Panzer Dragoon Zwei

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Panzer Dragoon Zwei
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse, 3D Control Pad
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

Panzer Dragoon Zwei (パンツァードラグーン ツヴァイ), also known as Panzer Dragoon II and Panzer Dragoon II Zwei, is an "on-rails" shoot 'em up game released exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It was the second Panzer Dragoon game released but it is a prequel of the series. It was developed by Team Andromeda, one of Sega's internal development studios.

Plot

The player takes control of Jean-Luc Lundi. Lundi lives in a superstitious village where mutant coolias are killed, but when Lundi discovers a mutant coolia with wings, he decides to keep it and let it live. Lundi names the coolia 'Lagi'. Lagi has a strange green glow in his throat. After a few years the coolia begins to grow wings. Lundi takes the coolia out to try to get him to fly. On one occasion, when Lundi takes Lagi out, a huge ship called 'Shelcoof' controlled by Sestren destroys Lundi's village in an attempt to kill Lagi, who is possessed by the Heresy Program. Lagi's green glow grow's brighter and Lagi fires arrows of light from his mouth, the trademark attack of dragons from the ancient age. The lasers do not reach Shelcoof and Lundi begins to chase Shelcoof on Lagi's back. The ultimate goal of the game is to take down Shelcoof.

Gameplay

As with other Panzer Dragoon games (apart from Panzer Dragoon Saga), Zwei is a on-rails shooter. Each level has a certain amount of enemies that must be defeated with either Lundi's gun or Lagi's lasers. There is also the berserk attack which is a rain of lasers from Lagi for a limited amount of time eliminating all enemies on screen. Zwei was considerably more in-depth than Panzer Dragoon, with alternate routes to be taken and a dragon that evolves based on your performance in the game. Like most games of this genre, nearly every level has a boss battle somewhere in it.

Saving 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.

Panzer Dragoon Zwei Save Data
Name Comment File Size
PANDRA_ZWEI (Rank) 8

Production Credits

Producer/Director: Tomohiro Kondo
Art Director: Yoshida Kentaro
Main Programmer: Junichi Suto
Sound Director/Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada
Original Designer/Setting: Yukio Futatsugi, Manabu Kusunoki
Programmers: Hitoshi Nakanishi, Shin Futakawame, Eiji Horita, Asaya Yamazaki, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yuji Yasuhara, Tatsuo Yamajiri, Tohru Mita
System Programmer: Hidetoshi "Wiz" Takeshita
Main Planner: Katsuhiko Yamada
Map/Enemy Setting: Katsuhiko Yamada, Yoshiyuki Okitsu
Boss Setting: Yoshiyuki Okitsu, Masayoshi Kikuchi
Technical Director: Yutaka Kamimura
Main Designer: Yoshida Kentaro
Character Model Production: Yoshida Kentaro, Takashi Iwade, Ryuta Ueda
Background Model Production: Misaka Kitamura, Takehiko Miura, Zyoshi Znoi
Visual Effects: Jun Matsuo
CG Production: Manabu Kusunoki, Yoshida Kentaro, Kazuyuki Iwasawa, Katsumi Yokota
Title Logo Designer: Takashi Iwade
Ending CG Illustrartion: Katsumi Yokota
Music Composers: Yayoi Wachi, Junko Shiratsu, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tomonori Sawada
Recording Engineers: Tatsutoshi Narita, Naoyuki Machida
Recording Director: Fumitaka Shibata
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa
Character Voice: Shigeru Nakahara, Ryuzaburo Ohtomo
Special Thanks: Jina Ishiwatari, Kazuki Hosokawa, Mayumi Horisawa, Yosuke Okunari, Shiro Maekawa
Created By: Team Andromeda
Produced & Published By: Sega Enterprises. Ltd.

