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Virtual Hydlide

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega, Atlus (US)

Developer: T&E Soft

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (27 tracks)

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-04-28	¥5,8005,800	GS-9012
US	1995	$59.9959.99^[1]	T-14401H
EU	1995		MK81380-50
DE	199x	DM 110110^[3]
AU	199x

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ELSPA

USK

OFLC

Virtual Hydlide (ヴァーチャルハイドライド) is a 3D remake of the 1984 action RPG Hydlide released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1995. The game is played from a third-person perspective using polygonal environments with digitized sprites for the player and enemy characters. The game's worlds are somewhat randomly generated, with twenty different level layouts for each of the seven dungeons and the overworld, leading to 25.6 billion possible combinations, all but guaranteeing that each playthrough of Virtual Hydlide is different.

Virtual Hydlide has been criticised by the gaming press for having poor AI and a bad rendering pipeline, occasionally causing the game to dip to as low as 5FPS.

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtual Hydlide/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Player (DE)

30

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

74

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC

79

^[4]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

49

^[10]

Electronic Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[12]

Gambler (PL)

67

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[1]

Gamers (DE)

53

^[15]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC

59

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[17]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

80

^[18]

HiTech (ES)

NTSC-J

50

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

84

^[5]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

37

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

38

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

67

^[23]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

70

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

71

^[2]

Next Generation (US)

25

^[26]

Player One (FR)

85

^[7]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[27]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

51

^[28]

Secret Service (PL)

70

^[29]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

66

^[30]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

49

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

64

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[8]

Todo Sega (ES)

83

^[33]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

45

^[34]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

21

^[35]

	62
Based on 34 reviews

Virtual Hydlide

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Sega Saturn

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePro US 077.pdf, page 130 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 077.pdf_p130" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf, page 62
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:PlayerOne FR 057.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 057.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 146
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-22)
↑ Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
↑ Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
↑ Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 45
↑ GamesMaster, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 61
↑ Game Informer, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ HiTech, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 47
↑ MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 120
↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 84
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1
↑ Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 113
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 50
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 62
↑ Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 64
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 64
↑ Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 57
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 64
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-01), page 78
↑ Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 92

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf_p62-6] File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf, page 62

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[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_045.pdf_p146-9] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 146

[digitiser1995-09-22-10] Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-22)

[11] Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[12] Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1

[13] Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0810.pdf_p44-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p45-15] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 45

[16] GamesMaster, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 61

[:File:GameInformer_US_030.pdf_p45-17] Game Informer, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 45

[18] Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Hitech_ES_04.pdf_p72-19] HiTech, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-07.pdf_p47-20] MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 47

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-11.pdf_p63-21] MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63

[:File:MegaForce_FR_43.pdf_p120-22] Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-11.pdf_p84-23] Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 84

[:File:Migr_3_RU.pdf_p54-24] Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf_p1-25] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1

[:File:NextGeneration_US_10.pdf_p113-26] Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 113

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-07_19950715.pdf_p50-27] Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 50

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p62-28] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 62

[:File:SecretService_PL_37.pdf_p64-29] Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 64

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_22.pdf_p64-30] Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 64

[:File:SegaPower_UK_72.pdf_p57-31] Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 57

[:File:SegaPro_UK_51.pdf_p64-32] Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 64

[:File:TodoSega_ES_31.pdf_p42-33] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_08.pdf_p78-34] Ultimate Future Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-01), page 78

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-09.pdf_p92-35] Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 92

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+==External links==
+*Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/19970129032704/http://sega.highway.or.jp:80/sega/saturn/rpg/vhl/gs_9012.html Sega Saturn]
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Difference between revisions of "Virtual Hydlide"

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Revision as of 19:30, 9 September 2017

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

External links

References