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Publisher: Masaya (Japan), Seismic Software (US), Sega (Europe), Retro-Bit (Collector's Edition) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hellfire (ヘルファイアー) is a Sega Mega Drive horizontal shoot-'em-up developed by NCS and published by Taito. A port of the titular 1989 Toaplan arcade game Hellfire, it was first published in Japan by Masaya in September 1990, was brought to the United States the following November by Seismic Software, and eventually published in Europe by Sega in May 1992. Sometime later, Hellfire made its way to Brazil, South Korea, and Australia. In October 2020, the game was re-released worldwide by Retro-Bit as part of Toaplan Shooters Collector's Edition.[9]
One of the first Toaplan games to grace the Sega Mega Drive, Hellfire has been seen as typifying the style and design of the system's early library of shoot-'em-ups, and is one of the more fondly remembered examples of the genre on Sega's 16-bit hardware.
Hellfire - along with the 1994 action platformer Earthworm Jim - is additionally notable for being one of few Mega Drive games to function improperly on different revisions of the hardware itself.
Contents
Gameplay
Hellfire does not follow the typical powerup system of most shmups of the time. Instead, your ship, the CNCS1, can fire either straight to the right (pink), straight to the left (yellow), straight up and down (green), or diagonally in four directions (blue), switching between these modes by pressing . shoots, and shoots the Hellfire, a much more powerful version of your shot which comes in limited quantities for each level.
Versions
The Japanese version has louder shots sound effect than the NTSC-U & PAL releases.
Mega Drive hardware issues
Magazine articles
- Main article: Hellfire/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Hellfire/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||
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✔ | 512kB | 1990-06 | Cartridge (US) | |||||
✔ | 512kB | 1991-09 | Cartridge (EU) | |||||
✔ | 512kB | 1990-06 | Cartridge (JP) |
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:Hellfire MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 12
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/aBaGQlt1rXg/m/NEWpMfkSg3cJ
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Sega Power, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-07), page 28
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 24
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 File:TSCE Toaplan Press Release.pdf, page 2
- ↑ https://retro-bit.com/toaplan-shooters/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-05-15 18:27)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ ACE, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 101
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 31
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 47
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 100
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-16), page 148
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 106
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 57
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ GamePro, "December 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 132
- ↑ Games-X, "14th-20th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-14), page 35
- ↑ Games-X, "26th March-1st April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-26), page 24
- ↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-18, 19 (1990-09-21, 10-05)" (JP; 1990-09-14), page 17
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 140
- ↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 134
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 23
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 67
- ↑ Mean Machines, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 74
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
- ↑ Player One, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-04-10), page 62
- ↑ Play Time, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-08), page 93
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 18, 1992" (UK; 1992-04-18), page 1
- ↑ Power Play, "12/90" (DE; 1990-11-16), page 154
- ↑ Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 71
- ↑ Score, "Březen 1994" (CZ; 1994-03-14), page 47
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
- ↑ Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 28
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 19
- ↑ Sega Force, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 56
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Supergame, "Setembro 1992" (BR; 1992-09-xx), page 42
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16
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