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Independence Day

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Fox Interactive

Developer: Radical Entertainment

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (US), Electronic Arts (EU)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

English

Italiano

Français

Deutsch

Español

Svenska

Release	Date	Code
US	1997-03-15	T-16104H
EU	1997-06-13^[1]	T-16104H-50
PL	1997

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation Windows PC

ESRB

ELSPA

USK

Tectoy

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Independence Day (often subtitled as Independence Day: The Game) is a 1997 Sega Saturn game based on the movie of the same name.

Gameplay

In the game, the player controls various aircraft who must engage in dogfights with aliens and take out the "primary weapons" of the alien motherships within a certain time. It was one of the first 3D shooters of this nature for home consoles, though, like the film, saw mixed reviews from critics.

History

Development

As with the film, Independence Day was known during development as ID4, as Fox did not initially have the rights to use the name "Independence Day". At the time, the name was owned by Warner Bros. following their 1983 film of the same name.

Magazine articles

Main article: Independence Day/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advertisements

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #92: "March 1997" (1997-0x-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #95: "June 1997" (1997-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #96: "July 1997" (1997-0x-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #20: "June 1997" (1997-05-14)

Television advertisements

US

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

80

^[8]

Edge (UK)

PAL

30

^[9]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[10]

Hacker (HR)

65

^[11]

Level (TR)

50

^[12]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

47

^[4]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

70

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

72

^[5]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

60

^[14]

Secret Service (PL)

50

^[15]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

70

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

59

^[2]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

50

^[17]

	59
Based on 13 reviews

Independence Day

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, ES/IT/SE
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

506,707,824

CD-ROM (EU)

T-16104H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

507,051,216

CD-ROM (US)

T-16104H V1.000

References

[:File:CVG_UK_188.pdf_p40-1] Computer & Video Games, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 40

[:File:SSM_UK_21.pdf_p66-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66

[:File:EGM_US_096.pdf_p8-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 8

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-06.pdf_p83-4] 4.0 ^4.1 MAN!AC, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 83

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-06.pdf_p86-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mega Fun, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-07), page 86

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_02.pdf_p68_.2868.2F69.29-6] Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 68/69 (68)

[:File:SSM_UK_21.pdf_p66_.2866.2F67.29-7] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 66/67 (66)

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_115.pdf_p27-8] Ação Games, "Maio 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:Edge_UK_046.pdf_p91-9] Edge, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-29), page 91

[:File:GamePro_US_103.pdf_p92-10] GamePro, "April 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 92

[11] Hacker, "06/1997" (HR; 1997-xx-xx), page 53

[12] Level, "9/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MegaForce_FR_59.pdf_p40-13] Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_02.pdf_p68-14] Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 68

[:File:SecretService_45_PL.pdf_p31-15] Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_43.pdf_p72-16] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1997" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 72

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-09.pdf_p101-17] Video Games, "9/97" (DE; 1997-08-27), page 101

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