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For the similarly-titled Saturn beat-'em-up game, see Crows: The Battle Action for SegaSaturn.

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The Crow: City of Angels

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment

Developer: Gray Matter

Distributor: Scanbox Danmark (DK), Roadshow Interactive (AU)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-04-25^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-8123G
US	1997-03-12^[3]	$59.9559.95^[4]	T-8124H
EU	1997-02-26^[5]		T-8124H-50
DE	1997		T-8124H-18
UK	1997-04-10^[6]		T-8124H-50
PL	1997
AU	199x

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The Crow: City of Angels (ザ・クロウ) is a Sega Saturn third-person action game developed by Gray Matter and published by Acclaim Entertainment. Based on the titular 1996 film The Crow: City of Angels (in turn based on the 1989 comic book series The Crow), it was first released in Europe in February 1997, was brought to the United States and Japan in the following months, and was eventually released in Australia some time later.

Gameplay

City of Angels uses a similar control scheme to Alone in the Dark and its derivatives (popularised further by Resident Evil). While the game plays in three dimensions, the levels are constructed out of pre-rendered 2D images with fixed cameras. Moving to the edge of the screen can lead to a different pre-rendered portion of the stage with a different camera.

As The Crow, the player moves using a "tank" control scheme, in which and rotate the player around the Y-axis, and and move forwards and backwards, respectively. Unlike Resident Evil, the game is almost entirely based around fighting enemies in hand-to-hand combat - while projectile weapons do exist, ammo is scarce.

Production credits

Pressman Films

Executive Producers: Edward R Pressman, Miles Mogulescu

Gray Matter Development Team

Producers: Stefan Posthuma, Dan McBride
Assistant Producer: Hugh Cruttenden
Lead Programmer: Stefan Posthuma
Programmers: Eric Randall, James Thomas, Tony Yiu, Gard Abrahamsen, Barabara Ott, Martin Bysh
Rendering Technology: Colin Reed, Andi Smithers
Art Director: Dave Duncan
Lead Artist: Simon McGuire
Environments: Vlad Bina, Lisa CarrHarris, David Carman
Animation and Models: Mario Lerriera
Interface Design: Mike Upton
Texture Art: Stuart Ure, Mike D Agnillo
Music and Sound Effects: Mark Kerr, Nelson Everhart
Game Design: Abam Mock, Calvin Campbell, Stefan Posthuma, Martin Bysh
Game Testing and Map Design: Mike Inglehart, Kwame Newman, Jeff
Tools and Support: Alan Penford, Peter Worthing, JP Schelter, Michael Coons, Mike Ravner, Rajiv Patel, Todd Showalter, Gard Abrahamsen, Perry Robertson, Ahmed
Video Editing and Processing: Ian McKenzie, Dennis Mohr

Acclaim Product Development

Executive Producer: Billy Pidgeon
Producer: Simon Gouldstone
Interactive Director: Melianthe Kines
Director Assistant: Francis M Esposito
Licensing: Erin Maloney
Marketing: Douglas Sherman, Tom Bass, Lori McCue, Tracy Lopez
Acclaim Motion Capture: Larry Melley, Brian Windsor, Andy Acquilino, Phil Grunfelder, Danielle Popsidero, Cynthia Gruham, Kelly Holmes, Rich Nelson, Joe Gibbons, Nicole Scharff, Chuck Mongelli, Barbara Ribbe, Sharon Dougherty
Stunts: Jeff Gibson, Brad Martin, Love Bricourt, Robert I Rivera, Joe Coghlin, Nicole Cardiello
Voices: Curtis Davenport, Donna Pheister, Mr Neely, Chris Rudtke, Richard Ackermann
Special Thanks: Mike Archer, Hal Turkiewicz, Kelly Coleman, Jim Dunn, Kathleen Bryne, Alex Delucia, Adam Ingberman

Acclaim Quality Assurance

Supervisors: Carol Caracciolo, Tom Falzone, Harry Reimer, Gil Leong
Qa Team: Jeff Rosa, Michael Mazziotto, Eugene Riouse, Mike Patterson, Jun Crabbock, Andre Abramowits, Mark Garone, James Daly, Brian Krieger, Rich Larocca, Brady Wickham, Alex Gestani, Nick Theodorakis, Edmund Kok, John Nicolaou, Leigh Busch, Jerry Tian, Richard Varney, John E Gonzales, Howard Perlman, Dan Wimpelberg, Greg McGovern, Andrew Fullaytor, Robert Coffey, Keith Robinson, Bethany Blewett, Brian Regan, JJ Mazziotto

