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* Leather Mail (500 gold)
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* Chain Mail (1,200 gold)
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* Plate Mail (1,800 gold)
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* Silver Mail (2,400 gold)
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* Gold Mail (6,000 gold)
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* Wood Shield (400 gold)
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* Round Shield (1,000 gold)
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* Large Shield (1,200 gold)
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* Silver Shield (2,400 gold)
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* Gold Shield (6,000 gold)
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* Flame Robe (500 gold)
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* Earth Robe (1,200 gold)
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* Gale Robe (1,800 gold)
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* Moon Robe (2,400 gold)
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* Sun Robe (6,000 gold)
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* Flame Charm (400 gold)
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* Earth Charm (1,000 gold)
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* Gale Charm (1,200 gold)
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* Moon Charm (2,400 gold)
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* Sun Charm (6,000 gold)
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* Leather Mail (500 gold)
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* Scale Mail (1,200 gold)
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* Plate Mail (1,800 gold)
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* Silver Mail (2,400 gold)
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* Gold Mail (6,000 gold)
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* Leather Band (400 gold)
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* Iron Band (1,000 gold)
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* Steel Band (1,200 gold)
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* Silver Band (2,400 gold)
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* Gold Band (6,000 gold)
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| desc=Restores 20 health. Costs 90 gold.
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| desc=Restores 40 health. Costs 180 gold.
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| desc=Restores 60 health. Costs 270 gold.
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| desc=Restores 80 health. Costs 650 gold.
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| desc=Restores 100 health. Costs 1000 gold.
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| desc=Restores all health, preventing death. Consumed automatically when the current character runs out of health.
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| desc=Provides invulnerability; however, the character cannot attack while invulnerable. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 1,500 gold.
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| desc=Allows the character to walk on fire. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 250 gold.
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| desc=Allows the character to walk on ice without slipping. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 500 gold.
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| desc=Allows the character to walk on spikes. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 1,000 gold.
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Revision as of 22:14, 25 January 2022

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Popful Mail
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Original system(s): PC-8801
Developer(s) of original games: Falcom
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥7,8007,800 G-6029
Sega Mega-CD
US 		T-127035
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Non-Sega versions

Popful Mail (ぽっぷるメイル) is a 1991 game by Falcom for the PC-88. Sega Falcom ported it to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994, with Working Designs localizing it for an overseas market (which was not the original plan).

A demo disc, called Popful Mail Taikenban, was also released.

Story

The story is set in an unnamed fantasy world where, long ago, three fallen gods of darkness known as the Masters of Evil attempted to lay siege to the mortal plane. They were known as Morgal, the Lord of Beasts, commander of the feral and the most voracious of monsters and beasts; Necros, the Master of War, corruptor of men and the inciter of temptation and vice; and Ulgar, the Overlord, the leader of the Masters of Evil and wielder of the most evil of magics. At the end of the great war that threatened all who lived in it, the Masters of Evil were sealed away in a floating tower far from the reach of anyone, and only three warriors, an elf, a human, and a dwarf, survived to tell the tale.

The story begins with main character, Popful Mail, chasing the criminal Nuts Cracker through a forest. When defeated, Nuts Cracker's body escapes and Mail cannot claim the bounty on him. However, she learns of a new bounty and becomes reinvigorated when she spots a 2,000,000 gold reward poster for the wizard turned criminal, Muttonhead, near the post. With this, she embarks on her adventure.

Gameplay

Popful Mail is a platform game with RPG elements. At the start of the game, the only playable character is Mail; however, as the game progresses, Tatt and Gaw become available, and the player may switch between them at any time through the use of the "character" option in the menu (except in the middle of dialogue). Each character has different attacks and armors, as well as differences in walking speed and jump. The player's character can be moved around with Left and Right and can jump with B. The character attacks with A. The character can duck and defend with Down and can jump off platforms with Down+B. The character opens chests, enters doorways, speaks to characters, flips switches, and reads signs with Up. The character can climb ladders with Up and descend them with Down. Additionally, the player can summon a menu with C to change the current character, use or equip an item, or save or load.

Stages are non-linear and involve exploration and backtracking. The character encounters enemies as well as non-playable characters. Often, when encountering an important character, dialogue begins immediately, with the player having no control over it. These important dialogues are by default always voice-acted; however, text accompanies them, and the voiced speech can be turned off in an options menu if desired.

The character has 100 health points, and attacks from enemy characters diminish it according to the strength of the attacker. Similarly, all enemies have a 100 health point bar that has to be brought down to 0 for the enemy to be defeated. Enemies are briefly stunned after being hit and can be hit again as they come out of the stun. How much damage is dealt depends on the strength of the character, although an attack always causes the same amount of damage to the same enemy.

