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Revision as of 05:40, 23 June 2019

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Caliber.50
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Mentrix Software
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Seta
Sound driver: Visco/Kazuo Okabayashi
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-58026

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Caliber.50 is a top-down run and gun video game originally released in arcades (as Cal.50) before being brought to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. The Mega Drive version was only released in North America, although Visco had plans at one stage to release a Japanese version.

Gameplay

The Mega Drive version is severely watered down from the arcade original, not just in terms of graphics and sound, but also gameplay, as the controls need to be mapped to three buttons. This means unlike the arcade original B takes the roll of shooting and throwing grenades, A rotates left and C rotates right. The arcade cabinet used special joysticks which could be spun around to rotate the player. To compensate, there are fewer enemies on screen, and the player is given a life bar.

Production credits

Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Caliber.50/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #16bit: "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (1992-xx-xx)[1]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 [2]
41 [3]
63 [4]
33 №18, p64
58 [5]
Sega Mega Drive
 53
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[6]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[9]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-U
68
[10]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
41
[11]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
63
[4]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
33
[12]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
26
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 46
Based on
9 reviews

Caliber.50

Mega Drive, US
Caliber50 MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Caliber50 MD US Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 44f4fa05
MD5 71a8c01301fe029f01f2f0b17f94d414
SHA-1 a68f3b9350a3a05850c17d157b56de88556cd26a
1MB 1991-11 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 13
  2. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
  3. ↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 30/31 (30)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Pro, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 42
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 37 (39)
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 41
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 39
  8. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 46
  9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 26
  10. ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 112
  11. ↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 30
  12. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  13. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 9
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