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: The Crow: City of Angels/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #91: "February 1997" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #92: "March 1997" (1997-0x-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-09: "1997-09 (1997-03-28)" (1997-03-14)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Bravo ScreenFun (DE)

60

^[9]

Edge (UK)

PAL

20

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

43

^[12]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

15

^[13]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

56

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

60

^[15]

Mega Console (IT)

PAL

80

^[16]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

72

^[17]

Player One (FR)

60

^[18]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

54

^[20]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

29

^[21]

Sega Magazin (DE)

70

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

67

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

43

^[24]

	52
Based on 16 reviews

The Crow: City of Angels

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover

Technical information

Main article: The Crow: City of Angels/Technical information.

References

↑ File:TCCoA Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:45)
↑ Press release: 1996-09-04: Acclaim's THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS plunges gamers into the depths of horror and combat
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-04-07), page 25
↑ File:TheCrow_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 77
↑ Bravo ScreenFun, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-0x-xx), page 63
↑ Edge, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-29), page 95
↑ Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
↑ GamePro, "June 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 78
↑ GamesMaster, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 40
↑ Game Informer, "May 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 58
↑ MAN!AC, "08/97" (DE; 1997-07-09), page 73
↑ Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
↑ Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 60
↑ Player One, "Mars 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 150
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
↑ Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 72
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 70
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137

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[:File:TCCoA_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:TCCoA Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190728123006.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee3.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970606054545.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-saturn.com.2Fsoftware.htm-3] ttp://www.sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:45)

[Press_release:_1996-09-04:_Acclaim.27s_THE_CROW:_CITY_OF_ANGELS_plunges_gamers_into_the_depths_of_horror_and_combat-4] Press release: 1996-09-04: Acclaim's THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS plunges gamers into the depths of horror and combat

[:File:CVG_UK_184.pdf_p53-5] Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53

[6] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-04-07), page 25

[:File:TheCrow_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf_p-7] File:TheCrow_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_092.pdf_p77-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 77

[:File:BravoScreenFun_DE_1997-01.pdf_p63-9] Bravo ScreenFun, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:Edge_UK_046.pdf_p95-10] Edge, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-29), page 95

[11] Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_105.pdf_p78-12] GamePro, "June 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_057.pdf_p40-13] GamesMaster, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 40

[:File:GameInformer_US_049.pdf_p58-14] Game Informer, "May 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-08.pdf_p73-15] MAN!AC, "08/97" (DE; 1997-07-09), page 73

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_38.pdf_p82-16] Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-02.pdf_p60-17] Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 60

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_073.pdf_p88-18] Player One, "Mars 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-08_19970425.pdf_p150-19] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 150

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-12_19970627.pdf_p90-20] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_02.pdf_p72-21] Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 72

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_40.pdf_p67-22] Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 67

[:File:SSM_UK_21.pdf_p70-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p137-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137

