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+ | A science fiction rail shooter, ''StarBlade'' is notably compatible with both the first-party [[Sega Mouse]] and third-party [[XE-1 AP]] peripherals to better simulate the original arcade version's [[wikipedia:Yoke (aeronautics)|yoke]]. | ||
==Production credits== | ==Production credits== |
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System(s): Sega Mega-CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developer: Tecnosoft[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Namco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse, XE-1 AP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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StarBlade (スターブレード) is a Sega Mega-CD rail shooter developed by Tecnosoft and published by Namco. A port of the publisher's titular 1991 arcade game StarBlade, it was first released in Japan and the United States in October 1994[3], and was later brought to Europe by Sega the following December.[4]
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Gameplay
A science fiction rail shooter, StarBlade is notably compatible with both the first-party Sega Mouse and third-party XE-1 AP peripherals to better simulate the original arcade version's yoke.
Production credits
- Chief Director: H.Nakatani
- Assistant Director: K.Kobayashi
- Programmer: N.Matsuura, Y.Saitoh, Y.Ohmori
- Music and Sound Effects: S.Hosoe
- Visual Director: W.Yanagawa
- Visual Design: N.Kumagai, M.Tejima, M.Kimura
- Industrial Design: N.Yoshimatsu
- Mechanical Design: S.Kanebako, H.Igarashi, T.Wakayama, J.Uchida
- Electrical Design: M.Yamada, O.Morita, M.Ito
- Special thanks to: A.Ohsugi, H.Kikuchi, H.Takeshima, K.Mizuno, M.Takeda, S.Touyama, T.Ishikawa, T.Natsui, T.Sano, K.Teraoka, M.Inoue, M.Cooper-Hart (Namco America Inc)
- Producer: K.Sawano, M.Yamada
Note: The staff roll shown at the end of the game is that of the arcade version; a staff list for the port is not available.
Magazine articles
- Main article: StarBlade/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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468,198,528 | CD (JP) | T-14014 | ||||||||||
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468,198,528 | CD (US) | T-14025 |
References
- ↑ @ummo_chan on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2018-08-03 20:23)
- ↑ File:StarBlade MCD JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 92
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44
- ↑ File:StarBlade_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110
- ↑ Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21
- ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84
- ↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 110
- ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91
- ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
- ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
- ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96
- ↑ VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 101
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