Promotional Material

  • JP flyer

  • JP print advert

  • PanzerDragoonZwei Saturn UK PrintAdvert.jpg

    UK print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №174, p66-71[1]
70 №33, p68/69
83 №82, p32
90 1996-05-01
100 1996-06-14
80
99
90 №85, p53
95 №93, p66
91 2004-06-06
87 №42, p58/59
93 №37
90
88
100 №6, p124/125
92 №43, p16-22[2]
95 №64, p86/87/88
80 №80, p52/53
95 №7, p70/71[3]
93 №84, p10
100 2003-03-20
Sega Saturn
 91
Based on
21 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
94
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
97
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[1]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
70
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
88
[8]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
80
[9]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
99
[10]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
90
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
89
[13]
Joypad (FR)
91
[14]
Maximum (UK)
100
[15]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
92
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
87
[17]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
99
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
92
[2]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[19]
neXt Level (DE)
90
[20]
Player One (FR)
95
[21]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
85
[22]
Score (CZ)
80
[23]
Secret Service (PL)
99
[24]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
80
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[26]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
99
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
95
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
92
[29]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
97
[30]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
93
[31]
Strana Igr (RU)
73
[32]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
76
[33]
Ultra Player (FR)
100
[34]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
87
[35]
VideoGames (US)
90
[36]
Sega Saturn
 90
Based on
35 reviews

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

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Saturn, JP
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Saturn, BR
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Games in the Panzer Dragoon Series
Sega Saturn
 Panzer Dragoon (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei (1996) | Panzer Dragoon I & II (1996) | Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998)
Windows PC
 Panzer Dragoon (1996) | Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020)
Sega Game Gear
 Panzer Dragoon Mini (1996)
LCD handheld game
 Panzer Dragoon (1997)
Xbox
 Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)
Nintendo Switch
 Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020) | Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake (20xx)
Sony PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Steam
Google Stadia
 Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020)
Sampler Discs
Sega Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Playable Preview (1995) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Taikenban (1997) | Panzer Dragoon Saga Demo Disc (1998)
Xbox
Panzer Dragoon Orta Demo Disc (2002)
Panzer Dragoon related media
Music
 Panzer Dragoon SMF Music Data (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Original Sound Track (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Original Full Sound Version (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Power Remix (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Soundtrack (1996) | O.V.A. Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack (1996) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (1997) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Complete Album (1998) | Sona Mi Areru Ec Sancitu (1999) | Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG Memorial Album (2001) | Panzer Dragoon Orta: Die Panzer Dragoons Chronik (2002) | Panzer Dragoon Orta Original Soundtrack (2002) | Panzer Dragoon Orta Official Soundtrack (2003) | Panzer Dragoon (2016) | Resurrection: Panzer Dragoon Saga 20th Anniversary Arrangement (2018) | Panzer Dragoon: Remake The Definitive Soundtrack (2021)
Music
 Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Arrange Album "Alternative Elements" (1996) | Panzer Dragoon Original Sound Track (Remastered) (2006) |
Book
 Panzer Dragoon Koushiki Guide Book (1995) | Panzer Dragoon Zwei no Sekai: Panzer Dragoon Zwei Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Panzer Dragoon OVA Fan Book (1996) | Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou: Panzer Dragoon Original Soundtrack (1997) | Panzer Dragoon Azel (1998) | Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG Official Guide (1998) | V Jump Books Game Series: Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (1998) | Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG Guide Book (1998) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Panzer Dragoon Orta (2003) | Kaze to Akatsuki no Musume: Panzer Dragoon Orta (2004)
Film
 Panzer Dragoon (1996)
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 174.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 174.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ File:SSM_UK_07.pdf, page 70
  4. ↑ 576 KByte, "Június 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 24
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 84
  6. ↑ Edge, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 68
  7. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 32
  8. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-03-29" (JP; 1996-03-15), page 1
  9. ↑ Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 45
  10. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14
  11. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 6 June 1996" (US; 1996-05-04), page 52
  12. ↑ GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 66
  13. ↑ Game Informer, "May 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 66
  15. ↑ Maximum, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-04-27), page 124
  16. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 68
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 62
  18. ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "7-8/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 143
  19. ↑ Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 83
  20. ↑ neXt Level, "Juni 1996" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 12
  21. ↑ Player One, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 90
  22. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 10-11" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 80
  23. ↑ Score, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-11-01), page 110
  24. ↑ Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 65
  25. ↑ Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 52
  26. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-xx), page 20
  27. ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "10/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-24), page 70
  29. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
  30. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 227
  31. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "16 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-07), page 10
  32. ↑ Strana Igr, "May/Iyun 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 136
  33. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 42
  34. ↑ Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 78
  35. ↑ Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 90
  36. ↑ VideoGames, "May 1996" (US; 1996-04-23), page 61
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