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Licensor: Tatsunoko Production
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Zillion, known as Akai Koudan Zillion (赤い光弾 ジリオン) in Japan, is an action platform game published by Sega for the Sega Master System. It is based upon the Zillion anime series, and was released as a companion to the anime only a few weeks into the series' original run. However, the impression that the anime series had left with Sega and its teams would appear to go beyond just a video game.
In 1986, Sega unveiled a redesigned, futuristic console in preparation for its entry to the North American market. Now known as, simply, The Sega Master System, the full units came equipped with the iconic Light Phaser. The overall design of the Light Phaser is a close copy to the fictional weapons used by the heroic The White Nights of Zillion.
A sequel, Zillion II: The Tri Formation, was released the same year and also developed by Tatsunoko Production.
Contents
History
Legacy
The name Zillion appears in the on-field advertising of Excite League.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Zillion | Zillion |
English (US) | Zillion | Zillion |
Japanese | 赤い光弾 ジリオン | Akai Koudan Zillion |
Production credits
- Plan: Ossale Kohta
- Program: Dunk PPak Toshi, Kaorin
- Sound Coordinate: Bo
- Character Design: Sukeban Tamun, Alien Sadamo
- Special Thanks to: Mai Asuka, Haruna.H
- TopDream
- Programmer: Mark Cerny[8]
- Sound Direction, Sound Effects: Kazuhiko Nagai[9]
Hints
Magazine articles
- Main article: Zillion/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segamark3/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-14 21:32)
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, "December 1987" (US; 1987-12-xx), page 14
- ↑ File:SMSGameCatalog2EU.pdf, page 3
- ↑ ACE, "January 1989" (UK; 1989-xx-xx), page 167
- ↑ The Games Machine, "March 1988" (UK; 1988-02-18), page 57
- ↑ The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByYtvZRINzU
- ↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
- ↑ https://sbtransr02.wixsite.com/kazuhiko-nagai/my-works-1
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 77
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 112
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 64
- ↑ Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 35
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 147
- ↑ The Games Machine, "March 1988" (UK; 1988-02-18), page 56
- ↑ Génération 4, "Mars/Avril 1988" (FR; 1988-0x-xx), page 77
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
- ↑ Power Play, "Ausgabe 2" (DE; 1987-12-28), page 89
- ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 37
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 61
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 41
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72
- ↑ Tilt, "Décembre 1987" (FR; 1987-1x-xx), page 104
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Zillion (1987) | Zillion II: The Tri Formation (1987) | |
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Akai Koudan Zillion (1987) | |
Zillion (1987) | Zillion (toy range) (1987) |
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