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Dropzone

Publisher: Codemasters

Genre: Arcade^[1]

Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994		T-121007
UK	1994-07^[2]^[3]	£27.9927.99^[3]^[4]	T-121007

Non-Sega versions
Atari 8-bit family Commodore 64 Game Boy Game Boy Color Nintendo Entertainment System

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Dropzone is a shoot-'em-up game released among other consoles for the Sega Game Gear. It is very similar to Defender in design.

The Game Gear version was released exclusively in Europe. A Sega Master System version was also planned for release in July 1994^[5]^[6], but cancelled.

A Sega Master System GG2SMS hack was released in April 2017.

Magazine articles

Main article: Dropzone/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

76

^[2]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[7]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

46

^[8]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

73

^[9]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[10]

Player One (FR)

PAL

70

^[11]

Play Time (DE)

71

^[12]

Power Up! (UK)

83

^[13]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[14]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[15]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

90

^[3]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

26

^[4]

Sega Megazone (AU)

PAL

75

^[16]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

86

^[17]

Todo Sega (ES)

82

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

45

^[19]

	71
Based on 16 reviews

Dropzone

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	152f0dcc
MD5	65df09530f9c8f02ab11982228d7d18e
SHA-1	b78bc3fe6bfbc7d6f5e85d59d79be19bf7372bcc

128kB

1994-05-24

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ File:Dropzone GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 56
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 53
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 64
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 21
↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 12
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 51
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 25
↑ Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 69
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 62
↑ Player One, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 128
↑ Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 145
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 22, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-22), page 1
↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 90
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 97
↑ Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
↑ Sonic the Comic, "November 11th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 106

[:File:Dropzone_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Dropzone GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p56-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 56

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p53-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_34.pdf_p64-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 64

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p21-5] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 21

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p12-6] Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 12

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p51-7] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 51

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_02.pdf_p25-8] Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 25

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p69-9] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 69

[:File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p62-10] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 62

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_046.pdf_p128-11] Player One, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-08.pdf_p145-12] Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 145

[13] Power Up!, "Saturday, October 22, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-22), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_07.pdf_p90-14] Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 90

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p97-15] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 97

[:File:Megazone_AU_43.pdf_p28-16] Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 28

[17] Sonic the Comic, "November 11th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-29), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_19.pdf_p50-18] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf_p106-19] Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 106

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 The Game Gear version was released exclusively in Europe. A [[Sega Master System]] version was also planned for release in July 1994{{magref|segamaguk|8|21}}{{magref|segapower|56|12}}, but cancelled.
-[https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/Dropzone-GG-GG2SMS An Sega Master System GG2SMS hacks was released in April 2017.]
+[https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/Dropzone-GG-GG2SMS A Sega Master System GG2SMS hack was released in April 2017.]
 ==Magazine articles==