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Black Fire

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan, Europe), Sega (US)

Developer: NovaLogic, Sega Away Team

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Mission Stick

Genre: 3D Shooting^[1], Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-12-22^[2]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[3]	T-7003G
US	1995-10-17^[4]^[5]^[6]	$59.9959.99^[7]	81003
EU	1996-06-28		T-7011H-50
UK	1996-06-28^[8]	£44.9944.99^[9]	T-7011H-50
PL	1996	199zł199
AU	199x		VFBLA10SSC

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Black Fire (ブラックファイアー) is a helicopter simulation game for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

Programmed by: John Bojorquez
Game Design by: Paul Robinson
Original Concept by: Eric Rawlins, John Butrovich
Produced by: Eric Rawlins
Managing Producer: Steven Apour
Direcy by: John Butrovich
Project manager: David Seeholzer
Technical Design Support: Paul Drzeweiki, Gavin Games
Additional Support: David Seeholzer, Randy Casey
Animation by: Osman Soykut, Dean Fowler
Art: Daniel Cabuco, Bryon Carson, Joby Otero, Rod Parong, Keith Rust, Eric Scharf, Walter Schulz, Jon Tando
Orchestrated by: Barry Blum
Additional Orchestrations by: Jim Hedges
Sound Effects by: Loudmouth
Project Manager: Doria Sanchez
Packaging: Bob Schonfisch
Manual: Hillary Clayson Loeb, Kathy Garfield
Product Specialist: Clint Dyer

Voice Talent

Lt. Bishop: David Baker
Lt. Mackenzie (radio chatter): Kathryn Nymoen-Verege
Lt. Mackenzie (mission briefings): Connie Hall
Kane/Colonel Oversteet: Billy Pitrone
Gideon: Joe Kerska
Computer: Cynthia Marcucci
Bad guys (Spanish voice chatter): Millie Santiago
Good guys/Canadian Air Authority: Jeff Faber
Recorded at: Music Annex, Menio Park
Quality Assurance by: Sega of America, Test Department
Lead Testers: Michael Williams, Janine Cook
Assistant Leads: Sean Doidge, Michael Baldwin, Marc Dawson
Testers: Sako Bezdjian, Alfred Dutton, Mark Griffin, Joshua Johnson, Tracy Johnson, Bart Larrenaga, Sancho Martinez, Rob Prideaux, Mark Vitello, Stan Weaver
Special Thanks to: Tim Dunley, Jef Feltman, Jonathan Flamm, Renee Greenwood, Bob Hardy, Joshua Johnson, Benjamin Lee, Lawrence Loth, Thomas Miley, Zach Meston, Mark Miller, Steve Payne, David Woldrich

Source:

US manual^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Black Fire/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-14: "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (1995-12-08)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-01: "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (1995-12-22)^[11]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[12]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[13]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[15]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

60

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

60

^[17]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

67

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

47

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

70

^[9]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[20]

Player One (FR)

60

^[21]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

80

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

75

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[27]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

67

^[28]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[29]

Videogame Advisor (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[7]

	61
Based on 20 reviews

Black Fire

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Black Fire/Technical information.

References

Black Fire
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Technical information Prototypes: 1995-07-06

[:File:BlackFire_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:BlackFire Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200227195410.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)

[:File:SSM_JP_19951222_1995-14.pdf_p29-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 29

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FZ-2HIQq6vvw.2Fm.2FObGteAbBuFUJ-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/Z-2HIQq6vvw/m/ObGteAbBuFUJ

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FRNdvJVNYezA.2Fm.2FQU0szrHMRTgJ-5] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/RNdvJVNYezA/m/QU0szrHMRTgJ

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FQxgLHnDEEX8-6] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/QxgLHnDEEX8

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0104.pdf_p32-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Videogame Advisor, "Volume 1, Number 4: August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 32

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p48-8] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p72-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 72

[:File:Blackfire_sat_us_manual.pdf_p24-10] File:Blackfire sat us manual.pdf, page 24

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p12-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 12

[12] Famitsu, "1995-12-29" (JP; 1995-12-15), page 1

[:File:Fusion_US_0102.pdf_p90-13] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:GameFan_US_0311.pdf_p21-14] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 11: November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0812.pdf_p68-15] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 68

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_061.pdf_p120-16] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:Joypad_FR_057.pdf_p76-17] Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-01.pdf_p40-18] MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 40

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-09.pdf_p81-19] Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 81

[:File:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p180-20] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 180

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_068.pdf_p118-21] Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-05_19960301.pdf_p68-22] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 5" (JP; 1996-02-16), page 68

[:File:SegaPower_UK_82.pdf_p58-23] Sega Power, "Collectors' Issue 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p42-24] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 42

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p70-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p191-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 191

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p11-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 11

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p77-29] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 77

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Difference between revisions of "Black Fire"

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References