Black Dawn

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Black Dawn

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Virgin Interactive

Developer: Black Ops Entertainment,

Point of View

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (51 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Mission Stick

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-04-25	¥5,8005,800	T-7013G
US	1996-01-06		T-7027H
EU	1996		T-7027H-50
BR	1997		191x69

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

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Black Dawn (ブラックドーン) is a 1996 shooter originally developed by Black Ops Entertainment for the PlayStation and later ported by Point of View for the Sega Saturn, and published by Virgin Interactive on both platforms. It is a 3D helicopter-based shooter running on the same engine as Black Ops' earlier game Agile Warrior F-111X where you're tasked with various objectives, like blowing up enemy targets or rescuing hostages.

It is slightly notable for the fact that a few of the songs from its soundtrack, composed by Tommy Tallarico, were later reused as the themes for the Great Megalith and Molten Mine stages on Sonic and the Black Knight, which Tallarico also worked on, with the Molten Mine version being an arrangement made specifically for Black Knight.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #15: "January 1997" (1996-12-17)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[4]

Freak (IL)

90

^[5]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[7]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[8]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[9]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

80

^[10]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[11]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[12]

Sega Magazin (DE)

69

^[13]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

84

^[14]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[15]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[3]

Strana Igr (RU)

80

^[17]

Super Power (FI)

79

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

77

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	75
Based on 17 reviews

Black Dawn

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR

References

↑ File:SSM_UK_19.pdf, page 70
↑ File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf, page 138
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
↑ Freak, "2/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 80
↑ GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 84
↑ MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 75
↑ Mega Fun, "05/97" (DE; 1997-04-02), page 88
↑ neXt Level, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-21), page 80
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 151
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 34
↑ Sega Power, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-12), page 42
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-04-12), page 70
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 138
↑ Strana Igr, "Aprel 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Super Power, "8 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Video Games, "3/97" (DE; 1997-02-19), page 99

[:File:SSM_UK_19.pdf_p70-1] File:SSM_UK_19.pdf, page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p138-2] File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf, page 138

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p13" defined multiple times with different content

[4] Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1

[5] Freak, "2/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-03.pdf_p80-6] Fun Generation, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 80

[:File:GamePro_US_102.pdf_p84-7] GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-04.pdf_p75-8] MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 75

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-05.pdf_p88-9] Mega Fun, "05/97" (DE; 1997-04-02), page 88

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1997-03.pdf_p80-10] neXt Level, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-08_19970425.pdf_p151-11] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 151

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-12_19970627.pdf_p90-12] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_40.pdf_p34-13] Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 34

[:File:SegaPower_UK_91.pdf_p42-14] Sega Power, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-12), page 42

[:File:SSM_UK_19.pdf_p70-15] Sega Saturn Magazine, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-04-12), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p138-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 138

[17] Strana Igr, "Aprel 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1997-08.pdf_p56-18] Super Power, "8 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-03.pdf_p99-19] Video Games, "3/97" (DE; 1997-02-19), page 99

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Black Dawn

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Promotional material

Physical scans

References