Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Angel,
Sega Mega Drive
Ma-Ba
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68k
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) is a beat 'em up arcade game developed by Arc System Works and TNS and published by Ma-Ba, based on the Sailor Moon anime & manga series. This game originally released in 1993 by Angel for the Super Famicom. This version was never released outside Japan.

Gameplay

The game is set in the first series of Sailor Moon, and the player takes control of one of the five heroines (Guardian Senshi). Each Senshi has some sequences of blows (A), three aerial attacks (neutral, moving forward/backward, downward) (B), and a special charge-up projectile (C).

Playable Characters

The five heroines are:

BSSM MD JP UsagiTsukino Portrait.png Usagi Tsukino (Serena)
Sailor Moon alias Usagi Tsukino; her special attack is Moon Tiara Action.
BSSM MD JP AmiMizuno Portrait.png Ami Mizuno (Amy)
Sailor Mercury alias Ami Mizuno; her special attack is Shabon Spray. She is faster than the other Senshi but has a shorter attack. She has a move where she can slam enemies into the ground, making the level shake.
BSSM MD JP ReiHino Portrait.png Rei Hino (Raye)
Sailor Mars alias Rei Hino; her default attack is the kick, which is stronger than her punch. Her special attack is Fire Soul.
BSSM MD JP MakotoKino Portrait.png Makoto Kino (Lita)
Sailor Jupiter alias Makoto Kino; her special attack is Supreme Thunder. She is stronger than any other Senshi and is the only one who jabs enemies with a fist, she does not flip anytime she jumps, and is the second Senshi that can slam enemies on the ground making the level rumble rapidly.
BSSM MD JP MinakoAino Portrait.png Minako Aino (Mina)
Sailor Venus alias Minako Aino; the only Sailor Senshi who uses a weapon (a chain) in battle - her special attack is Crescent Beam. She is the most difficult Senshi to control, but her chain has a better reach than the other Senshi that are unarmed.

Enemies

The enemies are mostly the youma of the Dark Kingdom that appeared in the anime, but if more than one of the same kind appears at once, the others are coloured differently (a common device for this genre of games):

{{{imagewidths}}} Akan (アカン)
{{{imagewidths}}} Garoben (ガロベン)
{{{imagewidths}}} Jiji (ジジ)
Known in North America as Pox
{{{imagewidths}}} Kasutoru (カストル)
Known in North America as Castor
{{{imagewidths}}} Gorogoro (ゴロゴロ)
This is a character made exclusively for the game
{{{imagewidths}}} Yasha (ヤシャ)
{{{imagewidths}}} Gesen (ゲーセーン)
Known in North America as Game Machine Man
{{{imagewidths}}} Jumoh (ジュモー)
Known in North America as Jumeau

Stages

The game is divided into five main stages, which are subdivided into two areas (three for stage 5); with a sixth being present only in hard mode:

BSSM MD Stage1A.png Stage 1 - Juban Shopping Street
Area A: Shoping District of Juban Town
Area B: Department Store's Elevator
Boss: Manegin
BSSM MD Stage2A.png Stage 2 - Dream Land
Area A: Amusement Park
Area B: Candy House
Boss: Jadeite
BSSM MD Stage3A.png Stage 3 - Highway
Area A: Highway
Area B: Secret Factory
Boss: Zoisite
BSSM MD Stage4A.png Stage 4 - Starlight Tower
Area A: Starlight Tower
Area B: Cavern
Boss: Kunzite
BSSM MD Stage5A.png Stage 5 - D Point
Area A: North Pole
Area B: Beryl's Fortress
Area C: Queen Beryl's Castle
Sub-boss: Endymion
Boss: Queen Beryl
BSSM MD Stage6.png Stage 6 - Dark Kingdom
Stage 6 is just an extra fight against Queen Metallia

Notes

  • The game was released during the series' third metaseries "Sailor Moon S", which in a year later, the Sailor Moon series would begin in America. Despite this, only a Japanese version exists with only Japanese text.
  • Certain elements were recycled from the Super Famicom version. The Mega Drive version features most of the stages from the SNES version but a few were removed and replaced. Some of the boss battles are different as well, and a new hidden final boss, Queen Metallia is featured when playing on Hard Mode. The Mega Drive counterpart does not contain any of the music from the SNES game, with the exception of the main theme song (Moonlight Densetsu) at the title screen, bosses also has their own song rather than a generic theme for all of them. The game has different endings for each playable character.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №36, p158
Sega Mega Drive
 60
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
53
[2]
Consoles + (FR)
60
[3]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[4]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
43
[5]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
65
[6]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
6 reviews

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
BSSM MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual



Sailor Moon franchise games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (1994)
Sega Pico
 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S (1994) | Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS (1995) | Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Tokimeki Party (1996)
Sega Game Gear
 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S (1995)
Sega Saturn
 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Various Emotion (1996)
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 260
  2. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 18
  3. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 158
  4. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-07-29" (JP; 1994-07-15), page 1
  5. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 105
  6. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
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