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Skeleton Krew
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Core Design
Developer:
Distributor: Front Street Publishing (US)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-115036
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-115036-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT
Sega Mega Drive
AU
OFLC: M15
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		051120
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Non-Sega versions

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Skeleton Krew is an action game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was never released in Japan or Asia. It uses an isometric perspective. Being released late in the console life cycle, it features very detailed graphics and advanced effects such as sprite tilting and simulated floodlights (as seen in the opening).

Versions for Amiga and Amiga CD32 were also released, and a Sega Mega-CD version was planned for November 1994[2] (later February 1995[3]), but did not materialise.

Gameplay

Three characters are available: Rib, Spine and Joint, representing the classical game archetypes of speed, power and balance type.

The directional keys are used to navigate, A and C turn the characters upper body while B fires the selected weapon. When the character doesn't fire, A is for selecting weapons and C is for jumping, although the jumps are severly lacking in height. A 6 button controll scheme was also implemented, mapping upper body rotation and jumping to different buttons.

Money and score items are scattered througout the game. Collecting 1000 points gives the player an extra life and resets the counter. Interestingly there are no other pickups, such as health restoring items (TODO?)

A password system is used to record progress.

Production credits

  • Graphics: James Ryman, Heather Gibson
  • Programming: Chris Long, Jason Gosling
  • Music and SFX: Nathan McCree
  • Level Design: Heather Gibson, Bob Churchill
  • Concept and Story: Guy Miller, James Ryman
  • Testing: Jamie Morton, Troy Horton, Darren Price, David Ward, Tiziano Cirillo
  • Produced by: Jeremy Smith
Source:
In-game credits
Skeleton Krew MD credits.pdf
[4]


Magazine articles

Main article: Skeleton Krew/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #30: "April 1995" (1995-02-28)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 [6]
Sega Mega Drive
 90
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[7]
CD Consoles (FR)
44
[8]
Consoles + (FR)
88
[9]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
82
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
71
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
60
[14]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[16]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
58
[17]
Joypad (FR)
83
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
82
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
83
[20]
Mega Fun (DE)
82
[21]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
80
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
83
[23]
Player One (FR)
85
[24]
Play Time (DE)
82
[25]
Power Up! (UK)
85
[26]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
82
[27]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
86
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
91
[29]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
74
[30]
Sega Megazone (AU)
81
[31]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[32]
Tricks (RU)
74
[33]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
66
[34]
Ultimate Gamer (US)
80
[35]
Video Games (DE) PAL
78
[36]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[37]
Sega Mega Drive
 77
Based on
31 reviews

Skeleton Krew

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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PCB
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 c2e05acb
MD5 7e9a79a887c4edf56574d7a1cd72c5fd
SHA-1 2a6f6ea7d2fc1f3a396269f9455011ef95266ffc
2MB 1995-07 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 5f872737
MD5 7ded2700acc1715153f630fa266e0e89
SHA-1 9752fbd8508492dae252ae749393281ed9527de0
2MB 1995-03 Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 125
  2. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 14
  3. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  4. ↑ File:Skeleton Krew MD credits.pdf
  5. ↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 100
  6. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 79
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 210
  8. ↑ CD Consoles, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 136
  9. ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
  10. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 189
  11. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 70
  12. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 34
  13. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 357
  14. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 242
  15. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 3: March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
  16. ↑ GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 56
  17. ↑ Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 29
  18. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 59
  19. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 40
  20. ↑ Mega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 12
  21. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 74
  22. ↑ Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 71
  24. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 94
  25. ↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 106
  26. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, June 24, 1995" (UK; 1995-06-24), page 1
  27. ↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 88
  28. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 46
  29. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 58
  30. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 126
  31. ↑ Sega Megazone, "September 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 29
  32. ↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  33. ↑ Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28
  34. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
  35. ↑ Ultimate Gamer, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  36. ↑ Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 95
  37. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 60


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