When an enemy is defeated, it typically drops a bag of gold or a healing item. Enemies respawn when the player leaves the area, so the player can grind enemies for gold. Gold can be spent at shops in towns in exchange for weapons, armor, and other items. Each character can acquire up to five different weapons and various items. Each subsequent weapon is stronger than the preceding one, although the player may switch to any weapons possessed at any time if desired, through the menu. Weapons include a sword, dagger, boomerang, staff, fireball, and claw. Items, different from weapons and armor, affect either the health bar or the character's status, or are plot devices. They may confer invulnerability at a price, stability in snow, or replenish health, among other things. They can be obtained from other characters, treasure chests, shops, or bosses.

The character has a blue-grey bar that is depleted as a distance weapon or a magical attack is used. When the bar reaches 0, the character can still perform the weapon motion, but the magical or long range portion of the attack fails. The bar regenerates quickly if given time to do so (if the character uses no attacks or switches to a melee weapon). Use of a distance weapon or magical attack while the bar is regenerating halts the regeneration, which resumes if no attacks that deplete it are made.

The game has a practical save game feature. Games may usually be saved and loaded at any point in the game (except during dialogues, world map travels, and the animated sequences); if a game that was previously saved in a room with a boss is loaded, the game resumes just before the battle, before the character has entered the room. Three save slots are provided. If the player runs out of life on the current character, the character dies and the game ends, but the game can be continued from a save file.

Characters

Playable

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 Mail
Mail is the main character. She is an unsuccessful female elf bounty hunter. Mail's main target, Nuts Cracker, always seems to escape after she defeats him. Mail has red hair; her elven ears stick outward from her head. She is tomboyish and good-natured but also capricious and confrontational. She is indefatigable in her goal of being a bounty hunter in spite of numerous setbacks. Her main and starting weapon is a sword; she can acquire a dagger and a boomerang as the game progresses. She is the fastest character but has the lowest jump.
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 Tatto
Tatto (or Tatt for short) is a magician, a former apprentice of Muttonhead. He wears a red hat and robe. He chases after his master, who has left him and his fellow students, in order to find out why and ultimately dissuade him from his path. Tatt is polite and somewhat timid. He is sometimes ridiculed for his agreeable nature. He meets Mail in the first level. His main weapon is a magical staff.
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 Gaw
Gaw is a small, round, winged, cave-dwelling purple creature. He is almost identical to the others of his species, who all call themselves "Gaw" and often use the word as an interjection when speaking. Mail and Tatt meet Gaw in the second level, the Caves, but Gaw does not join them until later. Gaw's main attack is initially a fireball; subsequent attacks include a tail swipe and clawing. He is the slowest character but has the highest jump.

Non-Playable

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 Nuts Cracker
Nuts Cracker, the first villain seen in the game, is the leader of a dangerous criminal gang known as the Gingerbread Grifter Gang. He specializes in manufacturing explosives, especially exploding dolls. Nuts Cracker appears to be human but is fashioned like a wooden nutcracker. He speaks in an exaggerated Italian accent in the Working Designs translation. When defeated, he often throws his head, which then explodes, while his body runs away. Mail has been trying to catch Nuts Cracker for a long time and faced him on many occasions, but he always escapes.
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 Muttonhead
Muttonhead was formerly a well-known and respected magician before unexpectedly disappearing from public view and turning to crime, a move that left his apprentices puzzled. He is dangerous and his goals are unknown. A 2,000,000 gold bounty is offered for his capture.
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 Slick
Slick is an elf acquaintance of Mail's. He often wants to tag along with Mail on her adventures, which, along with his bad jokes and obnoxious demeanor, annoys her to no end. He often causes more trouble than he solves, and is especially infamous for his use of home-made bombs, which his grandfather taught him how to make.
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 Glug
Glug is a kind-hearted but slow-witted dwarf artisan from the mines. Unlike everyone else, he enjoys Slick's company, and they are both friends. It is hinted that Glug suffers from mental problems as a result of a strong knock on the head, which might also explain his naiveté and short memory.

Stages

Woods

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Elf Woods
Mail meets fellow elf adventurers Slick, who has characteristically gotten himself into trouble, in the woods and Namo, who is also searching for the Gingerbread Grifter Gang, in a nearby village. She also meets Tatto, a former apprentice of Muttonhead, before fighting the Mad Bomber.

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Treesun
Mail rescues Namo, who has been imprisoned by a group of wizards. Namo rewards her with some gold and takes her to the village. She meets Mythia, whose wedding ring has been stolen by the Badger Gang. She fights the Thrashmaster+.

