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Tech Romancer

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Capcom, Virgin Interactive (EU)

Developer: Capcom

Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Fighting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2000-01-13	¥5,8005,800	T-1206M
JP (Matching Service)	2001-01-18	¥3,8003,800	T-1232M
US	2000-03-31	$49.9949.99^[1]	T-1208N
EU	2000-05-12^[2]		T-7009D-50

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Tech Romancer, known as Choukou Senki Kikaioh (超鋼戦紀キカイオー) in Japan, is a 3D fighting game released for the Sega Dreamcast.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Tech Romancer	Tech Romancer
English (US)	Tech Romancer	Tech Romancer
Japanese	超鋼戦紀キカイオー	Choukou Senki Kikaioh

Production credits

Produced by: Takashi Shono
General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
Original Concept By: Shoji Kawamori
Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake, Shoji Kawamori
Design Director: Eizi Shida
Initial Character Design: Naoki Fukuda
Design Supervisor: Akiman
Planners: Eiichiro Sasaki, Ryozo Tsujimoto, Numach, Tobuto Dezaki
Programmers: Kohei Akiyama, Chabin 25Gt Turbo, Igossou!! Katsuo, Hero Hero, Kazuo Yamawaki, Fuku2, K.Sometani, Yuichi"Okaz"Kagawa, Meijin, "RYO-PAPA" SHINDOME, Komuu, Omake2Goh, Soji Seta
Modeling Design: You Ten Nakano
Texture Design: Sayuri Shintani, Shinji Sakashita, S.Kuwajima, INO, Ryota Fujii
Motion Design: Shisui, DICK×TSURU, Ken, Masaki Yamanaka, Masayuki Maeda, Eiji Kuratani, Naoki Fukushima, Kenji Mimura, Kei Tokunaga, Yutaka Maruno, Hiroaki Yoshino, You Ten Nakano, Sayuri Shintani, Shinji Sakashita
Background: Daisuke Nakagawa, Yoshio Nishimura, Kazumi Teramoto, Yoko Fukumoto, Tamachan, Koji Yamamoto, Megumi Nakagawa, Naoko Niiyama, Takanori Ishikawa
Computer Graphic Animation: Koichi Takeda, Kazumi Teramoto
Screenplay: Yoshimi Ohnishi, Atsushi Tomita
Art Work Design: Sensei, Nezumi Otoko, A.Maejima, Eizi Shida, Kinu Nishimura, Saru
Sound Designer: Moe.T -T.Kitamura-, Kappakun -H.Ohno-, Masayoshi Umezu
Music Composer: Yuki Iwai
Vocal-Opening Theme-: Dokumaru, Anarchy Takapon
Recording Engineer: Kazuya Takimoto
Voice Actor: Koichi Tochika, Shigeru Nakahara, Yoshino Takamori, Takehito Koyasu, Miki Nagasawa, Michiyo Neya, Daisuke Gouri, Akio Ohtsuka, Shuichi Ikeda, Rica Matsumoto, Mayumi Iizuka, Satomo Kohgori, Ryusei Nakao, Chikao Ohtsuka, Yuji Ueda
Title Logo Design: Shoei
Instruction Artwork: Sakomizu, Jow-Mino
In Cooperation with: Studio Nue

Animation Box

Animation Project Staff

Storyboard: Fuminori Kizaki
Technical Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Animation Director: Fuzio Suzuki
Key Animators: Studio D-Volt, Yoshikazu Samura, Hideki Takahashi, Yuzi Ikeda, Syuzi Sakamoto, Hisashi Ishii, Tomoko Tanaka, Minoru Katagai, Shigeki Kuhara, Suzio Suzuki, Shin Matsuo, Kazuhiko Sibuya, Osamu Horiuchi, Hirofumi Masuda, Masahiro Yamane, Fuminori Kizaki
Inbetween Director: Ayako Okamoto
Inbetween Animation: Zero-G-Room, Takeshi Ohkoshi, Yoshikazu Satoh, Natsuko Suzuki, Toshiyuki Abe, Akira Takata, Genichirou Kondoh, Naoko Soita, Satoshi Suzuki, Shingo Oda, Keiko Oyama, Tomomi Yamada, Ken Furuya, Miyuki Nagaushi, Chikako Takeuchi
Color Styling/Color Key: Takuya Kawami
Digital Print: Radix Digital, Yukari Fuziki, Yoshimi Saitoh, Keiko Horio
Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
Backgrounds: Kusanagi, Ken Arai, Yuzi Kihara, Kenichi Mutoh, Ryouko Niikura, Kazuo Ogura
3Dworks: Yumiko Ohtake
Compositiondirector/Editing: Yutaka Nagaushi
Production manager: Hiroshi Kudoh, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Tohru Shimose
Animation Producer: Atsushi Masaoka, Hiroshi Nomura
Director: Hiroshi Negishi, Kikaioh Animation, Task Force
Illustration Contest Winners: Kozetsu, Kino-P, Hong Young Jin, Kurokawa Haruki, A-Makoto, N.Kagehi, Etsuo Hijikata, Ichiyasu, Kimmy Kitagawa, Macha-Aki, Rinya Agata, Syu-Cho, Ray Kato, Maruhan, Milky, M-Taka, Giwa-Ti, Kyom, Shin, Eri, Hidekazu Aigase, W-Man, B-Pochi, Yuya Sawaki, Tomekichi Ikenami, M.Y, Kota Yuki, UZN, Akiteru♥Naka, Tamaneko, UME, Hiroyoshi Kohtake, Jun Higure, Daiko Inoue, Sokimere, Tetsu, Miho, Hisatomo Katou, T.K.S, Hikari Kiribuchi
Special Thanks: Nakano Tau, Shino Okamura.D.H, Hidenori Shinohara, Chiaki Shirato, Steve Lee, Miki Takano, Erik Suzuki, Shinichiro Wakamatsu, Takuji Mishima, M.Fujita, Blbon, Shinji Utsunomiya, Masateru Nakao, Toshiya Kotani, Naohiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Irie, Naoto Satou, IKA ★ CHAN, Momo-Mo, Hiroshi Nakaya, Marec Yamada, Takayuki Sano, Abu Takemura, Edayan, UJI, Togacchi, And Capcom All Staff

