Galahad

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Galahad

Developer: Traveller's Tales, Psygnosis

Genre: Action

Release	Date	RRP	Code

The Legend of Galahad, called just Galahad on the US box, is the name of the Sega Mega Drive port of Psygnosis/Traveller's Tales's 1991 Amiga game Leander. The Mega Drive version was released in 1992 by Electronic Arts exclusively in the US and Europe.

The story is simple an follows the "defeat the bad guy and rescue the girl" formula. The games visuals are very anime inspired, which can be considered special, as anime was largely unknown in the West at the time the game was developed. Just like Shadow of the Beast 2, the game wasn't optimized for the Sega Mega Drive's higher resolution, resulting in a black bar at the bottom of the picture.

Gameplay

The game is an action platformer. attacks and jumps. Each level has a predefined mission to complete which is explained to you before starting the level. It's always the same objective though: collect a hidden item, then find the exit gate. There are a total of 3 worlds with 7 levels each. In order to progress beyond world 1, the game must be played at least on normal difficulty.

New swords, armor and rune bombs can be purchased by visiting shops that are hidden throughout the various levels.

Version differences

Compared to the Amiga original the game has multiple parallax scrolling background planes, which replace the Amiga "copper mode" gradients. Colors where changed a bit here an there. The hero got a new design. The original ending contained a hint at a sequel (which was never made), this is also missing in this version.

Like basically with all Electronic Arts published games, there is no region protection, thus the game runs on every region hardware.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[5]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

82

^[6]

Game Mania (UK)

90

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[1]

Gamers (DE)

53

^[8]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

82

^[9]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

90

^[10]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

80

^[11]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

90

^[12]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

90

^[13]

Mega (UK)

PAL

55

^[2]

Mega Action (UK)

87

^[14]

Mega Force (FR)

85

^[15]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

83

^[16]

Mean Machines (UK)

86

^[17]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

86

^[18]

Player One (FR)

80

^[19]

Play Time (DE)

71

^[20]

Power Up! (UK)

85

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

89

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

74

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

64

^[24]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

81

^[25]

Sega Force (SE)

96

^[26]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

81

^[4]

Supersonic (FR)

89

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

57

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

70

^[29]

	78
Based on 28 reviews

Galahad

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 042.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:Mega UK 02.pdf, page 65 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 02.pdf_p65" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:MeanMachines UK 24.pdf, page 74
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 49
↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 77
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 66
↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 147
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 74
↑ MegaTech, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-20), page 38
↑ Mean Machines, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-27), page 76
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 100
↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 96
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 10, 1992" (UK; 1992-10-10), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 28
↑ Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 8
↑ Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 11
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77
↑ Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 93

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[:File:MeanMachines_UK_24.pdf_p74-3] File:MeanMachines UK 24.pdf, page 74

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[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p49-6] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 49

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p80-7] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-01.pdf_p77-8] Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 77

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_015.pdf_p88-9] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Joypad_FR_013.pdf_p66-10] Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 66

[:File:Joystick_FR_031.pdf_p147-11] Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 147

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p42-12] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-13] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-14] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[:File:MegaForce_FR_10.pdf_p74-15] Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MegaTech_UK_09.pdf_p38-16] MegaTech, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-20), page 38

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_24.pdf_p76-17] Mean Machines, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-27), page 76

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-18] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_025.pdf_p100-19] Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 100

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-01.pdf_p96-20] Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 96

[21] Power Up!, "Saturday, October 10, 1992" (UK; 1992-10-10), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_36.pdf_p46-22] Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_14.pdf_p58-23] Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-24] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaZone_UK_01.pdf_p28-25] Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 28

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_03.pdf_p8-26] Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 8

[:File:Supersonic_FR_04.pdf_p11-27] Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 11

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-01.pdf_p93-29] Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 93

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Galahad

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Version differences

Physical scans

References