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Elf Woods
The player can return to the Elf Woods to defeat the Badger Chief and complete the quest to return the Gold Ring to Mythia in Treesun.

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Golem Tower
Mail fights the Wood Golem. After defeating the Wood Golem, Mail finds Muttonhead, but he escapes with a spell. Mail frees Tatt, who has been imprisoned by Muttonhead. Tatt joins the party and leads Mail to Muttonhead's hideout in the Wind Cave.

Cave

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Wind Cave
Mail and Tatt find Muttonhead, who is chided by someone named Kazyr for losing the Wood Golem and disappears again. The exit to the cave is blocked. They find Slick, who traps himself in a cave-in trying to blow open the exit with a bomb. They run into a strange blue creature who is mad at Slick for setting off the bomb. They eventually free Slick by using another bomb to find a hammer.

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Fossil Rock
Mail and Tatt find the Gaw village, full of blue creatures like the one they ran into before. They find Gaw trapped in a shaft and use a ladder to rescue him. Then they defeat Boney Rubbler, who is holding two more Gaw captive in his lair. In gratitude, the Gaw reward Mail and Tatto with some treasure, including a key that grants them passage to the other side of the cave.

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Wind Cave
With the key given to them by the Gaw, Mail and Tatt can now unlock the door to the Hot Springs.

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Hot Springs
Mail and Tatt learn that the Gaw have captured Muttonhead and are holding him captive at the top of the caves. They run into Nuts Cracker, who reveals that he is working for Muttonhead. They defeat him, but once again, his body escapes.

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Deviant Den
The Gaw tell Mail and Tatt about Goradus, a monster that lives on Panic Peak that would destroy the Gaw cave if woken from its eternal slumber. They have imprisoned Muttonhead for trying to awaken the Goradus. They search the area and find a key for the area where he is being held and question him about his motivations. After leaving, they find out that Slick has awakened Goradus with one of his bombs. The Gaw promise to turn Muttonhead over to them if they can defeat Goradus. But first, they must fight the Gatekeeper of Panic Peak.

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Panic Peak
Mail and Tatt fight Goradus. Gaw joins the party and gives them Muttonhead after they are victorious. They see Bountyville under siege on their way back. Tatt deduces that it is the work of Kazyr and the Overlord. Muttonhead brags that he broke the seal imprisoning the Masters of Evil and released them. Tatt offers that the group should venture to the Sanctuary in the old mines to find the dwarf who crafted the seal so they can learn how to reactivate it.

Mine

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Mine

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Zoth Shrine

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Fort Fryght

Chilly

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Icycal

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Mt. Rip

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Gyp Ship

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Crystal Palace

Castle

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Hassle Hall

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Orb Tower

Items

Weapons

Mail
Short Sword
Initially equipped.
Dagger
Costs 300 gold.
Boomerang
Costs 2,000 gold.
Flame Sword
Costs 3,000 gold.
Aura Blade
Tatt
Fire Cane
Initially equipped.
Dyno Cane
Costs 300 gold.
Electro Cane
Costs 2,000 gold.
Star Cane
Costs 3,000 gold.
Aura Cane
Gaw
Fire Ball
Initially equipped.
Tail Attack
Costs 300 gold.
Iron Claw
Costs 2,000 gold.
Firebreath
Costs 3,000 gold.
Aura Breath

Armor

Mail
Armor
  • Leather Mail (500 gold)
  • Chain Mail (1,200 gold)
  • Plate Mail (1,800 gold)
  • Silver Mail (2,400 gold)
  • Gold Mail (6,000 gold)
Shields
  • Wood Shield (400 gold)
  • Round Shield (1,000 gold)
  • Large Shield (1,200 gold)
  • Silver Shield (2,400 gold)
  • Gold Shield (6,000 gold)
Tatt
Armor
  • Flame Robe (500 gold)
  • Earth Robe (1,200 gold)
  • Gale Robe (1,800 gold)
  • Moon Robe (2,400 gold)
  • Sun Robe (6,000 gold)
Charms
  • Flame Charm (400 gold)
  • Earth Charm (1,000 gold)
  • Gale Charm (1,200 gold)
  • Moon Charm (2,400 gold)
  • Sun Charm (6,000 gold)
Gaw
Armor
  • Leather Mail (500 gold)
  • Scale Mail (1,200 gold)
  • Plate Mail (1,800 gold)
  • Silver Mail (2,400 gold)
  • Gold Mail (6,000 gold)
Bands
  • Leather Band (400 gold)
  • Iron Band (1,000 gold)
  • Steel Band (1,200 gold)
  • Silver Band (2,400 gold)
  • Gold Band (6,000 gold)

Healing

Herb
Restores 5 health. Dropped by enemies, heals immediately rather than going into the inventory.
Orange
Restores 20 health. Costs 90 gold.
Cherry
Restores 40 health. Costs 180 gold.
Apple
Restores 60 health. Costs 270 gold.
Banana
Restores 80 health. Costs 650 gold.
Melon
Restores 100 health. Costs 1000 gold.

