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Titan Wars

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Crystal Dynamics (US), BMG Victor/Crystal Dynamics (EU/JP)

Developer: Crystal Dynamics, team TITAN

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-19	¥5,8005,800	T-15903G
US	1995-11^[1]		T-15911H
EU	1996-04-12^[2]		T-15911H-50

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Titan Wars (タイタンウォーズ), called Solar Eclipse in the US, is a 1996 shoot-'em-up by Crystal Dynamics for the Sega Saturn. The game is a successor to the 1993 3DO game Total Eclipse (as well as its 1995 PlayStation adaptation, Total Eclipse Turbo), but features improved gameplay over that game.

Like Total Eclipse, the game was also released on the PS1, but only in Europe; North America and Japan only recieved the Saturn original.

Magazine articles

Main article: Titan Wars/Magazine articles.

Production credits

Team Titan

Lead Programmer: Stephen D. White
Programmer: Bob Smith
Lead Artist: Terry Falls
Artist: Simon Knights, Steve Suhy
Lead Game Designer: Eric Lindstrom
Designer: Noah Hughes
Product Marketing Manager: Jim Curry
Produced By: Andy Trapani

Live Action Crew

"Raven" Maj. Delany Kelt: Claudia Christian
"Stuntman" Lt. Jake Cross: Gary Hudson
"Hellcat" Lt. Sarah Underhill: Jillian McWhirter
"Cobra" Lt. Major Green: John Lage
"Pitbull" Lt. Maj. Peterson: Tracey Ross
"Hopscotch" Lt. Pachenko: Ritchie Montgomery
"Vegas" Lt. Ramirez: Juan Garcia
"Phantom" Lt. Major Gregson: Stephen Park
"Digger" Lt. Morris: Jana Copley
Crazy Colonist: Dennis Burkely
Susan Powell: Kim Miyori
Spinner: Charles Martinet
Capt. Banks: Stephen Markle
Joshua: Joe Paulino
Flight Computer: Tracy Heffernan
Intercom Voice: Joe Paulino
"Buzzard" Lt. Hogan: Neil Dickson
"Scarecrow" Lt. Radakovich: Kevin Baxter
"Maestro" Lt. Phillips: Marita Deleon
IRIS: Tracy Heffernan, Stephen Markle, Charles Martinet, Kim Miyori, Joe Paulino
Executive Producer of Live Action: Andy Trapani
Associate Producers: Gary Hudson, Frederick Bailey III
Story and Screenplay: Eric Lindstrom
Additional Story and Dialogue: Jim McGrath
Production Manager: Aaron M. Heck
3D Animation: Terry Falls, Simon Knights
Editing and Post Production Supervision: Dan Brazelton
Director of Photography: Jurgen Baum
First Assistant Director: Robert Kay
Second Assistant Director: Bobby Bonilla
Script Supervisor: Joan Chen
Music & Foley By: John Lawrence, Bill Hendrickson, Tom Corwyn
Production Designer: Philip Brandes
Wardrobe: Marita Deleon
Make-Up: Stephanie Fowler

Additional Game Crew

Additional Programming: Adam Woodbury, Doug Ihde, Dan Su, Lloyd Pique
Terrain Tile Art: Maj Cole
Additional Art: Juan Ruiz, David Pounders, Jean Z. Xiong, Andy Mitchell
Executive Producer: Jon Horsley
Storyboards: Vincent Castillo, Andy Mitchell
Level Layout & Additional Design: Jeremy Bredow, Seth Carus, Riley Cooper, J. Epps, Chazz Geiwitz, Noah Hughes, Josh Rose
Object Assembly: Mark Ybarra
Music By: John Lawrence, Bill Hendrickson, Power of 2 Music
Music Processing and Sound Effects: Burke Trieschmann
Tools Gimp: Sean Vikoren
Decompression & Video Decompositing: Leland Susser
Test Manager: Conan Tigard
Lead Tester: Caroline Esmurdoc
Testing: Ed Chennault, Richard D'Aloisio, Jake Espinoza, Scott Hill, Billy Mitchell, Pappalardo Laurence, Laurence Monji, Raphael Pepi, Kam Ralston, Rodney Rapp, Ilya Reeves, Kenny Reeves, Sheatiel Sarao, Serguei Savtchenko, Mari Schaal, Ben Schulz, Kevin Seiter, Eric Simonich, William Sudderth, Jeff Todd
Special Thanks: Linda White, Crystal White, Pamela Lindstrom, Jake Lindstrom, Shannon Lindstrom, Marko Trapani, Marlene Trapani, Kymm Friedmann, Gerry Knights, David Kirk, Jennifer Bulka, George W. Young, Dan Dorosin, Ted Fitzgerald, Jeff Kesselman, Kathy Appuhn, Kim Gishler, Chris Espinosa, Kristen Growney, Madeline Canepa, Scott A. Steinberg, Amy Hennig, Richard Lemarchand, Michelle Smith, Don Dacanay, Sheatiel Sarao, Roz Horsley, Brendan Cahill, Diddy, Kendall, Jack Scratch, Steve M. Suhy, Buck

