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XDR

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: UNIPACC

Developer: Affect

Sound driver: YMOIMO (Cube/Masaru Suzuki)

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-08-26^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	T-41013

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XDR (エックス・ディー・アール), short for "X-Dazedly-Ray", is a Sega Mega Drive horizontal shoot-'em-up developed by Affect and published by UNIPACC. Released exclusively in Japan in August 1990, the game is notable for being one of the poorest received Mega Drive games ever released, and was frequently voted the system's worst Japanese-developed game by readers of Beep! MegaDrive magazine.

Story

The warlord Guardia was banished from the planet Sephiroth, otherwise known to be a very peaceful planet. Many years later, he returns, complete with an entire army which overpowers the Guardian army, leaving one hope: the newly developed XDR craft.

Gameplay

shoots. Rapidfire is an option "AUTO" under the "CONTROL" option in the Options menu. Higher auto fire rates can be achieved with autofire enabled controllers. The game has no bullet limiter, so shots are fired until the game slows down and sprite flickering appears changes speed; the current speed is shown in the HUD. 4 speed are available. Powerups are collected as in other shmups, except that missiles can also be collected, in limited quantities, and fired with . These crawl along the floor and ceiling until they hit a target

History

Release

In a user ranking organized by Beep! MegaDrive, XDR ranked in at position 519 out of 520, making it the second most unpopular game at that time

Production credits

Program: TM AFFECT
Designer: M.ESAKI
Music Composer: S.KANEDA
Special Thanks: SYO-TSUDA, OKAPY, HI-KUN, TAGA-3, MA-FIGTHER, GPX-KIKAKU

Source:

In-game credits (unused^[4])

Magazine articles

Main article: XDR/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-09: "September 1990" (1990-08-XX)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[5]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[6]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

47

^[7]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

47

^[8]

Joystick (FR)

48

^[9]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

43

^[10]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[11]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

47

^[12]

Power Play (DE)

52

^[13]

Raze (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

25

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

54

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[17]

	47
Based on 13 reviews

XDR

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	ab22d002
MD5	1d37d9209251feb175ffcf129eaa0131
SHA-1	5c700cd69964645f80a852d308d0f0de22d88f83

512kB

1990-08

Cartridge (JP)

References

[:File:XDR_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:XDR MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p13-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 13

[https:.2F.2Ftcrf.net.2FXDR:_X-Dazedly-Ray-4] The Cutting Room Floor: XDR: X-Dazedly-Ray

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 345

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p25-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p39-7] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 39

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p51-8] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51

[:File:Joystick_FR_009.pdf_p122-9] Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p95-10] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-11.pdf_p63-11] Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p143-12] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-11.pdf_p140-13] Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 140

[:File:Raze_UK_02.pdf_p38-14] Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 38

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-15] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-16] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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-{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (エックス・ディー・アール), short for "X-Dazedly-Ray", is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] horizontal shoot-'em-up developed by [[Affect]] and published by [[UNIPACC]]. Released exclusively in Japan in August 1990, the game is notable for being one of the poorest received [[Mega Drive]] games released, and was frequently voted the single-worst Japanese game for the system by readers of ''[[Beep! MegaDrive]]'' magazine.
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (エックス・ディー・アール), short for "X-Dazedly-Ray", is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] horizontal shoot-'em-up developed by [[Affect]] and published by [[UNIPACC]]. Released exclusively in Japan in August 1990, the game is notable for being one of the poorest received [[Mega Drive]] games ever released, and was frequently voted the system's worst Japanese-developed game by readers of ''[[Beep! MegaDrive]]'' magazine.
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Contents

Story

Gameplay

History

Release

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References