Hundred Swords

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Hundred Swords
System(s): Sega Dreamcast, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega Sega PC Activision Value Publishing (US) Empire Interactive (Japan, Europe)
Developer: Smilebit
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Network Battle Simulation/Network Taisen Simulation (ネットワーク対戦シミュレーション), Simulation, Strategy
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 2001-02-15 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e HDR-0124 JP (@barai) 2001-02-08 ¥980 (1,029)980e HDR-0127 JP 2001-05-31 ¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190) HCJ-0314 US 2002-02-04 $19.9919.99 30803 DE 2001-10-26 ES 2001-10-26 FR 2001-10-26 PT (Power Games) 200x UK 2001-10-26 EI-1371 UK (Xplosiv) 200x IT 2001-10-26 IT (Giochi PC) 200x 7.90£7.90

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Hundred Swords (ハンドレッド ソード) is a real-time strategy game released for the Sega Dreamcast exclusively in Japan. It was later brought to the PC. A PlayStation 2 version was announced (with online play) but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Synopsis

“	A Hundred Swords Real time strategy reaches new heights in this fantasy masterpiece. After thousands of years of bloody wars, a fragile peace hung over divided land. For a hundred years the feared fighting nomads, the Nalavale had kept their peace... Until now ... A Thousand Battles! Amazing plotline, told using unique comic-book style artwork. Customize your generals with magical equipment. Original battle mission objectives from assault to escort duty with so much in between! Four tribes, four general leaders with four unique sets of troops. Network mode - up to four players, on astounding levels, customisable for the way you want to play!	„
— UK PC box backcover

Production credits

• Director: 新湯 哲生
• Planner
  • Chief Planner: 向山 彰彦
  • Adventure Planning: 五百蔵 容, 加藤 紀人, 地引 志郎
  • Battle Planning: 瀧井 雄司, 山田 理一郎
• Programmer
  • Chief Programmer: 厚 孝
  • Adventure System: 萩下 正人, 服部 義明
  • Battle System: 太田 仁, 豊嶋 宜彦, 武田 豊
• Artist
  • Chief Artist: 岩出 敬
  • Background: 角井 剛, 林 幹雄
  • Character Model: 新井 洋行, 阿部 智彩
  • System Graphic: 森川 優美
  • Motion: 木俣 岳夫, 志村 圭介
• Illustration
  • Character Graphics: 杉浦 善夫
  • BG Illustration: 綿貫 透
  • Event Illustration: 山本 章史
• Sound: Wave Master
  • Sound Director/Creator: 中川 輝彦
  • Sound Creator: 白津 順子
  • Technical Supports: 藁間 直弘, 緒方 修, 鈴木 康弘, 高橋 智延
• Recording Studio: Wave Master
  • Chief Engineer: 明石 浩和
  • Engineer: 宮 吉忠
  • Assistant Engineer: 曽我部 佐和子
• Ending Theme: "Flame In Your Eyes"
  • Based On Lyrics: 五百蔵 容
  • Lyric: 橋本 寛
  • Music & Orchestration: 中川 輝彦
  • Song: Penny Tohyama
• Special Thanks: 佃 耕衛, 矢北 法孝, 松浦 正明, 中平 裕介, 諸澤 祥子, 柴田 文孝, 林 正光
• Association Producer: 川越 隆幸, 佐藤 修
• Executive Producer: 新井 瞬

Wave Master

Wave Master Recording Studio

MPEG Sofdec Copyright © 1998 CRI

• In Cooperation with: Smilebit™
• Presented by: Sega

Sega®

©SEGA CORPORATION/Smilebit, Corporation, 2001

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Hundred Swords/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2001-04: "2001-04 (2001-02-16)" (2001-02-02)

Physical scans

Dreamcast version

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 100% Consoles (FR) NTSC-J 89 576 Konzol (HU) 95 Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 83 Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J 89 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 78 GamePlay RPG (FR) NTSC-J 93

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Hundred Swords

Dreamcast, JP
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Spinecard Disc Inlay

PC version

PC, JP
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PC, US
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PC, UK
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Disc 1 Disc 2

PC, UK (alt)
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PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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PC, FR
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PC, DE
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PC, ES
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PC, IT

PC, IT (Giochi PC)
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PC, PT (Power Games)
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Technical information

Main article: Hundred Swords/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1			GD-ROM (JP)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1			GD-ROM (JP)	@barai

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, PC