Maken X

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Maken X

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega, Atlus (JP)

Developer: Atlus

Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1999-11-25	¥6,8006,800	T-14401M
US	1999-10-31	$49.9549.95^[1]	51050
EU	2000		MK-51050-50

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Maken X (魔剣Ｘ) is an adventure game for the Sega Dreamcast played in the first person perspective. Maken reffers to the sword with special abilities that also allows the game's protagonist, Kay Sagami, to brainjack certain opponents to take control of them. Much of the staff behind Maken X are also responsible for one of Atlus' flagship series Shin Megami Tensei. It also saw a remake on the Playstation 2 under the name Maken Shao: Demon Sword which makes significant gameplay changes such as making the game play from a third person perspective. Sega was not involved with the Playstation 2 version. The story was also adapted for a manga series under the name Maken X Another.

Gameplay

Maken X plays as a first person action adventure game with combat being the main focus. Your character will make use of a sword or sword-like weapon. You'll start off with Kay wielding the Maken sword. To progress through the story you will also run across other characters who can be "Brainjacked" which allows to not only take control of a character, but gain their memories as well as help unfold the story from a different character's viewpoint.

Characters

Each character has different stats as well as special attacks which also causes progress in stages to differ between playable characters. You can only Brain jack characters so long as your current Brainjack level matches or exceeds a target character. The previous host character will stay in a level they were list in should there be a need to go back to other characters.

World Map

You will have a choice to select a stage from the World Map that will also branch out to other possible paths depending on which character is being used and which order the levels are played in. The map also provides chances to save game progress and

Magazine articles

Main article: Maken X/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-37: "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (1999-11-19)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

67

^[10]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

25

^[3]

Bonus (YU)

PAL

83

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

65

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[2]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

70

^[12]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

80

^[13]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

50

^[14]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[15]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[16]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[17]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

85

^[18]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[19]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[20]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

83

^[21]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[22]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

72

^[23]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[24]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[25]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[26]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

75

^[27]

Incite Video Gaming (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[28]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

50

^[29]

Joypad (IT)

NTSC-J

70

^[30]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

58

^[31]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

45

^[32]

Neo Plus (PL)

50

^[33]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[34]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

50

^[35]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[36]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

55

^[37]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

70

^[38]

Strana Igr (RU)

70

^[39]

Strana Igr (RU)

80

^[40]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

61

^[41]

	67
Based on 37 reviews

Maken X

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay Reg Card Dream Point Bank Card

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ Press release: 2000-04-25: Maken X for Sega Dreamcast Introduces a New Approach to First Person Fighting Games
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 226.pdf, page 112 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 226.pdf_p112" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:Arcade UK 23.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 23.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 096.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 096.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 103.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 103.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:DCM_JP_19991203_1999-37.pdf, page 24
↑ File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34
↑ File:DreamcastMagazine UK 04.pdf, page 74
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:Edge UK 081.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 081.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 43
↑ Bonus, "9/2000" (YU; 2000-12-25), page 52
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74
↑ DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 68
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 24
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 62
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 4" (UK; 1999-12-23), page 74
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamzone, "Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-16), page 112
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 115
↑ Famitsu, "1999-12-03" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 30
↑ Fun Generation, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-19), page 63
↑ GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 94
↑ Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 54
↑ Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 96
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 158
↑ Joypad, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 84
↑ MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 72
↑ MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 45
↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 72
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102
↑ Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 138
↑ Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 18
↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 85

[Press_release:_2000-04-25:_Maken_X_for_Sega_Dreamcast_Introduces_a_New_Approach_to_First_Person_Fighting_Games-1] Press release: 2000-04-25: Maken X for Sega Dreamcast Introduces a New Approach to First Person Fighting Games

[:File:CVG_UK_226.pdf_p112-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 226.pdf, page 112 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 226.pdf_p112" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:DCM_JP_19991203_1999-37.pdf_p24-6] File:DCM_JP_19991203_1999-37.pdf, page 24

[:File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf_p34-7] File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_04.pdf_p74-8] File:DreamcastMagazine UK 04.pdf, page 74

[:File:Edge_UK_081.pdf_p85-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:Edge UK 081.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 081.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content

[10] 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:Bonus_9_SCG.pdf_p52-11] Bonus, "9/2000" (YU; 2000-12-25), page 52

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_12.pdf_p74-12] Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74

[:File:DCUK_UK_13.pdf.E2.80.8E_p68-13] DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 68

[:File:DLMO_FR_06.pdf_p72-14] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:DCM_JP_19991203_1999-37.pdf_p24-15] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 24

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p62-16] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 62

[:File:Dreamcast_Magazine_04.pdf_p74-17] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 4" (UK; 1999-12-23), page 74

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-18] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamzone_8_2000_Scan.pdf_p112-19] Dreamzone, "Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-16), page 112

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p160-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160

[21] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 115

[22] Famitsu, "1999-12-03" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 30

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_55.pdf_p63-23] Fun Generation, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-19), page 63

[:File:GamePro_US_142.pdf_p94-24] GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 94

[:File:GameInformer_US_086.pdf_p54-25] Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 54

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_24.pdf_p62-26] Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:Hyper_AU_083.pdf_p72-27] Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:InciteVideoGaming_US_8.pdf_p96-28] Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:Joypad_FR_100.pdf_p158-29] Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 158

[:File:Joypad_IT_01.pdf_p84-30] Joypad, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-09.pdf_p72-31] MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 72

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-02.pdf_p45-32] MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 45

[33] Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:NextGeneration_US_67.pdf_p90-34] Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90

[:File:ODM_UK_11.pdf_p72-35] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 72

[:File:ODCM_US_06.pdf_p102-36] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102

[:File:Playmag_FR_50.pdf_p138-37] Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 138

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_82.pdf_p18-38] Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 18

[39] Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19

[40] Strana Igr, "Fevral 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-09.pdf_p85-41] Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 85

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Maken X

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Characters

World Map

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

External links

References