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X-Perts

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Abalone Entertainment

Supporting companies: Metropolis Digital (motion capture), Fat Box (sound effects)

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-06^[1]^[2]	$69.9969.99^[3]^[4]	1574

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X-Perts is a sidescrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side featuring Shadow Yamoto.

The initial run of X-Perts in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving. Later revisions covered up this error with a Deep Water sticker.

Story

In an alternate timeline in which she was not killed by the Black Orchid Corporation in 1993, the assassin Shadow Yamoto forms an ultra-secret counter-terrorist team called the X-Perts. A group of terrorists has taken over an undersea weapons factory. Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth. Shadow and her group must embark on a mission to avert the crisis.

Gameplay

The female ninja Shadow leads a team of two other fellow X-Perts in sabotage and other various missions. All three characters have character-specific special moves with differing attributes, along with three unique torture moves, which are used to interrogate various enemies. Players are able to switch characters mid-game in order to carry out different tasks.

Production credits

Game Designers: Michael Latham, Tony Van
Developed By: Abalone
Lead Programmer: Glyn Anderson
Programmers: Paul Taylor, David Goodenough, Lee Powell
Character Animators: David Renneker, Czarina Liu, Linnea Wigren
Background Artists: Michael Nagatani, Mike Gonzales, Rick Gonzales, Scott Harper, Lara Norman-Stowers
Project Managers: Mark Dickenson, Michael Malizola
Additional Character Animators: Metropolis Digital Inc., Rick Sevy, Jessi Chan, Stephanie Mulqueen
Additional Artists: Karen Mangum, Barry T. Smith, Diane Mello, Susan Greene, Mary Patrician
Motion Capture Actors: Donna Ng, Brian Reynolds, Mike Smith, Tina Valencia
Motion Capture Facility: Metropolis Digital Inc.
Sound Effects: Andy Armor, Fat Box Inc.
Recom Voice: Pat Chaney
Producers: Tony Van, Greg Becksted
Product Managers: Bill Onderdonk, John Garner
Assistant Producer: Erik Wahlberg
Test Leads: Jeffrey L. Loney, Rick Greer
Assistant Test Leads: David Paniagua, Zac Fuller, Maya de Campos
Testers: Mark Lerma, Don Carmichael, Joe Rousseau, Christina Hurley, Marc Dawson, Christopher Lucich, Anthony Lynch, Jeff Junio, George Sandoval, Tim McKnew, Geoff Jones, Lloyd Kinoshita, Annette Dancel, Ward Farris, David Wood, Wesley Ng, Chris Johnson, Louis Dribbin, Kemrexx George, Alfred Dutton, Darren Nagtalon, Marcus Montgomery, Rolef Conlan, Kathleen Silkworth, Brian Thoroman, Ernie Deakyne, Timothy Spengler, Todd Slepian
Testing For Abalone: Mike Wiltse
Special Thanks To: Janeen Anderson, Tom Batson, Donovan Green, Sandi Hull, Paul Kohler, Vy Nong, David Platshon

Source:

In-game credits?^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: X-Perts/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[6]

Artwork

Early cover
Final cover

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

51

^[8]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

24

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

38

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

32

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

86

^[11]

Mega Fun (DE)

69

^[12]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[13]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

83

^[14]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[3]

	50
Based on 10 reviews

X-Perts

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (reprint)
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: X-Perts/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega Drive

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 64
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/SEFSrXb6KfE/m/IhaE7hN2el0J
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 71
↑ https://www.mobygames.com/game/21777/x-perts/credits/genesis/
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 3
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 272
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 20
↑ GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 78
↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 69
↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68
↑ Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 72
↑ Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 164
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 233

X-Perts
	Main page \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: Prototype

Games in the Eternal Champions Series
Eternal Champions (1993) \| Chicago Syndicate (1995) \| Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (1995) \| X-Perts (1996) \| Eternal Champions (LCD) (1994) \| Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter (unreleased)
Eternal Champions related media
	Eternal Champions Special (1994) \| Eternal Champions: Sega Genesis Official Power Guide (1994) \| Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 1: The Cyber Warriors (1994) \| Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 2: Citadel of Chaos (1994) \| Eternal Champions Official Sticker Album (1993)

[:File:EGM_US_083.pdf_p64-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 64

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FSEFSrXb6KfE.2Fm.2FIhaE7hN2el0J-2] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/SEFSrXb6KfE/m/IhaE7hN2el0J

[:File:VideoGames_US_88.pdf_p61-3] 3.0 ^3.1 VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0909.pdf_p71-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 71

[https:.2F.2Fwww.mobygames.com.2Fgame.2F21777.2Fx-perts.2Fcredits.2Fgenesis.2F-5] ttps://www.mobygames.com/game/21777/x-perts/credits/genesis/

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p3-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 3

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 272

[:File:EGM_US_083.pdf_p20-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p78-9] GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-09.pdf_p69-10] MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 69

[:File:MegaForce_FR_52.pdf_p68-11] Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-07.pdf_p72-12] Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 72

[:File:NextGeneration_US_21.pdf_p164-13] Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 164

[14] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 233

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Difference between revisions of "X-Perts"

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References