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The Second Samurai

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Psygnosis, Sony Electronic Publishing

Developer: Vivid Image, Psygnosis

Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994-10^[1]		T-113106-50
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
Amiga

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The Second Samurai is a beat-em-up developed by Vivid Image and Psygnosis and released exclusively in Europe for the Commodore Amiga (1993) and Sega Mega Drive (1994). It is the sequel to The First Samurai, a beat-em-up released for various home computers and the SNES internationally a few years prior.

A Sega Mega-CD port was advertised and was planned to launch alongside the Mega Drive version^[1], but never released.

Gameplay

You play as one of two Samurais (the 1-player mode has the male protagonist from The First Samurai only; the 2-player mode lets the second player control a new female Samurai). and both attack depending on what weapon you have equipped right now (only one at a time, some in limited quantities), what enemies/objects are nearby, and which D-pad buttons you are holding at the time. jumps. A screen at the beginning of the game (also accessible from the Options menu) shows you what each in-game item does for you.

Production credits

Programming: Raffaele Cecco
Graphics and Animation: Saurav Sarkar
Audio: Krisalis Software
Musical Composition & Sound Effects: Matt Furniss
Audio Software Programming: Shaun Hollingworth
Game Design: Raffaele Cecco, Mev Dinc, Saurav Sarker
Map Layouts: Raffaele Cecco, Saurav Sarkar
Development Tools: PsyQ by S.N. Systems/Psygnosis, Jaguar Software Consultants, Raffaele Cecco, Warren Mills, Rob Northern Computing
Vivid Image Project Management: Stephane Koenig
Psygnosis Project Management: Nick Wilde
Vivid Image Game Tester: Stefan 'The Herb' Marjoram, Nejati Dinc
Psygnosis Game Testers: Chris Graham, Paul Holmes, Paul Wallace
Special Thanks to...: Bill Hajee, Chris West, Tony West, Harris Bernardez, John Twiddy, The Infamous PCW Disk Wallet

Source:

In-game credits^[2]

Magazine articles

Main article: The Second Samurai/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)
also published in:

Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61: "xxxx xxxx" (2003-02-07)^[3]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[5]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

85

^[6]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[7]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[8]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)

60

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

80

^[11]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

40

^[12]

Player One (FR)

65

^[13]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

48

^[14]

Sega Magazin (DE)

70

^[15]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[18]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

60

^[19]

Todo Sega (ES)

74

^[20]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

82

^[21]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

58

^[22]

	69
Based on 18 reviews

The Second Samurai

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	78e92143
MD5	333f15e8bc4ecacf168b399a988fe1e7
SHA-1	72bfe0d4c56d9600a39fae00399fef157eb1fe6f

1MB

1994-09

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7
↑ File:Second Samurai MD credits.pdf
↑ Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68
↑ GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 77
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237
↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97
↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

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[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7

[:File:Second_Samurai_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Second Samurai MD credits.pdf

[3] Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68

[4] GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 77

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p73-6] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73

[7] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182

[8] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356

[9] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p82-10] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82

[:File:MegaForce_FR_35.pdf_p54-11] Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p124-12] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p118-13] Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p109-14] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p69-15] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p97-16] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p55-17] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p42-18] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p123-19] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p55-20] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55

[21] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p111-22] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

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 {{multicol|
 *'''Programming:''' [[Raffaele Cecco]]
-*'''Design, SFX:''' [[Raffaele Cecco]], Mevlut Dinc
+*'''Graphics and Animation:''' Saurav Sarkar
-*'''Graphics:''' Teoman Irmak
+*'''Audio:''' [[Krisalis Software]]
-*'''Title Screen & Dutro Graphics:''' Saurev Sarkar
+*'''Musical Composition & Sound Effects:''' Matt Furniss
-*'''Music:''' Brian Marshall
+*'''Audio Software Programming:''' [[Shaun Hollingworth]]
-*'''Documentation and Design:''' Psygnosis Creatives
+*'''Game Design:''' Raffaele Cecco, Mev Dinc, Saurav Sarker
-*'''Cover Illustration:''' Paul Kidby
+*'''Map Layouts:''' Raffaele Cecco, Saurav Sarkar
-*'''Producer for Vivid Image:''' Mevlut Dinc
+*'''Development Tools:''' PsyQ by S.N. Systems/Psygnosis, Jaguar Software Consultants, Raffaele Cecco, Warren Mills, Rob Northern Computing
-*'''Producer for Psygnosis:''' Nik Wild
+*'''Vivid Image Project Management:''' Stephane Koenig
+*'''Psygnosis Project Management:''' Nick Wilde
+*'''Vivid Image Game Tester:''' Stefan 'The Herb' Marjoram, Nejati Dinc
+*'''Psygnosis Game Testers:''' Chris Graham, Paul Holmes, Paul Wallace
+*'''Special Thanks to...:''' Bill Hajee, Chris West, Tony West, Harris Bernardez, John Twiddy, The Infamous PCW Disk Wallet
 }}
 | source=In-game credits