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Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm

Publisher: Human (Japan), Big Fun Games (US)

Developer: Human

Genre: Shooting^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-07-30^[1]	¥7,500 (7,725)7,500e^[2]	T-43024
US	1994-10^[3]		4445

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Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm, known in Japan as simply Bari-Arm (バリ・アーム), is a Sega Mega-CD horizontal shoot-'em-up game developed by Human. First published in Japan by Human themselves in July 1993, it was later localized and brought to the United States by Big Fun Games in October 1994.

The name "Bari-Arm" is a contraction of the words "barrier armor".

Gameplay

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Players control a space fighter which can transform into a mecha and use it to fight against an alien civilization attacking Earth.

Stages

	Stage 1: Ganymede

	Stage 2: Gravity Pagoda

	Stage 3: Zeus Fleet

	Stage 4: Olympus

	Stage 5: Moon Base

	Stage 6: Blue Wind

	Stage 7: Bay Side City

Some bosses can change forms several times.

History

Legacy

It was long-speculated that Bari-Arm's artwork and graphics, particularly in regards to the designs of player and enemy mecha, were created by Japanese illustrator Masami Ōbari. In recent years, however, Ōbari has personally denied involvement in the game's production, and it appears the similarities were instead strongly inspired from Ōbari's general style.^[4]^[5]

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm	Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
Japanese	バリ・アーム	Bari-Arm

Production credits

Game Design: Bari-Arm Project Team
Concept Game Design: Hiroshi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Keisuke Ohuchi
Chief Programmer: Jun Hirata
Program: Tomomi Ohsawa, Kiyobumi Tsukahara, Tetsutarou Hoshino, Hideyuki Kodaira
Chief Graphic Design: Hiroshi Ishikawa
Graphic Design: Akira, Nozomu Azuma, Shike Tadao, Edi Otihusay, Junji Ohta, Keisuke Ohuchi
Visual Animation: Kenichi Abe, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Keisuke Ohuchi
Music Composed and Arranged by: Nobuhiro Makino

Musicians (H.E.L.P)

Key: Nobuhiro Makino
Drums: Tohru Tanaka
Bass: Ataru Kindaichi, Masaaki Mizuno
Guitar: Jirou Takada, Kenichi Ohkusu
Sax: Seiichirou Seki
Sound Engineers: Akio Yasuhara (CoCo Studio), Toshiaki Yamaya (CoCo Studio), Tameharu Endou (PALE GREEN Studio)

Sound Effect

Project Ultimo: Masao Watanabe, Kohichi Iizuka
Voice and Narration: Jason Russell
Sound Installation and Effects: Hiroshi Taniguchi
Sound Producer: Hiroya Niwayama

Team Image Music Staff

Composer: Hiroshi Taniguchi
Guitar: Katunori Kitajima
Bass: Shaka Yonezawa
S. Engineer: Konomi Itou
S. Adviser: Hideo Maeda
Sub Director: Jun Hirata
Director and Supervisor: Keisuke Ohuchi
Special Thanks: Hiroyuki.S, Masahiko.A, Mayumi.S, Hisako.H (MOTHER BASE), Yukiyo.Nakajima (AtoZ NETWORK), Yuuichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Suzuki, Masato Masuda, Kimura Brothers., Takashi Ueno, and my Sweetheart.

Hirosi Taniguchi / Hiroshi Ichikawa / Keisuke Ohuchi

Bari-Arm Project Team

©Human Corporation 1992 1993

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[6]

Note. Oversea version is only different Licensor and Copyright.

