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Revision as of 04:02, 23 February 2024
Model 2 version
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1994-06-30 | Gamest (JP), "1994-07-30" | ||||||||||
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1994-10-15 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "November 1994" | ||||||||||
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1994-11-xx | Games World: The Magazine (UK), "January 1995" |
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1994-12-08 | Next Generation (US), "Premiere Issue 1995" |
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1994-12-15 | Gamest (JP), "1995-01-15" | ||||||||||
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1994-12-15 | Sega Power (UK), "February 1995" | "Coin-op" | |||||||||
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1995-02-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 March" | "Gesen Factory" 2 pages | |||||||||
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1995-xx-xx | 576 KByte (HU), "Április 1995" | ||||||||||
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1995-0x-xx | Última Generación (ES), "Mayo 1995" | ||||||||||
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1995-05-xx | Computer & Video Games (UK), "June 1995" |
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Saturn version
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1995-03-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "April 1995" | "New Release Title" | |||||||||||||
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1995-05-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "June 1995" | "Special Report" 3 pages. Reports the game as 20% complete. The previous month's interview with Keiji Okayasu is referenced, and the game's appearance at '95 Tokyo Toy Show is covered. Several screenshots are included to showcase how the stage 1 backgrounds have been populated and character movements have been accurately ported from the arcade version, but a disclaimer is given that the models have not yet been textured. Some background elements visible in the Saturn version are stated to have been considered for but rejected from the arcade version. The accompanying comment from Sega AM2 addresses the new and evoling OS. On the second page, Lock-On Sight and enemy behavior after being shot are covered, including a series of screenshots comparing the arcade and Saturn version. The accompanying comment from Sega AM2 projects that all movements will be identically ported. On the third page, screenshots are used to highlight several moments in stage 1 as a comparison between the arcade version and Saturn version. Another mention is make of the '95 Tokyo Toy Show. The accompanying comment from Sega AM2 addresses the game's mouse support. | |||||||||||||
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1995-06-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "July 1995" | "Special Report" 3 pages. Reports the game as 30% complete. The build used was shown at '95 Tokyo Toy Show. It covers the inclusion of civilians, highlights a particular enemy reaction to being shot, and across all 3 pages, shows a series of screenshots for 3 famous scenes from stage 1. On the second page, screenshots are shown comparing the current build to what was shown the previous month. A 2-page interview with Takashi Isono (AM2 Saturn version Virtua Cop chief) covers the progress of game development and various details regarding the Virtua Gun. Many graphical details are covered, and Isono is asked when the game will release and if it will include original elements. The interview was recorded May 9 at AM2. On the third page, there is more coverage related to Tokyo Toy Show, being the prototype Virtua Guns made available there and the inclusion of elements not in previous builds. The next issue is teased to cover the ranking mode. | |||||||||||||
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1995-06-26 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "August 1995" | "Previews" | |||||||||||||
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1995-06-29 | Edge (UK), "August 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-07-07 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "August 1995" | "Special Report" 3 pages. Reports the game as 40% complete. | |||||||||||||
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1995-07-12 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "August 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-07-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 August" | "New Space" 4 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-08-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "September 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-0x-xx | Última Generación (ES), "Septiembre 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-08-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 September" | "New Space" 2 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-09-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "October 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-09-14 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "October 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-09-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 October" | "AM Special" 2 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-10-07 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "November 1995" | "Special Report" 4 pages. Reports the game as 80% complete. | |||||||||||||
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1995-10-13 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "November 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-10-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "November 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-1x-xx | Fusion (US), "Volume 1, Number 4: November 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-10-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 November" | "New Space" 2 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-11-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "December 1995" | "Sega Saturn soft review"
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1995-11-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "December 1995" | "Special Report" 4 pages. Reports the game as 100% complete. | |||||||||||||
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1995-11-10 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "December 1995" | ||||||||||||||
| 1995-11-17 | Famitsu (JP), "1995-12-01" | "Cross review"
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1995-11-24 | Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "December 1995" |
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1995-11-24 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1995-13 (1995-12-08)" | "Special Report" 6 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-11-xx | Maximum (UK), "November 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-xx-xx | CD Consoles (FR), "Décembre 1995" |
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1995-1x-xx | Consoles + (FR), "Décembre 1995" |
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1995-xx-xx | Hobby Consolas (ES), "Diciembre 1995" |
