XDR

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XDR

Publisher: UNIPACC

Developer: UNIPACC

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Release	Date	RRP	Code

XDR (エックス・ディー・アール), short for "X-Dazedly-Ray", is a 1990 shoot-'em-up by UNIPACC released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Japan.

The warlord Guardia was banished from the planet Sephiroth, otherwise known to be a very peaceful planet. Many years later, he returns, complete with an entire army which overpowers the Guardian army, leaving one hope: the newly developed XDR craft.

Gameplay

shoots. Rapidfire is an option "AUTO" under the "CONTROL" option in the Options menu. Higher auto fire rates can be achieved with autofire enabled controllers. The game has no bullet limiter, so shots are fired until the game slows down and sprite flickering appears changes speed; the current speed is shown in the HUD. 4 speed are available. Powerups are collected as in other shmups, except that missiles can also be collected, in limited quantities, and fired with . These crawl along the floor and ceiling until they hit a target

Trivia

In a user ranking organized by Japanese magazine Beep!Megadrive, XDR ranked in at position 519 out of 520 possible positions, making it the second most unpopular game at that time
The game's visuals borrow heavily from popular games such as Gradius or Darius.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

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Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

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Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

47

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The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

47

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Joystick (FR)

48

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Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

43

^[7]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

63

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Mean Machines Sega (UK)

47

^[9]

Power Play (DE)

52

^[10]

Raze (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[3]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

25

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

54

^[12]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[13]

	47
Based on 13 reviews

XDR

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:Raze UK 02.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 02.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 345
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
↑ Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 140
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 345

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p25-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p51-6] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p95-7] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-11.pdf_p63-8] Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p143-9] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-11.pdf_p140-10] Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 140

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p55-11] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-12] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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