Last Bronx
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System(s): Sega Model 2B CRX, Sega Saturn, Windows PC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developer: Sega AM3, H.I.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Deith Leisure (UK) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (22/22 tracks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Fighting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last Bronx, subtitled Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) in Japan, is a 3D versus fighting game developed by Sega AM3 for Sega Model 2B CRX arcade hardware.
Contents
History
Development
Last Bronx is the third in a set of games released during the mid-1990s by Sega's AM teams to capitalise on the success on a genre kickstarted by Sega's own Virtua Fighter. At the time, Sega AM2's Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers were proving to be profitable ventures - Last Bronx stands as Sega AM3's (sole) attempt at taking some of the market for themselves. While Virtua Fighter 2 is seen as the technical fighter and Fighting Vipers a more intense experience, Last Bronx was envisioned as a story-led fighting game with motion-captured weapons, one of the first games to do so (the other being Namco's Soul Edge).
Release
Model 2 version
Last Bronx proved to be another big success for Sega, despite AM3's lack of experience with the genre.
Sega Saturn version
Last Bronx was brought to the Sega Saturn in early 1997, and was considered at the time to be a big technical achievement for home console fighting games, the key feature being polygonal backgrounds, which although present in plenty of arcade games prior to Last Bronx's release, were non-existent on home consoles due to a perceived lack of processing power. Usually, as was the case in Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers, backgrounds would be replaced with unrealistic 2D variants, and were a common source of complaint at the time.
Last Bronx was the first fighting game to break this trend, although the level of detail in the background still pales in comparison to the Model 2 version. It is also notable as at the time, no PlayStation fighting games were achieving this feat either (although they became more common towards the end of 1998). Of note is that Last Bronx was also is also AM3's first Saturn game, with previous conversions behind handled by CS Team.
As was customary, the Saturn version contains more gameplay modes so as to satisfy a console audience.
PC version
Following the Saturn release, a PC version of Last Bronx was released in 1998. The PC version retains the Saturn's extra modes but with visuals more comparable to the Model 2 version.
Legacy
Following the release of Last Bronx, AM3 largely abandoned the 3D fighting game genre so no direct sequels have ever been produced. The popularity of Last Bronx however led to comics, radio dramas and a V-Cinema film.
The game was souped up and brought to the PlayStation 2 as Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- in 2006.
Production credits
Arcade version
- Director: Akinobu Abe
- Assistant Director: Nobuyuki Yamashita
- Chief Programmer: Seiji Fujiwara
- Programmer: Masanobu Yanagisako, Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kataoka, Yoshio Hirasawa
- Chief Designer: Shinichi Nakagawa
- Designer: Takeshi Sano, Mitsuhiko Kakita, Jun Uriu, Masamitsu Hoshino, Koji Ono, Go Kikuchi, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kenji Shimizu, Kuniharu Takeuchi
- Motion Editor: Tomosuke Tsuda, Mari Tsuruzoe, Isao Matsumoto
- Character Designer: Yoshitsugu Sato
- Model Designer: Tomoko Yemura
- Sound Director: Tomoyuki Kawamura
- Publicity: Noriaki Yatsuzuka
- Special Thanks: Attractive Action Club, Sega Digital Media Studio, Bose (SDP), Shinsuke Takizawa, Jun Uehara (Hakuhodo Inc.), Mitsuko Akata,
Staff of "Ikebukuro Gigo" / "Hi-Tech Sega Shibuya"
- Technical Research Section, To All Members of AM R&D Dept. #3
- Producer: Yoshiro Akata
- General Manager: Hisao Oguchi
- Produced by: Sega
© 1996 Sega
Saturn version
Japanese version
- キャスト
- 工藤 優作: 矢尾 一樹
- 稲垣 丈: 塩沢 兼人
- 港野 洋子: 緒方 恵美
- 富家 大: 檜山 修之
- 豊饒 梛: 井上 喜久子
- 黒澤 透: 若本 規夫
- 草波 リサ: 富永 みーな
- 財目 三郎: 玄田 哲章
- Red Eye: 林 延年
- ディレクター: 安部 顕信
- プログラマー: 藤原 誠司, 岡本 寛史, 小野 充喜, 石田 文吾
- デザイナー: 山緜 誠一, 久松 美紀, 高橋 将貴, 石山 サヤカ, 山下 清彦
- キャラクターデザイン: 佐藤 由紹
- サウンド: 河村 知之
- CGタイトル: 小野 弘司
- ムービーコンバート: 澤入 雄二 (デジタルメディア制作部)
- コーディネーター: 八塚 敬昌, 清水 信彦
- パッケージデザイン&マニュアル: 三井 弘幸, 西村 尚志, 小川 英一, 戸村 文昭
- パブリシティ: 竹崎 忠, 南雲 靖士, 花谷 和宏, 平野 将典, 山崎 純二, 寺井 奈美, 吉田 謙
