Dark Savior

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Dark Savior
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Dark Savior

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Climax Entertainment (Japan)

Developer: Climax Entertainment

Distributor: Zegetron (GR)

Licensor: Climax Entertainment (US/EU/AU)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Action RPG^[1], RPG^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-08-30^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-22101G
US	1996-12-12^[3]		81304
EU	1997-02-20^[4]		MK81304-50
DE	1997-02-20^[4]		MK81304-50
UK	1997-02-20^[5]^[6]^[7]	£39.9939.99^[4]	MK81304-50
PL	1997	219zł219
AU	1997

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Dark Savior (ダークセイバー) is an indirect sequel to Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole on the Sega Mega Drive that combines 2D sprites with a 3D environment. It was released on the Sega Saturn in 1996.

Production credits

Staff

Co-Producer: Tomoaki Ogawa (Sega Enterprises), Yoichi Shimozato (Sega Enterprises)

Map Unit

3D Map Planner: Yoshimasa Arai, Shinya Nishigaki, Koji Sugimori, Kiwamu Mikogami
Chief 3D Map Designer: Hidehiro Yoshida
3D Map Designer: Ryuchiro Miyazaki, Hirotada Kakusaka, Koji Konno

Character Unit

Character Designer: Kiwamu Mikogami
Chief Character Animator: Yoshiro Hirashita
Ryu Ya: Ryushiro Miyazaki
Koyuki: Shingo Yamada
Other Characters: Hidehiro Yoshida, Yojiro Hirashita, Koji Takahashi, Toshiaki Sakai, Tomonari Shinjo (Rit's), Hidetaka Matsushita (Rit's), Kahoru Kujo (Rit's), Akifumi Yama (Rit's), Yuichi Sakurai (Rit's), Koichi Murakami (Rit's), Katsunori Sato (Rit's), Miyuki Nakazawa (Max Entertainment), Reiga Yasuda (Max Entertainment), Kiyohumi Hino (Max Entertainment), Katsumi Yamamoto (Max Entertainment), Tetsuya Kadono
Effect Animator: Kazushige Inaba
Battle Director: Yojiro Hirashita
Assistant Battle Director: Kazushige Inaba
Interface Designer: Shingo Yamada

Program Unit

Chief Programmer: Kan Naito
Programmer: Yoshinori Tagawa, Kiyoaki Matsumoto
3D Graphic Tool Programmer: Yasuhiro Kumagai

Sound Unit

Composer: Hiroshi Kondo
Sound Programmer: Masayasu Yamamoto
Sound Assist: Namie Moriya
DARK SAVIOR Theme Song: 「恋を眠らせて」
- Performed: Ann Lewis
- Lyrics: Toshio Terada
- Music: Hiroshi Kondo
- Arranged: Akihiko Matsumoto
Recording Director: Hidehiko Koike (Victor Entertainment)
Co-Director: Hirokazu Sakurai (Hipland Music)
Engineer: Akira Fueki (Victor Studio)
Assistant Engineer: Seiji Sekine (Victor Studio)
Artist Promotion: Yuichiro Etoh (Victor Entertainment), Yasuhiro Umeki (Victor Entertainment), Tatsuya Fukuo (Victor Entertainment)
Artist Management: Akihiro Makino (K-Rock Inc.)
Executive Producer: Akihiro Shimizu (K-Rock Inc.)
Recorded At: Victor Aoyama Studio, SINGLE "Koi wo Nemurasete" VIDL-10755, ALBUM: CD-EXTRA "LA ADELITA" VIZL-50001, VHS VIDEO "VIDEO WOMANISM II" VIVL-186
Parallel II Ending Theme: 「愛が待っている」
- Performed: Kaori Aso
- Lyrics: Shiiru Kawai
- Music: Hiroshi Kondo
Recording Director: Masayoshi Tanaka

