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'''''Uchuu Senkan Gomora''''' (宇宙戦艦ゴモラ), is a shoot-em-up by [[UPL]], originally released in 1990 for the arcade, and then ported to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1991. While the arcade version was released overseas (in the US under license from [[Sammy|American Sammy]] under the name '''''Bio-Ship Paladin'''''), the MD version was only released in Japan — however an American title screen is present in the ROM and displayable if the region is set to US, which may mean a US release was planned (this is unconfirmed). It is UPL's only Mega Drive game — they would go bankrupt shortly after publishing it (the later ''[[Task Force Harrier EX]]'' was ported and published by [[Treco]]).
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'''''Uchuu Senkan Gomora''''' (宇宙戦艦ゴモラ), is a shoot-em-up by [[UPL]], originally released in 1990 for the arcade, and then ported to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1991. While the arcade version was released overseas (in the US under license from [[Sammy|American Sammy]] under the name '''''Bio-Ship Paladin'''''), the MD version was only released in Japan — however an American title screen is present in the ROM and displayable if the region is set to US, which may mean a US release was planned (this is unconfirmed).
  
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It is UPL's only Mega Drive game — they would go bankrupt shortly after publishing it (the later ''[[Task Force Harrier EX]]'' was ported and published by [[Treco]]).
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==Gameplay==
 
{{A}} shoots your weapons; the laser weapon from your main ship can be charged by holding {{A}}. {{B}} allows you to take control of a beam shot. While {{B}} is held down, the D-pad will move a box-shaped target on the screen and {{A}} will shoot beam shots toward the target. {{C}} is listed as "PAD MODE" but does not appear to do anything. In each level, you can get orbs which give you either subships that shoot weapons diagonally or certain powerups (such as an automatically moving beam target or doubling the size of your ship).
 
{{A}} shoots your weapons; the laser weapon from your main ship can be charged by holding {{A}}. {{B}} allows you to take control of a beam shot. While {{B}} is held down, the D-pad will move a box-shaped target on the screen and {{A}} will shoot beam shots toward the target. {{C}} is listed as "PAD MODE" but does not appear to do anything. In each level, you can get orbs which give you either subships that shoot weapons diagonally or certain powerups (such as an automatically moving beam target or doubling the size of your ship).
  

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Uchuu Senkan Gomora
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: UPL
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















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Uchuu Senkan Gomora (宇宙戦艦ゴモラ), is a shoot-em-up by UPL, originally released in 1990 for the arcade, and then ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. While the arcade version was released overseas (in the US under license from American Sammy under the name Bio-Ship Paladin), the MD version was only released in Japan — however an American title screen is present in the ROM and displayable if the region is set to US, which may mean a US release was planned (this is unconfirmed).

It is UPL's only Mega Drive game — they would go bankrupt shortly after publishing it (the later Task Force Harrier EX was ported and published by Treco).

Gameplay

A shoots your weapons; the laser weapon from your main ship can be charged by holding A. B allows you to take control of a beam shot. While B is held down, the D-pad will move a box-shaped target on the screen and A will shoot beam shots toward the target. C is listed as "PAD MODE" but does not appear to do anything. In each level, you can get orbs which give you either subships that shoot weapons diagonally or certain powerups (such as an automatically moving beam target or doubling the size of your ship).

Pressing  START  at the title screen gives you a configuration menu where you can, among other things, choose to play one of two 2-player modes. Normal 2-player mode is 2-player cooperative (two ships on screen at once), while another option allows the second player to take control of the beam laser while you take control of the main ship.

Production Credits

  • Program Design: Mutaka Ai, Daikoku Hisaya
  • Character Design: Masayuki Suzuki, Shigeki Maeda, Ryuji Watamabe
  • Background Design: Aiko Hirosawa, Ryuji Watanabe
  • Sound Effect: Masato Takahashi
  • Director: Tsutomu Fuzisawa
  • Special Thanks: Toshio Arai, Isamu Yanagida, ...and UPL all staff

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75 №3, p90/91
86 №121, p62[1]
30 №28
71 №2, p64[2]
51 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
63
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[3]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
37
[4]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[5]
Consoles + (FR)
75
[6]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
71
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
86
[1]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[8]
Games-X (UK)
30
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[10]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
56
[11]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
70
[12]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
71
[2]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
51
[14]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
55
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[16]
Sega Mega Drive
58
Based on
16 reviews

Uchuu Senkan Gomora

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart