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Revision as of 04:26, 2 September 2018

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Tunnel B1
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim (US), Ocean (EU), Gaga Communications (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (13 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-18511G
Sega Saturn
US
$59.9959.99[4] T-8144H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-16414H-50
Sega Saturn
AU

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Tunnel B1, later released as 3D Mission Shooting: Finalist (3Dミッション・シューティング ファイナリスト) in Japan, is a sci-fi first person shooter developed by NEON Software and published by Ocean in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation and DOS comptuers. It features a soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck of Turrican fame.

The game has the player navigate tunnels in a hovercraft destroying enemies.

History

Development

Tunnel B1 and another project by Neon Software, Viper, were originally conceived as being two parts of the same game, before publishers Ocean Software decided otherwise[5]. The two games run on the same core engine[6].

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Tunnel B1 Tunnel B1
English (US) Tunnel B1 Tunnel B1
Japanese 3Dミッション・シューティング ファイナリスト 3D Mission Shooting: Finalist

Magazine articles

Main article: Tunnel B1/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Tunnel B1/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
40 №180, p62/63[7]
80 №37, p84/85
65 №455, p33
78 №52, p58-60[3]
90 №87
87 №15, p84/85[8]
57 №1997-30, p214[9]
Sega Saturn
71
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
25
[7]
Edge (UK) PAL
80
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[11]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
90
[12]
Gambler (PL)
63
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[14]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[15]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
81
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
78
[3]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
56
[17]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
61
[18]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
81
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
57
[22]
Super Juegos (ES)
89
[23]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
91
[24]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
90
[25]
Video Games (DE) PAL
81
[26]
Sega Saturn
75
Based on
19 reviews

Tunnel B1

Saturn, US
TunnelB1 Saturn US Box Back.jpgTunnelB1 Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
TunnelB1 US disc.jpg
Disc
Tunnelb1 sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
TunnelB1 Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
TunnelB1 Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
TunnelB1 Saturn JP Box Back.jpgTunnelB1 Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
TunnelB1 Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
TunnelB1 Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
413,702,688 CD-ROM (EU) T-16414H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
413,850,864 1997-06-19 CD-ROM (JP) T-18511G V1.000

References

  1. http://www.microcabin.co.jp/sakuhin_intro/index3.html
  2. File:CVG UK 180.pdf, page 48
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 Press release: 1996-11-19: Acclaim Launches Explosive International Best Seller--TUNNEL B1
  5. File:Edge UK 030.pdf, page 30
  6. File:Edge UK 030.pdf, page 32
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:CVG UK 180.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 180.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  8. File:SSM_UK_15.pdf, page 84
  9. File:SSM_JP_19970905_1997-30.pdf, page 218
  10. Edge, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-30), page 84
  11. Famitsu, "1997-09-05" (JP; 1997-08-22), page 1
  12. Fun Generation, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 98
  13. Gambler, "3/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  14. GamePro, "May 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 96
  15. Mega Force, "Janvier/Février 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
  16. Mega Fun, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-05), page 86
  17. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 16" (JP; 1997-08-xx), page 201
  18. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 20" (JP; 1997-10-17), page 98
  19. Sega Magazin, "Februar 1997" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 82
  20. Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 28
  21. Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-17), page 84
  22. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-30 (1997-09-05)" (JP; 1997-08-22), page 218
  23. Super Juegos, "Febrero 1997" (ES; 1997-0x-xx), page 96
  24. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Three" (UK; 1996-11-29), page 30
  25. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 62
  26. Video Games, "5/97" (DE; 1997-04-23), page 112