- アニメーション制作: テレコムアニメーションフィルム
- 監督: 青山 浩行
- プロデューサー: 山路 晴久
- 絵コンテ/作画監督: 青山 浩行
- 原画: 青山 浩行, 富沢 信雄, 川口 隆, 友永 和秀, 矢野 雄一郎
- 美術監督: 白石 誠
- 動画チェック: 富野 昌江
- 動画: 飯盛 夏子, 平井 和子, 中路 景子, 渡邊 奈津子, 東樹 葉子, 後藤 美幸, 安留 博子, 式部 美代子, 毛利 志乃舞, 上田 峰子, 宇田 明彦, 藤倉 雅代, 志村 恵美子, 小高 雅子, 岩岡 優子
- 色指定: 石川 恵理子, 山本 智子
- デジタルペイント: 菅井 啓介, 篠村 睦美, 八尋 清美
- コンピュータスタッフ: 市川 幸彦, 笠原 義宏, 大坪 聡, 赤松 理恵子
- BGスキャン: トムス・フォト (T.D.I)
- 制作進行: 西片 康人
- オープニングムービー・テーマ曲: 「JAGGY LOVE」 (Inoks Records)
- 作詞: 太田 みのる
- 作曲・編曲: Woora
- 歌: D'Secrets
- スペシャルサンクス: 斉藤 徹 (Inoks Records), 堀 正明 (Inoks Records), 唐 文智 (APJ), 光遊社, Sega Digital Studio
- ゼネラルマネージャー: 小口 久雄
- プロデューサー: 安部 顕信
Other version
- Cast
- Yusaku Kudo: Kazuki Yao
- Joe Inagaki: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Yoko Kono: Megumi Ogata
- Hiroshi Tomiie: Nobuyuki Hiyama
- Nagi Hojo: Kikuko Inoue
- Toru Kurosawa: Norio Wakamoto
- Lisa Kusanami: Mina Tominaga
- Saburo Zaimoku: Tessho Genda
- Red Eye: Nobutoshi Hayashi
- Director: Akinobu Abe
- Programmers: Seiji Fujiwara, Hirofumi Okamoto, Mitsuyoshi Ono, Bungo Ishida
- Designers: Seiichi Yamagata, Kiyohiko Yamashita, Masaki Takahashi, Minori Hisamatsu, Sayaka Ishiyama
- Character Design: Yoshitsugu Sato
- Sound: Tomoyuki Kawamura
- Computer Graphic: Koji Ono
- Movie Convert: Yuji Sawairi
- Coordinator: Noriaki Yatsuzuka, Nobuhiko Shimizu
- SOJ Text Coordination: Ryoichi Hasegawa
- SEGA of America: Steve Hutchins, Michael Jablonn
- SEGA of Europe: Mark Maslowicz
- Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
- Producer: Teruhisa Yamaji
- Art Director: Makoto Shiraishi
- Color Key: Tomoko Yamamoto
- Computer Staff: Yukihiko Ichikawa
- " Jaggy Love " (iNOKS Records)
- Artist: D'Secrets
- Lyrics: Minoru Ohta
- Music & Arrangement: Woora
- Special Thanks: Hiroya Tanaka, Tetsu Saito (iNOKS Records), Masaaki Hori (iNOKS Records), W.Tang (APJ), Kouyousha, Sega Digital Studio, & All the Testers
- Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
- Producer: Akinobu Abe
PC version
- Voices
- Yusaku: Kazuki Yao
- Joe: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Lisa: Mina Tominaga
- Tommy: Nobuyuki Hiyama
- Yoko: Megumi Ogata
- Kurosawa: Norio Wakamoto
- Nagi: Kikuko Inoue
- Zaimoku: Tessho Genda
- Redeye: Nobutoshi Hayashi
- Director: Akinobu Abe
- Programmers: Seiji Fujiwara, Hirofumi Okamoto, Mitsuyoshi Ono, Bungo Ishida
- Designers: Seiichi Yamagata, Kiyohiko Yamashita, Masaki Takahashi, Minori Hisamatsu, Sayaka Ishiyama
- Character Design: Yoshitsugu Sato
- CG Design: Koji Ono
- Sound: Tomoyuki Kawamura
- Coordinators: Noriaki Yatsuzuka, Nobuhiko Shimizu
- Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
- Producer: Akinobu Abe
- Programmers: Tatsuya Satoh (HIC), Takashi Yonemori (HIC), Tenshi Ueda (HIC), Hiroki Kawashima (HIC), Kunihide Izawa (HIC)
- Graphic Designers: Katsufumi Yoshimori, Takeo Kimata, Ryuhei Arai (HIC)
- Producer: Toshinori Asai
- Assistant Producer: Shun Arai
- Director: Tadashi Kuroi
- Special Thanks: Original Last Bronx Staff, AM#2 Dept. Sound Team, Sega Digital media Studio
Magazine articles
- Main article: Last Bronx/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Ultra Game Players (US) #104: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)[5]
also published in:
- Sega Magazin (DE) #51: "Februar 1998" (1998-01-14)[6]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #52: "März 1998" (1998-02-11)[7]
also published in:
- Sega Magazin (DE) #54: "Mai 1998" (1998-04-01)[8]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #55: "Juni 1998" (1998-05-06)[9]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #56: "Juli 1998" (1998-06-03)[10]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #57: "August 1998" (1998-07-01)[11]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #59: "Oktober 1998" (1998-09-02)[12]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #60: "November 1998" (1998-10-07)[13]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #61: "Dezember 1998" (1998-11-04)[14]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #62: "Januar 1999" (1998-12-02)[15]
- Sega Magazin (DE) #63: "Februar 1999" (1998-12-28)[16]
Physical scans
Model 2 version
Saturn version
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External links
References
- ↑ File:CVG UK 179.pdf, page 88
- ↑ File:CVG UK 188.pdf, page 92
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:CVG UK 191.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Ultra Game Players, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 54
