Virtual Hydlide

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Virtual Hydlide
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega, Atlus (US)
Developer:
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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Virtual Hydlide (ヴァーチャル ハイドライド) is an entry in the Hydlide series of Action RPGs. It was released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1995.

Virtual Hydlide is a reimagining of the original 1984 Hydlide, with 2.5D graphics and pseudo-randomly generated worlds. There are twenty different level layouts for each of the seven dungeons (and overworld), leading to 25.6 billion possible combinations, all but guaranteeing that each playthrough of Virtual Hydlide is different.

The game has been criticised by the gaming press for having poor AI and a bad rendering pipeline, occasionally causing the game to dip to as low as 5FPS.

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
74 №45, p146
79 №164, p22/23
49
59 №31, p61
84 №46, p84
83 №33, p62-65[1]
71 №37, p91[2]
85 №57, p108/109
66 №22, p64/65
49 №72, p57
64 №51, p64
Sega Saturn
69
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Player (DE)
30
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
74
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC
79
[5]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
49
[6]
Electronic Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
63
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[8]
Gambler (PL)
67
[9]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
71
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[11]
Gamers (DE)
53
[12]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC
59
[13]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
67
[14]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
80
[15]
HiTech (ES) NTSC-J
50
[16]
Joypad (FR)
84
[17]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
37
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
38
[19]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
88
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
67
[21]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
70
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
83
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
71
[2]
Next Generation (US)
25
[24]
Player One (FR)
85
[25]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[26]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
51
[27]
Secret Service (PL)
70
[28]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
66
[29]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
49
[30]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
64
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
71
[32]
Todo Sega (ES)
83
[33]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
45
[34]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
21
[35]
Sega Saturn
62
Based on
34 reviews

Virtual Hydlide

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Virtualhydlide sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
VirtualHydlide Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
VirtualHydlide Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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  3. CD Player, "1/96" (DE; 1996-xx-xx), page 21
  4. Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 146
  5. Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 22
  6. Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-22)
  7. Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
  8. Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
  9. Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  10. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
  11. GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 130
  12. Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 45
  13. GamesMaster, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 61
  14. Game Informer, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 45
  15. Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  16. HiTech, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
  17. Joypad, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 84
  18. MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 47
  19. MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63
  20. Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 120
  21. Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 84
  22. Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 54
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1
  24. Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 113
  25. Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
  26. Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 50
  27. Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 62
  28. Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 64
  29. Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 64
  30. Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 57
  31. Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 64
  32. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
  33. Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 42
  34. Ultimate Future Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-01), page 78
  35. Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 92