Movie Unit

Auther: Masayuki Hasegawa (Sims Co., Ltd), Noboru Machida (Sims Co., Ltd), Atsushi Yamamoto (Sims Co., Ltd), Kengo Arai (Sims Co., Ltd), Hiroyuki Kikkawa (Sims Co., Ltd)
Engineer: Ikuo Ishizaka (Sega Enterprises), Ken-A Unoki (Sega Enterprises)
Scenario: Toshio Terada, Shinya Nishigaki
Scenario Assist: Yoshinori Tagawa, Koji Sugimori

Promotion Unit

Advertisement: Hirokazu Kanno (Sega Enterprises), Chika Ikegame (Sega Enterprises)
AD Designer: Yoshimasa Arai
AD Planner: Toru Murakami (Daiko Co., Ltd), Osamu Hatano (Daiko Co., Ltd)
Publicity: Mizuho Mochizuki
Publicity Assist: Tetsuhiro Watanabe, Mitsuyo Sasaki
Director: Koji Sugimori
General Manager: Shinpei Harada
Producer: Shinya Nishigaki
Executive Director: Kan Naito

Hyuperion Perspective

Parallel Scenario

(C)Climax 1996

Source:

In-game credits^[8]

Sr. Localization Producer: Yukimi Shimura
Product Manager: Matt Dunbar
Production Coordinator: Keith Palmer
Game Screen Text Translator: Ichiro Kubota
Packaging: Sarah Wittmer
Testers:
- Lead Tester: Steve Bourdet
- Assistant Lead Testers: Karen Brown, Dennis Lee, Mark McCunney
- Testers: Amy Albertson, Holly Bourdet, Jeremy Caine, Anthony Chau, Dennis Cheng, Michael Dobbins, Arnold Feener, Jeff Loney, Grant Luke, Tony Lynch, Fred Selker, Peter Young, Michael Yu
Speical Thanks: Bernie Stolar, Masaaki Kawamura, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Shinobu Shindo, Richard Hideshima, Osamu Shibamiya, Ted Hoff, Anne Moellering, Andrew Stein, Undyne Stafford, Arvin Carlson, Bob Schonfisch, Eric Smith, Eileen Sacman, Scott Allen, Mike Needham, Mark Subotnick
Manual: John McClain

Source:

US manual^[9]

Magazine articles

Main article: Dark Savior/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

JP flyer 1

PDF

JP flyer 2

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-14: "1996-14 (1996-08-23)" (1996-08-09)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-15: "1996-15 (1996-09-13)" (1996-08-23)^[10]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-16: "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (1996-09-13)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

86

^[12]

Bravo ScreenFun (DE)

80

^[13]

Console Mania (IT)

NTSC

88

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

92

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[16]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

83

^[17]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[19]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[20]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[21]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[22]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[23]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

85

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

100

^[25]

Joypad (FR)

95

^[26]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

85

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[29]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

80

^[30]

Player One (FR)

95

^[31]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[32]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[33]

Saturn+ (UK)

NTSC-J

87

^[34]

Secret Service (PL)

78

^[35]

Sega Magazin (DE)

90

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[38]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[39]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[40]

Super Power (FI)

90

^[41]

Ultra Game Players (US)

80

^[42]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[43]

	83
Based on 32 reviews

Dark Savior

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, GR
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Dark Savior/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

377,086,752

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81304-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

389,550,000

1996-08-05

CD-ROM (JP)

T-22101G V1.000

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

381,393,264

CD-ROM (US)

81304 V1.000

Track list

1. Data track

2. CD Warning message (special) and some voice and songs (25:38)

► Running time: 25:38

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File	Type	Size	description
_ABSPR7.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	8	Maker
_BIBPR7.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	8	Maker
_CPYPR7.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	8	Maker
INDEX.HTM	HTM	4,035	Messages from the developers.
README.TXT	TXT	2,703	Messages from the developers.

Save data

The game makes use of the Saturn's internal battery back-up as well as the Saturn Backup Memory to save progress through the game as well as unlock extras.