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Promotional material

JP flyer

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
also published in:

VideoGames (US) #81: "October 1995" (1995-09-19)^[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #77: "December 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[5]
Tips & Tricks (US) #11: "Volume III, Issue 1: January 1996" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Playmag (FR) #2: "Avril 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
also published in:

CD Consoles (FR) #19: "Juillet/Août 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[7]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[14]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[15]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

70

^[16]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[17]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[19]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

49

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

89

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

61

^[8]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

52

^[9]

Player One (FR)

PAL

45

^[23]

Power Up! (UK)

82

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

81

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

54

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

57

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

47

^[13]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

67

^[30]

Última Generación (ES)

60

^[31]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

68

^[32]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[33]

	65
Based on 23 reviews

Titan Wars

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

References

↑ File:GamePro US 077.pdf, page 192
↑ File:CVG UK 174.pdf, page 65
↑ File:TitanWars_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 66
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 116
↑ Tips & Tricks, "Volume III, Issue 1: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 77
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaFun DE 1996-06.pdf, page 75 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1996-06.pdf_p75" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:MeanMachinesSega44UK.pdf, page 91
↑ File:SSM_UK_05.pdf, page 82
↑ File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Famitsu, "1996-04-26" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-08), page 70
↑ Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 7: February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 66
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 57
↑ GamePro, "February 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Game Informer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 46
↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 85
↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 78
↑ Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 101
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 11, 1996" (UK; 1996-05-11), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 13" (JP; 1996-06-07), page 128
↑ Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-xx), page 20
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-24), page 82
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 58
↑ Última Generación, "Marzo 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
↑ Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 79
↑ VideoGames, "February 1996" (US; 1996-01-xx), page 84

[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p192-1] File:GamePro US 077.pdf, page 192

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p65-2] File:CVG UK 174.pdf, page 65

[:File:TitanWars_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:TitanWars_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VideoGames_US_81.pdf_p66-4] VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 66

[:File:EGM_US_077.pdf_p116-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:TipsandTricks_US_011.pdf_p40-6] Tips & Tricks, "Volume III, Issue 1: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_19.pdf_p77-7] CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 77

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-06.pdf_p75-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaFun DE 1996-06.pdf, page 75 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1996-06.pdf_p75" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p80-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega44UK.pdf_p91-10] File:MeanMachinesSega44UK.pdf, page 91

[:File:SSM_UK_05.pdf_p82-11] File:SSM_UK_05.pdf, page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-12] File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf, page 235

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:EGM_US_078.pdf_p42-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[15] Famitsu, "1996-04-26" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-06.pdf_p70-16] Fun Generation, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-08), page 70

[:File:Fusion_US_0207.pdf_p66-17] Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 7: February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0902.pdf_p57-18] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 57

[:File:GamePro_US_079.pdf_p62-19] GamePro, "February 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:GameInformer_US_032.pdf_p46-20] Game Informer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 46

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-02.pdf_p85-21] MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 85

[:File:MegaForce_FR_48.pdf_p78-22] Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p101-23] Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 101

[24] Power Up!, "Saturday, May 11, 1996" (UK; 1996-05-11), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-13_19960621.pdf_p128-25] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 13" (JP; 1996-06-07), page 128

[:File:SegaPower_UK_76.pdf_p52-26] Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_58.pdf_p20-27] Sega Pro, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-xx), page 20

[:File:SSM_UK_05.pdf_p82-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-24), page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19960426_1996-07.pdf_p235-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 235

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p58-30] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 58

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_12.pdf_p76-31] Última Generación, "Marzo 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-02.pdf_p79-32] Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 79

[:File:VideoGames_US_85.pdf_p84-33] VideoGames, "February 1996" (US; 1996-01-xx), page 84

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Difference between revisions of "Titan Wars"

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Revision as of 14:59, 10 September 2016

Contents

Magazine articles

Production credits

Promotional material

Physical scans

References