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Battle Garegga

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Raizing

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (32 tracks)

Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1998-02-26	¥5,8005,800	T-10627G

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Battle Garegga (バトルガレッガ) is a shoot-'em-up game released in arcades in 1996. It was later released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1998. A major influence for this game was Taito's Gun Frontier. The pseudo sequels Armed Police Batrider and Battle Bakkraid stayed arcade exclusive.

Gameplay

At first the game appears like a standard world war shooting game, with power ups, bombs and Gradius-esque options.

is the shot, is for bombs and is change the option's formations.

Battle Garegga does away with many conventions of the genre. Enemy bullets are mostly brown and gray, making them hard to see. Screen filling bombs, usually an emergency weapon that should not be used as it lowers score, are encouraged to use as they can trigger specific events. e.g. bombing the castle in stage 2 releases a swarm of invincible birds. Attacking these nets extra score. The game also has a strict "rank" system, with the game getting continuously harder, to the point of practically impossible to beat. The only reliable way to get the difficulty level back down is do die (whether on purpose or not). A secret code gives access to extra ships from Raizing's Mahou Daisakusen, a game never ported to the Sega Saturn. These have the highest score potential in the game, and are counted as regular ships in the game's ranking table. Depending on the button used to select a ship, slightly powered up versions (e.g. fast movement) can be selected.

Non of the above mentioned design decisions are documented in the gameplay or manual. So external sources have to be consulted to get a better understanding of the game's inner working. But Battle Garegga Handbook which is digitalized fanzine and developper's commentaly is included in this CD as an Easter egg.

Production credits

Original Staff:

Director: K.Nakashima
Program:
- 68000 Side: S.Yagawa, Y.Watanabe
- Z80 Side: Y.Ochiai
Graphic: S.Yamakawa, M.Tatsuda
Sound Effect: Santaruru
Test Player: Mr.Daigoro, Marika.F
Special Thanks: Mr.Kawase, Mr.Hibi, Healthy, K.Yokoo, S.Onishi, Hideki, K.Shibayama, Chikage, Miki, Hiromi, Chisato

Source:

In-game credits^[1]

Magazine articles

Main article: Battle Garegga/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-44: "1997-44 (1997-12-19)" (1997-12-05)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-06ex: "1998-06 extra (1998-03-06ex)" (1998-02-20)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[5]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

50

^[6]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

57

^[2]

Mega Console (IT)

NTSC-J

82

^[7]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-J

82

^[8]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[9]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[3]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[4]

	72
Based on 9 reviews

Battle Garegga

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

643,634,208

1998-02-03

CD-ROM(JP)

T-10627G V1.000

Track list

1. [data track]

2. RAIZING (00:06)

3. Rebellion (00:19)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

4. 4:71am (00:47)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

5. Fly to the Leaden Sky (01:29)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

6. Underwater Rampart (02:12)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

7. Tunnel Vision (02:39)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

8. Degeneracy (02:08)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

9. Subversive Awareness (03:45)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

10. Megalomaniac (03:12)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

11. Marginal Consciousness (02:21)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

12. Stab and stomp! (03:41)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

13. Thrust and Thrash! (03:06)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

14. Erupter (02:32)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

15. Fatality (00:07)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

16. Bluescape (00:47)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

17. Blood Brothers in the Dawn (00:45)
Composed by: Manabu Namiki

18. RAIZING (00:06)

19. Rebellion (00:19)
Arranged by: Hayato Matsuo

20. 4:71am (01:02)
Arranged by: Manabu Namiki

21. Fly to the Leaden Sky (01:34)
Arranged by: Manabu Namiki

22. Underwater Rampart (02:06)
Arranged by: Ayako Saso

23. Tunnel Vision (02:47)
Arranged by: Hitoshi Sakimoto

24. Degeneracy (02:26)
Arranged by: Takayuki Aihara

25. Subversive Awareness (03:21)
Arranged by: Shinji Hosoe

26. Megalomaniac (03:15)
Arranged by: Kenichi Koyano

27. Marginal Consciousness (02:11)
Arranged by: Kenichi Koyano

28. Stab and stomp! (02:51)
Arranged by: Takayuki Aihara

29. Thrust and Thrash! (03:01)
Arranged by: Ayako Saso

30. Erupter (02:31)
Arranged by: Shinji Hosoe

31. Fatality (00:06)
Arranged by: Manabu Namiki

32. Bluescape (00:51)
Arranged by: Hitoshi Sakimoto

33. Blood Brothers in the Dawn (00:44)
Arranged by: Hayato Matsuo

► Running time: 59:07

References

↑ File:BattleGaregga_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 MAN!AC, "05/98" (DE; 1998-04-08), page 54
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-06 extra (1998-03-06ex)" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 186
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Famitsu, "1998-03-06" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Mega Console, "Aprile 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 4" (JP; 1998-02-13), page 146
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 8" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 116

[:File:BattleGaregga_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-1] File:BattleGaregga_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-05.pdf_p54-2] 2.0 ^2.1 MAN!AC, "05/98" (DE; 1998-04-08), page 54

[:File:SSM_JP_19980306_1998-06ex.pdf_p186-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-06 extra (1998-03-06ex)" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 186

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content

[5] Famitsu, "1998-03-06" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_074.pdf_p79-6] Joypad, "Avril 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_47.pdf_p72-7] Mega Console, "Aprile 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:MegaForce_FR_62.pdf_p60-8] Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-04_19980227.pdf_p146-9] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 4" (JP; 1998-02-13), page 146

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-08_19980424.pdf_p116-10] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 8" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 116

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Difference between revisions of "Battle Garegga"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

References