Dangerous Seed

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Dangerous Seed

Publisher: Namco

Developer: Namco

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-18	¥5,8005,800	T-14033

Dangerous Seed (デンジャラスシード) is a 1989 arcade shoot-'em-up by Namco ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. Both versions were released exclusively in Japan. While the Mega Drive version is inferior to the Arcade version in terms of graphics (normal for Arcade ports at that time) it features additional stages, 3 weapon types (normal, wave, and laser), and a remixed, more upbeat soundtrack.

Story

The Moon Diver is a ship consisting of three sub-ships, sometimes called wings: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. You must stop an alien invasion whose base is Danger Seed by going through several "tubes;" however before the game starts Beta and Gamma break off and you must begin with Alpha alone.

Gameplay

shoots a normal shot which can be rapidfired. shoots a bomb (you have a limited supply of bombs). As you pass through each tube, your ship collects wings; use to change the arrangement of wings. Powerups are collected as in most shmups. The game features at least one alternative path, which can be accessed by letting the boss battle after assembline Alpha, Beta and Gamma time out. The boss will flee, and a new path will be taken, with different stage layouts and bosses.

Trivia

The original version was names "Kristallkern" (German for crystall core) during production

Production credits

Game Designer: Chitose, Red Bunny
Character Designer: Red Bunny, Little Dragon, Yodomo‑chan, Nori‑Nori, P‑Bug, Shin‑chan
Programmer: M.Y.Hummer, Comeya, Yanagiya
Music Composer: Yosiquin, Neumann A.H, Shimokyara, Totsukurzwell
Original Game: S.Shino, Y.Shimz, Sam, Naun
Director: Chitose, Crazy Horse

Magazine articles

Main article: Dangerous Seed/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[5]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

80

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

29

^[8]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

86

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[1]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[10]

Génération 4 (FR)

70

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

70

^[12]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[13]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

40

^[2]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

40

^[15]

Power Play (DE)

63

^[16]

Raze (UK)

NTSC-J

68

^[3]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

25

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

83

^[4]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

86

^[18]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[19]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

77

^[20]

	62
Based on 20 reviews

Dangerous Seed

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	a2990031
MD5	f7125fcd53073459a6b9b4e57ff71257
SHA-1	32b2b1de0947fb713787020679efacffd29ec04e

512kB

1990-10

Cartridge (JP)

References

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:Raze UK 07.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 07.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 21 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf_p21" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 126
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 35
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 80
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 304
↑ Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 123
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 124
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12

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[:File:Raze_UK_07.pdf_p66-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:Raze UK 07.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 07.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content

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[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-05.pdf_p126-6] Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 126

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-01.pdf_p35-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 35

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p80-8] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 80

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p128-9] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128

[10] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 304

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p92-11] Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Joystick_FR_013.pdf_p123-12] Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 123

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-13] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-14] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-15] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-04.pdf_p124-16] Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 124

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-17] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-18] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-19] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[20] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12

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Dangerous Seed

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Trivia

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References