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Grind Stormer

Publisher: Tengen

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Release	Date	RRP	Code

VRC

Grind Stormer, called V-Five or V-V (ヴイ・ファイヴ) in Japan, is a 1992 arcade shoot-'em-up developed by Toaplan. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1994 and released by Tengen exclusively in the US and Japan.

Though the two games have the same art, weapons, music, and enemy layout, their gameplay is slightly different:

V-Five: Gradius-style weapon upgrades, with / shooting and choosing a weapon
Grind Stormer: more conventional weapon upgrades, with / shooting and dropping a bomb

You can select which mode to play in the Options Menu by pressing at the title screen. Also during gameplay, you always have two auxiliary guns at your sides — and move them toward your front/rear. When at the front, the shots combine with yours to form a more powerful shot; when at the rear, you have a spread shot. Regardless of configuration, you can hold / to rapidfire.

Some (many?) American copies of the game are plagued with a manufacturing defect (supposedly poor quality PCBs?) that reduce the cartridge's lifespan.

Promotional Material

GrindStormer MD US PrintAdvert.jpg

US print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[2]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[3]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[4]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[5]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[6]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

68

^[8]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

67

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[10]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

61

^[11]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

54

^[12]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

82

^[1]

Power Unlimited (NL)

80

^[13]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

27

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

57

^[15]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

78

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

57

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[19]

	62
Based on 19 reviews

Grind Stormer

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 20
↑ Hippon Super, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-03), page 62
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 31
↑ MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 67
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 44
↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 103
↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 24
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 50
↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 60
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 20
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
↑ Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 90

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[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p20-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p34-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p56-5] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:GameInformer_US_016.pdf_p20-6] Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 20

[7] Hippon Super, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-03), page 62

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p31-8] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 31

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-07.pdf_p67-9] MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 67

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p44-10] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 44

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf_p103-11] Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 103

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p24-12] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 24

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_011_199406.pdf_p50-13] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 50

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p36-14] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p60-15] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 60

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p20-16] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 20

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf_p90-19] Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 90

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 Some (many?) American copies of the game are plagued with a manufacturing defect (supposedly poor quality PCBs?) that reduce the cartridge's lifespan.
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 ==Physical Scans==

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