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+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ザ・クロウ) is a [[Sega Saturn]] third-person action game developed by [[Gray Matter]] and published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]]. Based on the titular 1996 film ''[[wikipedia:The Crow: City of Angels|The Crow: City of Angels]]'' (in turn based on the 1989 comic book series ''[[wikipedia:The Crow|The Crow]]''), it was first released in Europe in February 1997, was brought to the United States and Japan in the following months, and was eventually released in Australia some time later.
+==Gameplay==
+''City of Angels'' uses a similar control scheme to ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' and its derivatives (popularised further by ''[[Resident Evil]]''). While the game plays in three dimensions, the levels are constructed out of pre-rendered 2D images with fixed cameras. Moving to the edge of the screen can lead to a different pre-rendered portion of the stage with a different camera.
+As The Crow, the player moves using a "tank" control scheme, in which {{Left}} and {{Right}} rotate the player around the Y-axis, and {{Up}} and {{Down}} move forwards and backwards, respectively. Unlike ''Resident Evil'', the game is almost entirely based around fighting enemies in hand-to-hand combat - while projectile weapons do exist, ammo is scarce.
+==Production credits==
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+{{creditsheader|Pressman Films}}
+*'''Executive Producers:''' Edward R Pressman, Miles Mogulescu
+{{creditsheader|Gray Matter Development Team}}
+*'''Producers:''' Stefan Posthuma, Dan McBride
+*'''Assistant Producer:''' Hugh Cruttenden
+*'''Lead Programmer:''' Stefan Posthuma
+*'''Programmers:''' Eric Randall, James Thomas, Tony Yiu, Gard Abrahamsen, Barabara Ott, Martin Bysh
+*'''Rendering Technology:''' Colin Reed, Andi Smithers
+*'''Art Director:''' Dave Duncan
+*'''Lead Artist:''' Simon McGuire
+*'''Environments:''' Vlad Bina, Lisa CarrHarris, David Carman
+*'''Animation and Models:''' Mario Lerriera
+*'''Interface Design:''' Mike Upton
+*'''Texture Art:''' Stuart Ure, Mike D Agnillo
+*'''Music and Sound Effects:''' Mark Kerr, Nelson Everhart
+*'''Game Design:''' Abam Mock, Calvin Campbell, Stefan Posthuma, Martin Bysh
+*'''Game Testing and Map Design:''' Mike Inglehart, Kwame Newman, Jeff
+*'''Tools and Support:''' Alan Penford, Peter Worthing, JP Schelter, Michael Coons, Mike Ravner, Rajiv Patel, Todd Showalter, Gard Abrahamsen, Perry Robertson, Ahmed
+*'''Video Editing and Processing:''' Ian McKenzie, Dennis Mohr
+{{creditsheader|Acclaim Product Development}}
+*'''Executive Producer:''' Billy Pidgeon
+*'''Producer:''' Simon Gouldstone
+*'''Interactive Director:''' Melianthe Kines
+*'''Director Assistant:''' Francis M Esposito
+*'''Licensing:''' Erin Maloney
+*'''Marketing:''' Douglas Sherman, Tom Bass, Lori McCue, Tracy Lopez
+*'''Acclaim Motion Capture:''' Larry Melley, Brian Windsor, Andy Acquilino, Phil Grunfelder, Danielle Popsidero, Cynthia Gruham, Kelly Holmes, Rich Nelson, Joe Gibbons, Nicole Scharff, Chuck Mongelli, Barbara Ribbe, Sharon Dougherty
+*'''Stunts:''' Jeff Gibson, Brad Martin, Love Bricourt, Robert I Rivera, Joe Coghlin, Nicole Cardiello
+*'''Voices:''' Curtis Davenport, Donna Pheister, Mr Neely, Chris Rudtke, Richard Ackermann
+*'''Special Thanks:''' Mike Archer, Hal Turkiewicz, Kelly Coleman, [[James Dunn|Jim Dunn]], Kathleen Bryne, Alex Delucia, Adam Ingberman
+{{creditsheader|Acclaim Quality Assurance}}
+*'''Supervisors:''' Carol Caracciolo, Tom Falzone, Harry Reimer, Gil Leong
+*'''Qa Team:''' Jeff Rosa, Michael Mazziotto, Eugene Riouse, Mike Patterson, Jun Crabbock, Andre Abramowits, Mark Garone, James Daly, Brian Krieger, Rich Larocca, Brady Wickham, Alex Gestani, Nick Theodorakis, Edmund Kok, John Nicolaou, Leigh Busch, Jerry Tian, Richard Varney, John E Gonzales, Howard Perlman, Dan Wimpelberg, Greg McGovern, Andrew Fullaytor, Robert Coffey, Keith Robinson, Bethany Blewett, Brian Regan, JJ Mazziotto
+| source=In-game credits (JP)
+| pdf=TheCrow_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf
+| console=SAT
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-{{sub-stub}}'''''The Crow: City of Angels''''' (ザ・クロウ) is a 3D fighting game for the [[Sega Saturn]].
-==Physical Scans==
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+| disc=TheCrow_Saturn_JP_Disc.jpg
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+==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{TheCrowCityofAngelsOmni}}
+{{TheTitle}}

Difference between revisions of "The Crow: City of Angels"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References