difference between revisions of "Alone in the Dark 2"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 12:48, 10 November 2024

Contents

History

Legacy

Production credits

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References