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− | '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a first person shooter for the [[Sega Mega-CD]]. It takes place in giant mechs. | + | {{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (バトルコープス) is a first person shooter for the [[Sega Mega-CD]]. It takes place in giant mechs. |
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Draw distance is considerably lower than many other first person shooters of the era, and in order to maintain a steady frame rate, the heads-up display comprises of roughly half the screen. ''Battlecorps'' also limits itself to a 256x224 screen resolution at all times. | Draw distance is considerably lower than many other first person shooters of the era, and in order to maintain a steady frame rate, the heads-up display comprises of roughly half the screen. ''Battlecorps'' also limits itself to a 256x224 screen resolution at all times. | ||
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+ | ==Production credits== | ||
+ | {{multicol| | ||
+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | *'''Programmed / Game Design / Story :''' Jon Hilliard | ||
+ | *'''Production Designer/ Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist:''' Jason Gee | ||
+ | *'''Music + SF/X:''' [[Martin Iveson]] | ||
+ | *'''Live Guitar:''' Anthony Wheeldon | ||
+ | *'''Production Designer / Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist:''' Jason Gee | ||
+ | *'''Game Design / Story / Voices / Creative Manager:''' Guy Miller | ||
+ | *'''Produced by:''' Jeremy Heath-Smith | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment, Inc]] (C)1994}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Toshiyuki Nagai | ||
+ | *'''Director:''' Gaku Sato | ||
+ | *'''Assistant:''' Ryo Misawa, Kanji Ishizeki | ||
+ | *'''Thanks to:''' Takeshi Minagawa | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|[[Core Design|Core Design Limited]] (C)1994}} | ||
+ | *'''Thanks to:''' Bob Churchill (Game Evaluation), James Ryman (Cover Design), Lads & Lasses at Core Design... | ||
+ | | source=In-game credits (JP) | ||
+ | | pdf=Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf | ||
+ | | console=MCD | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== | ||
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+ | ==Technical information== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Publisher: Core Design (US, Europe), Victor Entertainment (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distributor: Time Warner Interactive (US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Battlecorps (バトルコープス) is a first person shooter for the Sega Mega-CD. It takes place in giant mechs.
Contents
Gameplay
In Battlecorps, players take control over a "Bipedal Attack Machine" (BAM) to liberate a planet from an infected AI system and its army of robots. Typically this involves destroying specified targets or getting to a location without being killed. When all lives are lost, the game ends.
In order to simulate a 3D world, Battlecorps relies heavily on the use of sprite scaling. However, unlike a game such as Doom, the engine rarely draws flat "walls", instead simulating them by placing a series of large sprites in a line. Ceilings are never rendered, though many stages overcome this by taking place exclusively outside. Battlecorps also gives players a degree of control over the Y axis, allowing him or her to attack flying enemies or "ceiling" turrets.
Draw distance is considerably lower than many other first person shooters of the era, and in order to maintain a steady frame rate, the heads-up display comprises of roughly half the screen. Battlecorps also limits itself to a 256x224 screen resolution at all times.
Production credits
- Programmed / Game Design / Story : Jon Hilliard
- Production Designer/ Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
- Music + SF/X: Martin Iveson
- Live Guitar: Anthony Wheeldon
- Production Designer / Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
- Game Design / Story / Voices / Creative Manager: Guy Miller
- Produced by: Jeremy Heath-Smith
- Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
- Director: Gaku Sato
- Assistant: Ryo Misawa, Kanji Ishizeki
- Thanks to: Takeshi Minagawa
- Thanks to: Bob Churchill (Game Evaluation), James Ryman (Cover Design), Lads & Lasses at Core Design...
Magazine articles
- Main article: Battlecorps/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Battlecorps/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:Battlecorps MCD JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ', "" (; ), page 10
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 57
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 108
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 ', "" (; ), page 13
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 8
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 82
- ↑ File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
- ↑ ', "August 1994" (; 1994-0x-xx), page 107
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 21
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 147
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 65
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 68
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 36
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 1
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 108
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 70
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 66
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 20
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 25
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 112
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 26
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 54
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 80
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 37
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 22
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 60
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 104
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 102
- ↑ ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 140
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 ', "October 1994" (; 1994-09-08), page 46
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 10
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 46
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 101
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