Special

Gold Bullion
Can be sold for 500 gold.
Elixir
Restores all health, preventing death. Consumed automatically when the current character runs out of health.
Amulet
Provides invulnerability; however, the character cannot attack while invulnerable. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 1,500 gold.
Ice Shoes
Allows the character to walk on fire. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 250 gold.
Spiked Boots
Allows the character to walk on ice without slipping. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 500 gold.
Stone Shoes
Allows the character to walk on spikes. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 1,000 gold.
Helmet
Increases defense for a duration. This item is drained while active but can be toggled on and off to preserve it for later. Costs 300 gold.

Production credits

Japanese version

  • 声の出演
    • メイル: 林原 めぐみ
    • タット: 石田 彰
    • ガウ: 千葉 繁
    • マテリアル: 石森 達幸
    • ブラッキィ: 飛田 展男
    • ミフィ: 田野 恵
    • ヤコブ: 三浦 雅子
    • ツェイマー: 大場 真人
    • ナモ: 清水 浩智
    • リップ: 松下 美由紀
    • ラップ: 水沢 潤
    • アルカザール: 森川 智之
    • ルードゥル: 宮田 浩徳
Source:
In-game credits (JP)
PopfulMail MCD JP SSEnding.pdf
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US version

USA Team
  • Director: Victor Ireland
  • Assistant Director: Dean Williams
  • English Translation: Akiko Skjellerup, Horkom International, Victor Ireland, Dean Williams
  • Sound Engineers: Bill Staeck, Don Shirley
  • Additional Music: Bill King
  • Reprogramming: Shigeo Koyama
Japan Team
Sega/Falcom
Cast
  • Popful Mail: Melissa Gulden
  • Gaw: Blake Dorsey
  • Tatto: Shaun Watkins
  • Muttonhead: Keith Lack
  • Nuts Cracker: Blake Dorsey
  • Slick: Ashley Angel
  • Glug: Nancy Davis
  • Sven T. Uncommon: Matt Atwood
  • Venuncio: Greg Soriano
  • Mumbles: John Truitt
  • Wriph: Marilyn Weeks
  • Wraph: Katie Staeck
  • Lipps: Mike E. Miller
  • Kazyr: T. Owen Smith
  • Song Performed by: Jennifer Stigile

Magazine articles

Main article: Popful Mail/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-04: "April 1994" (1994-03-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №103
60 [12]
Sega Mega-CD
 75
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[13]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[14]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[15]
Freak (IL)
84
[16]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
78
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[18]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
75
[19]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
89
[20]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[21]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
77
[22]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
81
[23]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
87
[24]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
73
[26]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
77
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[29]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
78
[30]
VideoGames (US)
60
[31]
Sega Mega-CD
 74
Based on
19 reviews

Popful Mail

Mega-CD, JP
PopfulMail MCD JP Box Back.jpgPopfulMail MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
PopfulMail MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Mega-CD, US
PopfulMail MCD US Box Back.jpgPopfulMail MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PopfulMail MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Popfulmail mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
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Disc (red variant)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
417,193,056 CD (JP) G-6029
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
513,912,000 CD (US) T-127035

Track list

1. Data Track  
2. Harukanaru Walhalla (2:22) 
Japan 遥かなるヴァルハラ
From: Opening
Composed by: Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.
3. Dareka ga Anata wo Aishiteru (4:01) 
Japan 誰かがあなたを愛してる
From: Ending
Composed by: Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.
Vocals: Yuka Nagaori
Arranged by: Nobuhiko Kashiwara
► Running time: 6:23

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:PopfulMail MCD JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
  3. ↑ http://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/sega_cd/ourgames/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-13 22:47)
  4. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/f_fUwhqm-XM/m/V8mZ2pGHOIYJ
  5. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/102pIVDJATg/m/jyr3_OlBge4J
  6. ↑ File:PopfulMail_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  7. ↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
  9. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
  10. ↑ GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
  11. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
  12. ↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 99 (101)
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 23
  14. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
  15. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1994-03-25), page 1
  16. ↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  17. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
  18. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
  19. ↑ Game Informer, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
  20. ↑ Game Informer, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 146
  21. ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 49
  22. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 33
  23. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 70
  24. ↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
  25. ↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
  26. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 86
  27. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 137
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  29. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 305
  30. ↑ Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 83
  31. ↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75
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