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Revision as of 17:16, 27 July 2020

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StarBlade title.png

StarBlade
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Namco (Japan, US), Sega (Europe)
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse, XE-1 AP
Genre: Shooting[2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-14014
Sega Mega-CD
US 		T-14025
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		4284-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega-CD
UK 		£44.9944.99[5][4] 4284-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Non-Sega versions

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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)
StarBlade MCD JP SSCredits.pdf
[6]

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

Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[7]
Logo-pdf.svg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 [8]
80 [9]
74 [10]
70 №307, p40
71 [11]
82 №8, p21
75 №27, p44/45
75 [12]
87 №61, p68
53 №40, p56
80 [13]
Sega Mega-CD
 74
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[14]
Consoles + (FR)
74
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[15]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
70
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
70
[17]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
71
[11]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
82
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
69
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
75
[5]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
61
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
63
[21]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
75
[22]
Play Time (DE) PAL
55
[23]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[24]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
68
[25]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
53
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[28]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[29]
Video Games (DE) PAL
68
[30]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[13]
Sega Mega-CD
 71
Based on
21 reviews

StarBlade

Mega-CD, JP
StarBlade MCD JP Box Back.jpgStarBlade MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
StarBlade MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
StarBlade MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Mega-CD, US
StarBlade MCD US Box Back.jpgStarBlade MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Starblade mcd us disc.png
Disc
Starblade mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
StarBlade MCD EU Box Back.jpgStarBlade MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
Starblade MCD EU spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
StarBlade MCD EU Disc.png
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
468,198,528 CD (JP) T-14014
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
468,198,528 CD (US) T-14025

References

  1. ↑ @ummo_chan on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-08-03 20:23)
  2. ↑ File:StarBlade MCD JP Box Back.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 92
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44
  6. ↑ File:StarBlade_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
  7. ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175
  8. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 19 (21)
  9. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 110/111 (110)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 101
  14. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21
  15. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40
  16. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  17. ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118
  18. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21
  19. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84
  20. ↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
  21. ↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118
  22. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 110
  23. ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
  24. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
  25. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91
  26. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
  27. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  29. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  30. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96
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