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G Vector

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Soft Office

Developer: Soft Office

Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-10-16^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-30603G

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G Vector (ジーベクター) is a Sega Saturn rail shooter developed and published by Soft Office. Released exclusively in Japan in October 1997^[2], it features gameplay similar to Sega's flagship Panzer Dragoon series.

Gameplay

Pressing fires your main gun, while holding autofires. The targeting reticle will mark anything it passes over, and larger objects can be targeted multiple times, up to a maximum of eight targets. Press to fire lasers at all locked-on targets. You gain additional points for each target that's destroyed; a full volley of eight destroyed targets results in a total of 51,000 bonus points. Bosses will frequently have smaller targets nearby with which to gain big points.

The game is surprisingly cruel with resources. You get a single life with three hit points, and there are no recovery items in sight. There are continues; of course, using a continue throws your score away, and disables the ending. You normally have three continues, but can gain more with the following code: press on the title screen.

There is a total of six stages. As stages are completed in the "Standard Game", they can be accessed in the "Score Attack" for practice, where you're also invulnerable. Stage progress, scores, and the continue code are automatically saved to the Saturn's internal memory.

Production credits

Staff

Executive Producer: Hiroshi Watanabe
Team Hinatabokko
Direction&Program: Kazuya Hara
Main Progam: Hiroki Ueno
Graphic: Kiminori Okamoto
Sound: Naoki Sakane
Music: Hiroyuki Nakanishi
Marketing: Takafumi Yamashita, Takuya Miura, Kuniyuki Kishi, Mika Fukaishi
Package Design: Kouichi Fujimoto
Special Thanks: H.Okuno, K.Murase, A.Yamamoto, Y.Miyazaki, S.W A.T K.K

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: G Vector/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-36: "1997-36 (1997-10-24)" (1997-10-09)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-37: "1997-37 (1997-10-31)" (1997-10-17)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[4]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

45

^[5]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

44

^[6]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[7]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

47

^[8]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

61

^[9]

	51
Based on 6 reviews

G Vector

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: G Vector/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

412,912,416

CD-ROM(JP)

T-30603G V1.005

References

↑ File:GVector Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
↑ File:G Vector Saturn credits.pdf
↑ Famitsu, "1997-10-24" (JP; 1997-10-09), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 58
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 19" (JP; 1997-09-26), page 185
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 23" (JP; 1997-11-28), page 156
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-36 (1997-10-24)" (JP; 1997-10-09), page 198
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

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[:File:GVector_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:GVector Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190728123006.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee3.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)

[:File:G_Vector_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-3] File:G Vector Saturn credits.pdf

[4] Famitsu, "1997-10-24" (JP; 1997-10-09), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-01.pdf_p58-5] MAN!AC, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 58

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-19_19971017.pdf_p185-6] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 19" (JP; 1997-09-26), page 185

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-23_19971212.pdf_p156-7] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 23" (JP; 1997-11-28), page 156

[:File:SSM_JP_19971024_1997-36.pdf_p198-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-36 (1997-10-24)" (JP; 1997-10-09), page 198

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

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+| sat_rating_jp=all
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+| properties={{Properties|SAT|cinepak}}
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-{{sub-stub}}'''''G Vector''''' (ジーベクター) is an on-the-rails shoot-'em-up game released exclusively for the [[Sega Saturn]] in Japan.
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ジーベクター) is a [[Sega Saturn]] rail shooter developed and published by [[Soft Office]]. Released exclusively in Japan in October 1997{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190728123006/https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html}}, it features gameplay similar to [[Sega]]'s flagship ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' series.
-==Physical Scans==
+==Gameplay==
+Pressing {{a}} fires your main gun, while holding {{c}} autofires. The targeting reticle will mark anything it passes over, and larger objects can be targeted multiple times, up to a maximum of eight targets. Press {{b}} to fire lasers at all locked-on targets. You gain additional points for each target that's destroyed; a full volley of eight destroyed targets results in a total of 51,000 bonus points. Bosses will frequently have smaller targets nearby with which to gain big points.
+The game is surprisingly cruel with resources. You get a single life with three hit points, and there are no recovery items in sight. There are continues; of course, using a continue throws your score away, and disables the ending. You normally have three continues, but can gain more with the following code: press {{up}} {{up}} {{down}} {{down}} {{left}} {{right}} {{left}} {{right}} {{a}} {{b}} {{c}} on the title screen.
+There is a total of six stages. As stages are completed in the "Standard Game", they can be accessed in the "Score Attack" for practice, where you're also invulnerable. Stage progress, scores, and the continue code are automatically saved to the Saturn's internal memory.
+==Production credits==
+{{creditstable|
+{{creditsheader|Staff}}
+*'''Executive Producer:''' Hiroshi Watanabe
+*'''Team Hinatabokko'''
+*'''Direction&Program:''' Kazuya Hara
+*'''Main Progam:''' Hiroki Ueno
+*'''Graphic:''' Kiminori Okamoto
+*'''Sound:''' Naoki Sakane
+*'''Music:''' Hiroyuki Nakanishi
+*'''Marketing:''' Takafumi Yamashita, Takuya Miura, Kuniyuki Kishi, Mika Fukaishi
+*'''Package Design:''' Kouichi Fujimoto
+*'''Special Thanks:''' H.Okuno, K.Murase, A.Yamamoto, Y.Miyazaki, S.W A.T K.K
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=G Vector Saturn credits.pdf
+| console=SAT
+}}
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
+==Promotional material==
+{{gallery
+|{{galleryPrintAd|ssmjp|1997-36|119}}
+|{{galleryPrintAd|ssmjp|1997-37|116}}
+}}
+==Physical scans==
+{{ratings|SAT}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Saturn
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 | disc=GVector_Saturn_JP_Disc.png
 }}
+==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
+{{rom|SAT|sha1= |md5= |crc32= |size=412,912,416|date= |source=CD-ROM(JP)|comments=T-30603G V1.005|quality=|prototype=}}
+}}
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{GVectorOmni}}

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References