Licensed by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

©Copyright Human and Big Fun Games 1994

Track list

1. Data track

2. Boss Fight (2:05)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

3. Moon Base (2:01)
From: Stage 5
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

4. Opening Intro 2 (0:47)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

5. Bayside City (3:07)
From: Stage 7
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

6. Untitled 1 (0:45)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

7. Boss Fight 3 (3:02)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

8. Stage Clear (0:13)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

9. Ganymede (2:50)
From: Stage 1
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

10. Ending (1:50)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

11. Zeus Fleet 2 (1:58)
From: Stage 3
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

12. Zeus Fleet 1 (3:04)
From: Stage 3
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

13. Game Over (0:30)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

14. Olympus (3:03)
From: Stage 4
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

15. Blue Wind (2:04)
From: Stage 6
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

16. Gravity Pagoda (1:59)
From: Stage 2
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

17. Boss Fight 2 (2:06)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

18. Opening Intro 1 (1:07)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

19. Untitled 2 (0:07)
Composed by: Nobuhiro Makino

► Running time: 32:38

Magazine articles

Main article: Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-08: "August 1993" (1993-07-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-09: "September 1993" (1993-08-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[7]

Dengeki Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[8]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

62

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

77

^[12]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[13]

Game Power (IT)

NTSC

86

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[16]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

82

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

58

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

69

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[21]

	70
Based on 15 reviews

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

362,589,024

CD (JP)

T-43024

References

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-08.pdf_p13-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 13

[:File:SonicTimes_US_1994-10.pdf_p8-3] Sonic Times, "Volume 2 Number 9: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 8

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FB8J6g-4] @g1_bari on Twitter (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FPYiQx-5] @g1_bari on Twitter (archive.today)

[:File:BariArm_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:BariArm_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-08.pdf_p22-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 22

[:File:DengekiMD_JP_04.pdf_p36-8] Dengeki Mega Drive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 36

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_26.pdf_p148-9] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p48-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0242.pdf_p41-11] Famitsu, "1993-08-06" (JP; 1993-07-23), page 41

[:File:GameFan_US_0110.pdf_p15-12] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0801.pdf_p56-13] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:GamePower_IT_22.pdf_p90-14] Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 90

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p138-15] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 138

[:File:GameInformer_US_021.pdf_p42-16] Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[17] Hippon Super, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-03), page 41

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p93-18] Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 93

[:File:Mega_UK_14.pdf_p59-19] Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 59

[:File:MegaTech_UK_22.pdf_p72-20] MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 72

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

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-{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' or simply '''''Bari-Arm''''' (バリ・アーム) in Japan is a shoot-'em-up developed by [[Human]] for the [[Sega Mega-CD]].
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known in Japan as simply '''''Bari-Arm''''' (バリ・アーム), is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] horizontal shoot-'em-up game developed by [[Human]]. First published in Japan by [[Human]] themselves in July 1993, it was later localized and brought to the United States by [[Big Fun Games]] in October 1994.
-The graphics of this game are similar to [[wikipedia:Masami Ōbari|Masami Obari]]'s style, but he was not involved with this game at all. {{ref|https://archive.is/B8J6g|https://twitter.com/g1_bari/status/342600448194277376}}{{ref|https://archive.is/PYiQx|https://twitter.com/g1_bari/status/301617869635063808}}
+The name "Bari-Arm" is a contraction of the words "barrier armor".
 ==Gameplay==
+{{expand}}
 Players control a space fighter which can transform into a mecha and use it to fight against an alien civilization attacking Earth.
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 }}
 Some bosses can change forms several times.
+==History==
+===Legacy===
+It was long-speculated that ''Bari-Arm'''s artwork and graphics, particularly in regards to the designs of player and enemy [[wikipedia:Mecha|mecha]], were created by Japanese illustrator [[wikipedia:Masami Ōbari|Masami Ōbari]]. In recent years, however, Ōbari has personally denied involvement in the game's production, and it appears the similarities were instead strongly inspired from Ōbari's general style.{{ref|https://archive.is/B8J6g|https://twitter.com/g1_bari/status/342600448194277376}}{{ref|https://archive.is/PYiQx|https://twitter.com/g1_bari/status/301617869635063808}}
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Contents

Gameplay

Stages

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Track list

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References