Difference between revisions of "StarBlade"

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StarBlade

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Namco, Sega (EU)

Developer: Tecnosoft^[1]

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse, XE-1 AP

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-10-28	¥7,8007,800	T-14014
US	1994		T-14025
EU	1994-11^[2]		4284-50

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StarBlade (スターブレード) is a 1991 arcade game developed by Namco which was later ported to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994. It is an on-the-rails shooter, set in space, where the player's aim is to gun down enemies and not be killed. It is compatible with the Sega Mouse and XE-1 AP.

Production credits

Chief Director: H.Nakatani
Assistant Director: K.Kobayashi
Programmer: N.Matsuura, Y.Saitoh, Y.Ohmori
Music and Sound Effects: S.Hosoe
Visual Director: W.Yanagawa
Visual Design: N.Kumagai, M.Tejima, M.Kimura
Industrial Design: N.Yoshimatsu
Mechanical Design: S.Kanebako, H.Igarashi, T.Wakayama, J.Uchida
Electrical Design: M.Yamada, O.Morita, M.Ito
Special thanks to: A.Ohsugi, H.Kikuchi, H.Takeshima, K.Mizuno, M.Takeda, S.Touyama, T.Ishikawa, T.Natsui, T.Sano, K.Teraoka, M.Inoue, M.Cooper-Hart (Namco America Inc)
Producer: K.Sawano, M.Yamada

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[3]

note: The staff roll shown at the end of the game is that of the arcade version; a staff list for the port is not available.

Magazine articles

Main article: StarBlade/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[4]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

74

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[12]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

71

^[13]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

69

^[15]

Mega (UK)

PAL

75

^[16]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

61

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

63

^[18]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[2]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

55

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[20]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

68

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

87

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

53

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[24]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[25]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

68

^[26]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[7]

	71
Based on 21 reviews

StarBlade

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

468,198,528

CD (JP)

T-14014

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

468,198,528

CD (US)

T-14025

References

↑ @ummo_chan on Twitter
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:StarBlade_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf, page 21
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:VideoGames US 70.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 70.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21
↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118
↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91
↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96

[https:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2Fummo_chan.2Fstatus.2F924644482892554240-1] @ummo_chan on Twitter

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content

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

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p175-4] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21-5] File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf, page 21

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-6] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:VideoGames_US_70.pdf_p101-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:VideoGames US 70.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 70.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_040.pdf_p110-9] Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110

[10] Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0709.pdf_p92-11] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p118-12] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p72-13] GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p21-14] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p84-15] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p44-16] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p80-17] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p118-18] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-01.pdf_p108-19] Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-01_19950115.pdf_p63-20] Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_13.pdf_p91-21] Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p68-22] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p56-23] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p36-25] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-02.pdf_p96-26] Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96

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Difference between revisions of "StarBlade"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 10:22, 8 September 2018

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References