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1995-1x-xx | Mega Force (FR), "Décembre 1995" |
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1995-1x-xx | Player One (FR), "Décembre 1995" |
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1995-1x-xx | Última Generación (ES), "Diciembre 1995" |
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1995-11-xx | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "January 1996" | "Previews" | |||||||||||||
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1995-12-06 | MAN!AC (DE), "01/96" |
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1995-12-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" | "Sega Saturn Soft Complete Guide" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-12-10 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "January 1996" |
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1995-12-14 | Saturn+ (UK), "Christmas 1995" |
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1995-12-14 | Ultimate Future Games (UK), "January 1996" |
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1995-12-20 | Fun Generation (DE), "01/96" |
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1995-12-20 | Mega Fun (DE), "01/96" |
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1995-12-22 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" | "Sega Saturn Soft Complete Guide" Walkthrough, 2 pages | |||||||||||||
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1995-12-22 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 1-2" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||||||
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1995-12-28 | Sega Pro (UK), "February 1996" |
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1995-xx-xx | 576 KByte (HU), "December 1995" | ||||||||||||||
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199x-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "January 1996" | "Review Crew"
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199x-xx-xx | Game Players (US), "Vol. 9 No. 1 January 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Gry Komputerowe (PL), "1/1996" | ||||||||||||||
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199x-xx-xx | Maximum (UK), "January 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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199x-xx-xx | Todo Sega (ES), "Enero 1996" |
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1995-12-xx | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "February 1996" |
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199x-xx-xx | GameFan (US), "Volume 4, Issue 1: January 1996" |
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1996-01-12 | Edge (UK), "February 1996" |
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1996-01-16 | Next Generation (US), "February 1996" |
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1996-01-25 | GamePro (UK), "March 1996" |
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1996-0x-xx | Fusion (US), "Volume 2, Number 7: February 1996" |
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199x-xx-xx | GamePro (US), "February 1996" | "ProReview"
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1996-0x-xx | Games World: The Magazine (UK), "February 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Maximum (UK), "February 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU), "Februar 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-01-19 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 3" | "Ranking Street" Game Seisekihyou
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1996-01-19 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 3" | "Ranking Street" Game Seisekihyou, With Virtua Gun
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1996-02-02 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 4" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||||||
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1996-02-23 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-03-01 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 6" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||||||
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1996-03-01 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 6" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||||||
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1996-03-01 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 6" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | |||||||||||||
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1996-03-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-03-12 | Sega Pro (RU), "Mart 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | Strana Igr (RU), "Aprel 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Top Secret (PL), "Czerwiec 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | Gry Komputerowe (PL), "7-8/1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-09-01 | Secret Service (PL), "Wrzesień 1996" | Tips | |||||||||||||
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1996-09-01 | Secret Service (PL), "Wrzesień 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | Top Secret (PL), "Wrzesień 1996" | Tips | |||||||||||||
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1996-10-01 | Score (CZ), "Říjen 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Sega News (CZ), "Říjen 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Sega News (CZ), "Říjen 1996"
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1996-1x-xx | Sega News (CZ), "Listopad 1996"
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| 1996-xx-xx | Tricks (RU), "Vypusk 8" | Tips | ||||||||||||||
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1997-xx-xx | Kiber Zona (LT), "Vasaris 1997" | ||||||||||||||
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1997-02-28 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1997-07 (1997-03-14)" | ||||||||||||||
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1997-xx-xx | 576 KByte (HU), "Március 1997" | Tips | |||||||||||||
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2000-03 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "Readers rating final data" | "Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) readers final rating"
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| 2001-xx-xx | Strana Igr (RU), "Yanvar 2001 1/2" | "Top 100" No. 60/100 | ||||||||||||||
Windows PC version
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1996-11-06 | PC Games (DE), "12/96" |
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1996-11-20 | PC Action (DE), "12/96" |
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1996-1x-xx | Intelligent Gamer (US), "December 1996" |
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| 1996-xx-xx | PC Gamer (US), "Vol. 4, No. 1: January 1997" |
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1997-01-01 | Secret Service (PL), "Styczeń 1997" |
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1997-01-xx | Next Generation (US), "February 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | 576 KByte (HU), "Február 1997" |
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