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For the Sega Saturn game, see Striker '96. For the Sega Mega Drive control, see Striker Stereo Control Pad.

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Mega Drive
Game Gear

Striker (Mega Drive)

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Rage Software

Genre: Sports^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1995-06^[2]		1185-50
DE	1995	DM 129.00129.00^[4]	1185-50
PT	1995		MDJ1185
UK	1995-06^[2]	£49.9949.99^[3]	1185-50
AU	1995	$69.9569.95^[5]
EU	1995		2551-50
PT	199x

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amiga CD32 Atari ST IBM PC Super NES

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Striker (Mega Drive) is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear football game. It was only released in Europe.

Confusingly it is the fourth game by Rage Software to use the Striker moniker - the original Striker was released for the Amiga in 1992 (later ported to the Amiga CD32 in 1994) and formed the basis for all Striker games to come. A second Striker was released for the Super Nintendo in 1993, being known as World Soccer '94: Road to Glory in North America, World Soccer in Japan and Eric Cantona Football Challenge in France, which was followed by World Cup Striker (released as Elite Soccer in North America) the next year. This fourth Striker was made exclusive to Sega systems as a spiritual sequel to Ultimate Soccer.

Gameplay

Striker takes influences from all prior football games released by Rage Software while also adding a list of features for itself. Of note is the multiple camera perspectives for the pitch and wide array of added features, including over 340 local and national teams (over five times the amount seen in Ultimate Soccer).

Due to a lack of FIFA (or other footballing body) licensing, local teams and players have falsified-but-recognisable names (for example, Newcastle becomes "Oldcastle").

Uniquely for the Mega Drive, Striker features multiple possible camera angles, an effect created on the Super NES through the use of its "mode 7" hardware graphics mode, but replicated here entirely in software while still retaining a 50FPS refresh rate (remembering the game was only released in PAL regions).

Striker also includes a hidden table football game.

History

Development

Sega Mega-CD and Sega 32X versions of the game were planned^[6], but were never finished. Rage had plans to use the disc space to incorporate 200,000 football teams in the Mega-CD version^[7] - a feat no football game developer has ever come close to matching. The 32X version was due for release in Spring 1995 and would have had "astounding" visual effects^[8].

Magazine articles

Main article: Striker (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

59

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

84

^[12]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

76

^[13]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

78

^[3]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

72

^[14]

Mega (UK)

PAL

72

^[15]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

84

^[16]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

27

^[17]

Player One (FR)

PAL

81

^[18]

Play Time (DE)

55

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

79

^[20]

Sega Power (GR)

70

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

84

^[22]

Todo Sega (ES)

75

^[23]

Top Consoles (FR)

50

^[24]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

84

^[25]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

82

^[26]

	72
Based on 18 reviews

Striker (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

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Striker (Mega Drive)

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	b421c057
MD5	bea0f43795028285e34738c15c5ddba9
SHA-1	dc51ed36b12d1a943bcf79d9ab246505a190f795

512kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ File:Striker GG EU back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 88
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 13
↑ Games World Magazin, "" (DE; 1995-02-17), page 71
↑ Sega Megazone, "March 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 33
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 30
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 31
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 32
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 88/89 (88)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 228
↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-10)
↑ GamesMaster, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 69
↑ Mega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 18
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 89
↑ Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 58
↑ Sega Power, "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (GR; 1998-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 14
↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 189
↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 96
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:Striker_GG_EU_back.jpg_p-1] File:Striker GG EU back.jpg

[:File:MeanMachinesSega31UK.pdf_p88-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 88

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p13-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 13

[:File:GamesWorld_DE_03.pdf_p71-4] Games World Magazin, "" (DE; 1995-02-17), page 71

[:File:SegaMegazone_AU_49.pdf_p33-5] Sega Megazone, "March 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 33

[:File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf_p30-6] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 30

[:File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf_p31-7] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 31

[:File:MeanMachinesSega28UK.pdf_p32-8] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 32

[:File:MeanMachinesSega31UK.pdf_p88_.2888.2F89.29-9] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 88/89 (88)

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 228

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_043.pdf_p101-11] Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101

[digitiser1995-04-10-12] Digitiser (UK) (1995-04-10)

[13] GamesMaster, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-05.pdf_p69-14] MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 69

[:File:Mega_UK_32.pdf_p18-15] Mega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 18

[:File:MegaForce_FR_39.pdf_p80-16] Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:MeanMachinesSega31UK.pdf_p89-17] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-28), page 89

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_053.pdf_p92-18] Player One, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-04.pdf_p109-19] Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109

[:File:SegaPower_UK_66.pdf_p58-20] Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 58

[:File:SEGA_Power.28GR.29_3_Dec1997-Jan1998.pdf_p46-21] Sega Power, "Dekémvrios 1997-Ianouários 1998" (GR; 1998-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_43.pdf_p14-22] Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 14

[:File:TodoSega_ES_27.pdf_p44-23] Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_03.pdf_p106-24] Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 106

[25] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 189

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p96-26] Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 96

[:File:Joypad_FR_045.pdf_p58-27] Joypad, "Septembre 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 58

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