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1998" (DE; 1998-01-14), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Mai 1998" (DE; 1998-04-01), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1998" (DE; 1998-05-06), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juli 1998" (DE; 1998-06-03), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1998" (DE; 1998-07-01), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Oktober 1998" (DE; 1998-09-02), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November 1998" (DE; 1998-10-07), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1998" (DE; 1998-11-04), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Januar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-02), page 100
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1999" (DE; 1998-12-28), page 100
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:Edge UK 049.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19970808_1997-27.pdf, page 197
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 13 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 108
- ↑ Famitsu, "1997-08-08" (JP; 1997-07-25), page 1
- ↑ Fun Generation, "11/97" (DE; 1997-10-15), page 94
- ↑ Gambler, "2/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 11: November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ GamePro, "December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 182
- ↑ Gry Komputerowe, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ MAN!AC, "10/97" (DE; 1997-09-10), page 60
- ↑ Mega Console, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1997" (FR; 1997-1x-xx), page 30
- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/97" (DE; 1997-10-01), page 85
- ↑ Neo, "Grudzień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 25
- ↑ Next Generation, "November 1997" (US; 1997-10-21), page 198
- ↑ neXt Level, "November 1997" (DE; 1997-10-17), page 83
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 18" (JP; 1997-09-12), page 82
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November 1997" (DE; 1997-10-15), page 72
- ↑ Sega Power, "Dekémvrios-Ianouários 1998" (GR; 1998-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-09-17), page 68
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-27 (1997-08-08)" (JP; 1997-07-25), page 197
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Oktyabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 75
- ↑ Super Power, "11 1997" (FI; 1997-1x-xx), page 52
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 File:Edge UK 056.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ CD-Action, "4/98" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ The Games Machine, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-0x-xx), page 124
- ↑ Gry Komputerowe, "3/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Over, "" (RO; 1998-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Hacker Plus, "Travanj 1998" (HR; 1998-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Next Generation, "July 1998" (US; 1998-06-23), page 114
- ↑ PC Zone, "April 1998" (UK; 1998-0x-xx), page 102
- ↑ Riki, "Marec-April 1998" (SK; 1998-04-15), page 17
- ↑ Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "April 1998" (YU; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Master Games, "Maĭ 1998" (BG; 1998-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ Ultimate PC, "Volume One, Issue Seven: March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-28), page 104
Games in the Last Bronx Series | |
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Last Bronx (1996) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- (2006) | |
Last Bronx related media | |
Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Soundtracks vs Club Remix (1996) | Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Sound Battle (1997) | |
Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 1 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 2 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 3 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 4 (1997) | |
Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Koushiki Command Book (1996) | Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Comic Anthology (1996) | Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi (1996) | Last Bronx Official Art Works (1997) | Last Bronx Comic Anthology (1997) | Last Bronx Official Guide (1997) | Last Bronx Comic Anthology 2 (1997) | |
Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi (1997) | Sega Official Video Library Vol. 4: Last Bronx (?) |
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