Stellar Assault

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Stellar Assault

System(s): Sega 32X

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega CS

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-04-26	¥7,8007,800	GM-4010
US	1995-06^[1]	$69.9969.99^[1]	84509
EU	1995-06^[2]^[3]		84509-50

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Stellar Assault (ステラアサルト), is a first person space ship shoot-'em-up game developed and published by Sega for the Sega 32X in 1995. In North America it is known as Shadow Squadron, and during development it was known as Bullet Fighters.

Stellar Assault was followed by Japan-only sequel, Stellar Assault SS released for the Sega Saturn in 1998.

Gameplay

The aim of Stellar Assault is to fly around one of six sectors, destroying large ships before progressing to the next sector. With the exception of some graphical effects such as explosions, the world is rendered entirely as flat-shaded 3D polygons, very similar to the earlier Star Wars Arcade, though more open-ended. It is also one of only a few games to use every button on the six button control pad, including MODE .

The game averages at around a 20FPS refresh rate, although palette cycling occurs at 60FPS. Some of the performance gains (and the use of a wider colour palette than most 32X titles) can be attributed to Stellar Assault's decision to use a 288x224 screen resolution (with extra borders).

Space ships

	Feather 1
	The Feather 1 is a smaller ship which is weaker, but easier to maneuver.
	Feather 2
	The Feather 2 is a stronger fighter craft, both attack and defense-wise, though it's harder to maneuver.

Missions

Mission 1 - Graduation Day: Destroy both large ships and all enemy fighters.
Mission 2 - No Admittance: Destroy the three large ships and the warp gate in the center of the sector.
Mission 3 - Dodge 'Em: Set in an asteroid field. Destroy two large ships, small "booster" ships and all enemy fighters.
Mission 4 - Armada: Destroy all ten large ships.
Mission 5 - Ganeluza Grandslam: Destroy the two large ships and the massive ship.
Mission 6 - G.L. Cannon: Destroy the machine in the center of the sector.

Game design and total direction: Kohji Tsuchida
Main SH2-Programming: Toshiyuki Kuwabara
MC68000-Programming: Shigeru Yoshida
3D modeling: R-Ma, G-Row, Tomohiro Maki
Bitmap 2D graphics: Tomohiro Maki
Mechanical design: Art Mic, Kimitoshi Yamane
Music: Teruhiko Nakagawa, Masaru Setsumaru
Sound effects: Masaru Setsumaru, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Sound special thanks: Naofumi Hataya
Text coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Special thanks: Takashi Shoji, Hiroyuki Ohtaka, Tomonobu Takahashi, Masahide Kobayashi, Takeshi Niimura, Naoko Kuwabara
Director: Youichi Shimosato, Katsunori Yamaji
Producer: Hiroshi Asoh
Executive producer: Mamoru Shigeta

Source: In-game credits

Sega of America, Inc.

Producer: Jesse Taylor
Assistant producer: Greg Becksted
Product manager: Jaime Wojick
Manual: John McClain
Game lead: Stephen Bourdet
Assistant leads: Philip Co, Eric Simonich, Mark Pentek
Testers: Sam Saliba, Jeff Hedges, Nathan Tan, Nicole Tatem, Mark Paniagua, Scott Morris, C. Matthew Prescott, John Amirkhan, Rob Prideaux, Armando Anguiano, Eugene R. Valenzuela, Crisi Albertson, Morgan Weiss, Craig Drummond, Atom Ellis, Tim Turner, Matt Underwood, Mark Vitello, Neil Musser, Lorne Asuncion, Don Carmichael, Lancelot Nelson, Joe Cain

Source: Other credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Stellar Assault/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

32

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

70

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

81

^[2]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

51

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[12]

Fusion (US)

67

^[6]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[1]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[15]

HiTech (ES)

60

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

77

^[7]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

80

^[3]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[18]

Player One (FR)

70

^[8]

Play Time (DE)

79

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[20]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

87

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

85

^[24]

Todo Sega (ES)

88

^[25]

Top Consoles (FR)

65

^[9]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

78

^[26]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[27]

	72
Based on 26 reviews

Stellar Assault

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

32X, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

Cartridge

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-03-13

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-03-13

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-03-06

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-03-02

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-02-22

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-02-13

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2MB

1995-02-06

Page

References

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↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:TopConsoles FR 04.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:TopConsoles FR 04.pdf_p106" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-02" (JP; 1995-05-19), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 6: June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Game Informer, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
↑ HiTech, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 66
↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 60
↑ Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 71
↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 110
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 August" (JP; 1995-07-07), page 70
↑ Sega Power, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 58
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 56
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1995" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 134
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Video Games, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-28), page 101
↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 62

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[:File:GamesWorld_DE_0708.pdf_p78-4] File:GamesWorld DE 0708.pdf, page 78

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[10] Consoles +, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:EGM_US_071.pdf_p36-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[12] Famitsu, "1995-06-02" (JP; 1995-05-19), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0306.pdf_p16-13] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 6: June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0807.pdf_p40-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GameInformer_US_026.pdf_p38-15] Game Informer, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:Hitech_ES_03.pdf_p66-16] HiTech, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-06.pdf_p60-17] MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 60

[:File:NextGeneration_US_07.pdf_p71-18] Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 71

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-07.pdf_p110-19] Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 110

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-08_19950815.pdf_p70-20] Saturn Fan, "1995 August" (JP; 1995-07-07), page 70

[:File:SegaPower_UK_69.pdf_p58-21] Sega Power, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_47.pdf_p56-22] Sega Pro, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 56

[:File:SSM_JP_19950601_1995-06.pdf_p134-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1995" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 134

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:TodoSega_ES_27.pdf_p40-25] Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-07.pdf_p101-26] Video Games, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-28), page 101

[:File:VideoGames_US_78.pdf_p62-27] VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 62

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Stellar Assault

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Space ships

Missions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References