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Black/Matrix

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: NEC Interchannel

Developer: Flight-Plan‏‎

Supporting companies: Aoni Production (voice acting), Onkio Haus (audio recording), Pole To Win (testing)

Sound driver: SCSP (1 Track)

Genre: Simulation RPG^[1], Simulation^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1998-08-27^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[3]	T-20113G
JP (Reprint)	1998-11-06^[4]	¥6,8006,800	T-20115G
JP (Reprint)	1999-09-02^[5]	¥6,8006,800	T-20118G

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Black/Matrix (ブラックマトリクス) is a Sega Saturn tactical role-playing game developed by Flight-Plan and published by NEC Interchannel. Released exclusively in Japan in August 1998, it later saw two re-releases: the first the following November, and the second in September 1999.

In August 1999, the game received an enhanced port to the Sega Dreamcast, titled Black/Matrix Advanced.

Production credits

Executive Producer: Kimihisa Usui
Producer: Toshio Tabeta, Masami Watanabe
Director: Hirokazu Kawase
Scenario/Story/World Design: Neko Production, Gou Bitou, Takashi Nangou
Character Design: Kyouko Tsuchiya
Music Design: The Hustlers Concept, Katsunari Kitajima, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Atsushi Tojima, Makoto Katsuma
Program: Shintarou Takagi, Kazunori Kimura, Kiyohiko Wakayama, Shinichi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nishiura
Graphic design: Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Murai, Takatoshi Asai, Shinya Ishihara, Makoto Ohta, Ryuuma Shii, Reina Sugita, Takashi Suzuki
Voice Cast Management: Aoni Production, Hiroshi Uwabo
Voice cast: Noriko Hidaka, Mika Kanai, Yuko Miyamura, Junko Shimakata, Wakana Yamazaki, Kentarou Itou, Hideyuki Hori, Kaneto Shiozawa, Hiro Yuki, Takeshi Aono, Ai Orikasa, Kikuko Inoue, Yuuko Nagashima, Keiichi Nanba, Yousui Ikemizu, Masashi Ehara, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yuko Mita, Yumi Nakatani, Osamu Saka, Kinryuu Arimoto, Masaharu Satou, Sakiho Tsunoda, Kazuya Nakai
Record: Onkio Haus, Tomoki Ohta, Yoshiko Takahashi
Debug: Pole To Win, Takeshi Ozawa, Toshinori Tanaka, Toshihisa Miwa, Takeshi Sasayama, Akinori Sano, Wand
Public relations: Ritsuko Honmyou, Yuko Yamazaki
Special Thanks: Shuuji Arimoto, Satoshi Katou, Sayoko Katou, Koutarou Nakashima, Keiji Hitosugi, Keitarou Yoshida, Hiroya Torii, Takeshi Saitou, Hideki Sekiguchi, Kenji Nakao
Development: Flight-Plan
Produce: 1998 NEC Interchannel

Source:

In-game credits^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Black/Matrix/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-11: "1998-11 (1998-04-10,17)" (1998-03-27)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-18: "1998-18 (1998-06-12)" (1998-05-29)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-21: "1998-21 (1998-07-10,17)" (1998-06-26)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[7]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[8]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[11]

	82
Based on 5 reviews

Black/Matrix

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (T-20115G)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (T-20118G)
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Black/Matrix/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

619,154,592

1998-06-29

CD-ROM (JP)

T-20113G V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

619,253,376

1998-10-06

CD-ROM (JP)

T-20115G, T-20118G V1.001 (Rerelease 1, Rerelease 2)

Track list

1. Data track

2. Data track

3. CD Warning message (0:20)

► Running time: 0:20

References

Black/Matrix

Main page | Development | Magazine articles | Reception

Books: Black/Matrix Koushiki Guide Book (1998)

[:File:BlackMatrix_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:BlackMatrix Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190728123006.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee4.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee4.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)

[:File:SSM_JP_19980612_1998-18.pdf_p195-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-18 (1998-06-12)" (JP; 1998-05-29), page 195

[http:.2F.2Fwww.satakore.com.2Fsega-saturn-game.2C.2CT-20115G.2C.2CBlack-Matrix-JPN.html-4] ttp://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,T-20115G,,Black-Matrix-JPN.html

[http:.2F.2Fwww.satakore.com.2Fsega-saturn-game.2C.2CT-20118G.2C.2CBlack-Matrix-JPN.html-5] ttp://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game,,T-20118G,,Black-Matrix-JPN.html

[:File:BlackMatrix_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:BlackMatrix Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[7] Famitsu, "1998-09-04" (JP; 1998-08-21), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-16_19980828.pdf_p138-8] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 16" (JP; 1998-08-07), page 138

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-20.pdf_p96-9] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 20" (JP; 1998-10-23), page 96

[:File:SSM_JP_19980821_1998-24.pdf_p201-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-24 (1998-08-21,28)" (JP; 1998-08-07), page 201

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11

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 *'''Public relations:''' Ritsuko Honmyou, Yuko Yamazaki
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Difference between revisions of "Black/Matrix"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 17:56, 2 January 2024

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

References