Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden

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Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Bandai, Ecofilmes (PT)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Six button pad
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,8008,800 T-133013
Sega Mega Drive
ES 		T-133016-09
Sega Mega Drive
FR 		T-133016-09
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJSB0672

Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (ドラゴンボールＺ 武勇列伝) is a 1994 fighting game by Bandai for the Sega Mega Drive made with the Dragon Ball Z license released exclusively in Japan — and also France and Spain, due to the great popularity of the Dragon Ball Z anime in these European countries. The French/Spanish version was renamed Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel du Destin and has the game translated to French language and the instruction booklet in French and Spanish languages.

The game was also distributed in Portugal in 1996 where it is simply called Dragon Ball Z. The distributor, Ecofilmes, would take Japanese copies of the game, replace the cover (copied from the cover of a VHS Dragon Ball Z movie tape sold during the same period in the region) and the manual with Portuguese translated equivalents (but keep the Japanese cart), and sell the game as is, promising a free converter cart (Mega Key III) as the Japanese cartridges cannot fit into European Mega Drives. Some time after, they released a second version and switched to use the French version cartridge. Both versions are now very rare.

Gameplay

The game is a typical fighting game. A punches, B kicks, Up jumps, and various combination moves can be done by holding the various controller buttons together. The C button is used to switch between staying on land and flying in the sky.

An unique feature in this game is that both characters will always be on-screen simultaneously — leading to the game doing vertical split-screen with scrolling, rotating split screen, and various other neat tricks the Mega Drive was not known for doing (accomplished using various tricks with VDP layer management). This feature is in fact required by some of the strongest moves (which require both players to be far away from each other).

Playable characters

  • Goku
  • Vegeta
  • 18
  • Rekum
  • Gohan
  • Trunks
  • Kurilin
  • Ginyu
  • Piccolo
  • Cell
  • Freeza

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №32, p90/91/92/93
83 №31, p44/45
81 №21, p52-54[1]
77 №22, p44/45
80 №43, p32/33
64 №57, p66
62 №35, p60/61
Sega Mega Drive
 76
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
85
[4]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
89
[5]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
83
[6]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
77
[7]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
80
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
59
[9]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
75
[10]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
81
[1]
Player One (FR)
80
[11]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
64
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
62
[13]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J
82
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[15]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
82
[17]
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
17 reviews

Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden

Mega Drive, JP
DBZBR MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
DragonBallZ MD JP CartTop.jpg
DragonBallZ MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Dbzbr md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, FR/ES
DBZBR MD FR Box.jpg
Cover
Dbz-cart-md-pt.jpg
Cart
Dragon Ball Z L'Appel du Destin MD ES Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, PT
DBZ Cover pt.jpg
Cover
DragonBallZ MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
MegaKey3 MD.jpg
Mega Key III
Mega Drive, PT(re-release)
Dbz-cover-md-pt.jpg
Cover
Dbz-cart-md-pt.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 af8f3371
MD5 ae9347eeea41c1a02565a187a4bf28f7
SHA-1 dc6336dfbbe76c24ada735009d0d667ce27843f6
2MB 1994-03 Cartridge (JP)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 f035c737
MD5 9386f82fc9ab95294ca35961db80d0b9
SHA-1 5ff71986f4911b5dfd16598a5a3a9ba398c92c60
2MB 1994-03 Cartridge (FR)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 63
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 18
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90
  5. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
  6. ↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
  7. ↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
  8. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
  9. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 103
  10. ↑ MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 44
  11. ↑ Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 66
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 60
  14. ↑ Sega Zone, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-xx), page 16
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  16. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 44
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 57



Dragon Ball Z games for Sega systems
Arcade
 Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. (1994)
Sega Mega Drive
 Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden (1994)
Sega Saturn
 Dragon Ball Z: Shinbutouden (1995) | Dragon Ball Z Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu (1996)
Unlicensed Dragon Ball Z games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
 Dragon Ball: Final Bout (1998)
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