Thank You For Playing.

Presented by: Capcom

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Tech Romancer/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

E3 2000 UK press release

PDF

E3 2000 FR press release

PDF

E3 2000 DE press release

PDF

E3 2000 ES press release

Print advert in GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Expert Gamer (US) #72: "June 2000" (2000-05-23)^[5]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

80

^[9]

Consoles Max (FR)

NTSC-J

70

^[6]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

50

^[10]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

70

^[3]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

70

^[11]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[7]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[12]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[2]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[8]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[13]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

85

^[14]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

86

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[16]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

NTSC-J

81

^[17]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

81

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[20]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

71

^[21]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[22]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

83

^[23]

Hyper (AU)

NTSC-J

82

^[24]

Joypad (IT)

NTSC-J

80

^[25]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

79

^[26]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

63

^[27]

Mr. Dreamcast (UK)

PAL

73

^[28]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[29]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[30]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[1]

Playmag (FR)

NTSC-J

60

^[31]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

61

^[4]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

59

^[32]

	74
Based on 31 reviews

Tech Romancer

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Dreamcast, JP (Matching Service)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, Dreamcast (for Matching Service)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 103
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 64
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 28
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 22
↑ Expert Gamer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 43
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Consoles Max, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 123
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-02 (2000-01-21,28)" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 24
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
↑ 576 Konzol, "Január 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 82
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 6" (UK; 2000-02-24), page 76
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamzone, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-01-xx), page 116
↑ Dreamzone, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-15), page 91
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 162
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 106
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 260
↑ Famitsu, "2000-01-21" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 29
↑ GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 128
↑ GamesMaster, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 103
↑ Game Informer, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Gamers' Republic, "April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Hyper, "May 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 78
↑ Joypad, "Marzo 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 100
↑ MAN!AC, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 67
↑ Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 51
↑ Mr. Dreamcast, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-04-27), page 69
↑ Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 90
↑ Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 122
↑ Video Games, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 114

[:File:ODCM_US_06.pdf_p103-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 103

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p64-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 64

[:File:DCUK_UK_09.pdf_p28-3] 3.0 ^3.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 28

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_82.pdf_p22-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 22

[:File:ExpertGamer_US_72.pdf_p43-5] Expert Gamer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 43

[:File:ConsolesMax_FR_11.pdf_p123-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Consoles Max, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 123

[:File:DCM_JP_20000121_2000-02.pdf_p24-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-02 (2000-01-21,28)" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 24

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p33-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33

[9] 576 Konzol, "Január 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_09.pdf_p82-10] Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 82

[:File:DLMO_FR_04.pdf_p80-11] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p76-12] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 6" (UK; 2000-02-24), page 76

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-13] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamzone_9_2000_Scan.pdf_p116-14] Dreamzone, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-01-xx), page 116

[:File:Dreamzone_15_2000_Final.pdf_p91-15] Dreamzone, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-15), page 91

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p162-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 162

[17] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 106

[18] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 260

[19] Famitsu, "2000-01-21" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 29

[:File:GamePro_US_141.pdf_p128-20] GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 128

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_095.pdf_p103-21] GamesMaster, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 103

[:File:GameInformer_US_088.pdf_p86-22] Game Informer, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_23.pdf_p98-23] Gamers' Republic, "April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:Hyper_AU_079.pdf_p78-24] Hyper, "May 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:Joypad_IT_03.pdf_p100-25] Joypad, "Marzo 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-08.pdf_p67-26] MAN!AC, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 67

[:File:MegaFun_DE_2000-09.pdf_p51-27] Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 51

[:File:MrDreamcast_UK_02.pdf_p69-28] Mr. Dreamcast, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-04-27), page 69

[:File:NextGeneration_US_66.pdf_p98-29] Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98

[:File:ODM_UK_08.pdf_p90-30] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 90

[:File:Playmag_FR_45.pdf_p122-31] Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 122

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-08.pdf_p114-32] Video Games, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 114

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Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References