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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a sidescrolling action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of ''[[Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side]]'' featuring Shadow Yamoto. | {{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a sidescrolling action game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of ''[[Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side]]'' featuring Shadow Yamoto. | ||
| − | The initial run of ''X-Perts'' in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving | + | The initial run of ''X-Perts'' in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving. Later revisions covered up this error with a [[Deep Water]] sticker. |
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
| − | + | In an alternate timeline in which she was not killed by the Black Orchid Corporation in 1993, the assassin Shadow Yamoto forms an ultra-secret counter-terrorist team called the X-Perts. A group of terrorists has taken over an undersea weapons factory. Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth. Shadow and her group must embark on a mission to avert the crisis. | |
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
| + | The female ninja Shadow leads a team of two other fellow X-Perts in sabotage and other various missions. All three characters have character-specific special moves with differing attributes, along with three unique torture moves, which are used to interrogate various enemies. Players are able to switch characters mid-game in order to carry out different tasks. | ||
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== | ||
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| + | SegaForeverYT X-Perts CESshow 3000x4350.png|Early cover | ||
| + | SegaForeverYT X-Perts CESshow 3840x4780.jpg|Final cover | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==Physical scans== | ==Physical scans== | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 7 May 2023
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||
| Developer: Abalone Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||
| Genre: Action | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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X-Perts is a sidescrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in North America. It is a spin-off of Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side featuring Shadow Yamoto.
The initial run of X-Perts in North America incorrectly claimed on the box that the game had battery-back up saving. Later revisions covered up this error with a Deep Water sticker.
Contents
Story
In an alternate timeline in which she was not killed by the Black Orchid Corporation in 1993, the assassin Shadow Yamoto forms an ultra-secret counter-terrorist team called the X-Perts. A group of terrorists has taken over an undersea weapons factory. Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth. Shadow and her group must embark on a mission to avert the crisis.
Gameplay
The female ninja Shadow leads a team of two other fellow X-Perts in sabotage and other various missions. All three characters have character-specific special moves with differing attributes, along with three unique torture moves, which are used to interrogate various enemies. Players are able to switch characters mid-game in order to carry out different tasks.
Magazine articles
- Main article: X-Perts/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[5]
Artwork
Early cover
Final cover
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: X-Perts/Technical information.
External links
- Sega of America webpage: Mega Drive
References
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/SEFSrXb6KfE/m/IhaE7hN2el0J
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 71
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 3
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 272
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 69
- ↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68
- ↑ Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 72
- ↑ Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 164
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 233
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Main page | Maps | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception | Region coding | Technical information | Bootlegs | |
| Games in the Eternal Champions Series | |
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| Eternal Champions (1993) | Chicago Syndicate (1995) | Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (1995) | X-Perts (1996) | Eternal Champions (LCD) (1994) | Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter (unreleased) | |
| Eternal Champions related media | |
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Eternal Champions Special (1994) | Eternal Champions: Sega Genesis Official Power Guide (1994) | Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 1: The Cyber Warriors (1994) | Eternal Champions Adventure Gamebook 2: Citadel of Chaos (1994) | Eternal Champions Official Sticker Album (1993) |