Saturn (NTSC-J) Save Data
Name	Comment	Blocks	Description
`DARKSAVE_##`	`DarkSavior`	32

References

↑ File:DarkSavior Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53
↑ http://www.sega-europe.com:80/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-02-24 20:04)
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-02-17), page 21
↑ File:Dark Savior Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Darksavior sat us manual.pdf, page 18
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-15 (1996-09-13)" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 6
↑ GamesMaster, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 67
↑ 576 KByte, "Május 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Bravo ScreenFun, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-0x-xx), page 63
↑ Console Mania, "Marzo 1997" (IT; 1997-0x-xx), page 37
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 114
↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-10), page 70
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1997-03-06)
↑ Edge, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 76
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Famitsu, "1996-09-06" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 31
↑ Fun Generation, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-15), page 80
↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 2: February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 30
↑ GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 70
↑ Joypad, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 94
↑ MAN!AC, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 66
↑ Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 76
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-xx), page 36
↑ neXt Level, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-21), page 72
↑ Player One, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 18" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 189
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 21" (JP; 1996-10-04), page 62
↑ Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 30
↑ Secret Service, "Czerwiec 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 67
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 68
↑ Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 42
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-15 (1996-09-13)" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 241
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13
↑ Super Power, "4 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 38
↑ Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 67
↑ Video Games, "2/97" (DE; 1997-01-22), page 92

Dark Savior

Main page | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception

Books: Dark Savior Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Dark Savior (1996)

Demos: Dark Savior Taikenban (1996)

[:File:DarkSavior_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:DarkSavior Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191002103132.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-3] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970715062600.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com.2FSATURNL.HTML-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)

[:File:CVG_UK_184.pdf_p53-5] Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970224200409.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com:80.2FSATURNL.HTML-6] ttp://www.sega-europe.com:80/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-02-24 20:04)

[7] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1997-02-17), page 21

[:File:Dark_Savior_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Dark Savior Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Darksavior_sat_us_manual.pdf_p18-9] File:Darksavior sat us manual.pdf, page 18

[:File:SSM_JP_19960913_1996-15.pdf_p6-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-15 (1996-09-13)" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 6

[11] GamesMaster, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 67

[:File:576KB_HU_1997-05.pdf_p26-12] 576 KByte, "Május 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:BravoScreenFun_DE_1997-01.pdf_p63-13] Bravo ScreenFun, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_061.pdf_p37-14] Console Mania, "Marzo 1997" (IT; 1997-0x-xx), page 37

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_062.pdf_p114-15] Consoles +, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 114

[:File:CVG_UK_183.pdf_p70-16] Computer & Video Games, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-10), page 70

[digitiser1997-03-06-17] Digitiser (UK) (1997-03-06)

[:File:Edge_UK_043.pdf_p76-18] Edge, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-28), page 76

[:File:EGM_US_091.pdf_p58-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[20] Famitsu, "1996-09-06" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 31

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-02.pdf_p80-21] Fun Generation, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-15), page 80

[:File:GameFan_US_0502.pdf_p30-22] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 2: February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:GamePro_US_102.pdf_p98-23] GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 98

[24] Gry Komputerowe, "6/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_057.pdf_p70-25] Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:Joypad_FR_061.pdf_p94-26] Joypad, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 94

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-02.pdf_p66-27] MAN!AC, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 66

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-02.pdf_p76-28] Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 76

[:File:MeanMachinesSega52UK.pdf_p36-29] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-xx), page 36

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1997-03.pdf_p72-30] neXt Level, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-21), page 72

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_072.pdf_p66-31] Player One, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-18_19960906.pdf_p189-32] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 18" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 189

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-21_19961018.pdf_p62-33] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 21" (JP; 1996-10-04), page 62

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf_p30-34] Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 30

[:File:SecretService_47_PL.pdf_p67-35] Secret Service, "Czerwiec 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_40.pdf_p68-36] Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 68

[:File:SegaPower_UK_90.pdf_p42-37] Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 42

[:File:SSM_UK_16.pdf_p74-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1997" (UK; 1997-01-16), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19960913_1996-15.pdf_p241-39] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-15 (1996-09-13)" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 241

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1997-04.pdf_p38-41] Super Power, "4 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_094.pdf_p67-42] Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 67

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-02.pdf_p92-43] Video Games, "2/97" (DE; 1997-01-22), page 92

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Dark Savior

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Extra content

Save data

References