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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Rocket Science Games
Developer:
Genre: Shooting

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
US 		T-153015
Sega Mega-CD
BR 		R$69.9969.99 063486

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine is a Sega Mega-CD full motion video rail shoot-'em-up game. It was only released in North America.

Gameplay

Loadstar borrows a similar gameplay style from the earlier Mega-CD game, Sewer Shark - quite literally "on rails", the player takes the roll of Tully Bodine, piloting his ship called the "Loadstar" to various destinations. Gameplay consists of turning left or right at junctions, and occasionally moving a crosshair to shoot down nearby enemies.

If the player does not crash and is not destroyed, Loadstar takes roughly 50 minutes to complete (including FMV sequences).

History

Development

Having invested in Rocket Science Games, Sega demanded that Loadstar was released on the Mega-CD first, despite the console's shortcomings when it came to rendering FMV footage[1].

Through the eyes of senior developer Brian Moriarty, many of the staff being Loadstar were attempting to use the project to better their chances of getting into film production for Hollywood. Very few were knowledgeable when it came to video games, to the point where CEO Steve Blank would not even let his children play video games at the time[1].

Moriarty suggests Loadstar did the minimum to get past Sega's quality standards, and was hated by Sega's staff[1].

Magazine articles

Main article: Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Edge (UK) #16: "January 1995" (1994-11-24)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 [6]
39 [7]
40 [8]
40 [9]
Sega Mega-CD
 51
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-U
83
[6]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
66
[11]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
72
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[13]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
64
[14]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
66
[15]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
79
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
39
[7]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[17]
Player One (FR)
40
[18]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
50
[19]
Sega Mega-CD
 62
Based on
12 reviews

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc
Loadstar mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, BR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
657,678,000 CD (BR) 063486

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:NextGeneration US 40.pdf, page 46
  2. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 16
  3. ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 4
  4. ↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 14
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 2
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 150
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 112
  8. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 98 (104)
  9. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101 (99)
  10. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 188
  11. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
  12. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  13. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  14. ↑ Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 42
  15. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 60
  16. ↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
  17. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 104
  18. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101
  19. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 66
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