Red Zone

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Red Zone

Developer: Zyrinx

Sound driver: Zyrinx/Jesper Kyd

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Release	Date	Code
US	1994-11^[1]	T-48376
EU	1994-11^[2]	T-48376-50
AU	199x
KR	199x	HIC-95001

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Red Zone, known as Hardwired during development, is a Sega Mega Drive game released in 1994 by Zyrinx.

It is noteworthy for achieving sprite rotations, 3D vectors and full motion video; things that were often considered impossible to do on Mega Drive hardware. No additional hardware (such as an extra chip in Virtua Racing is used. The game proudly annouces this technical achivement before the title screen.

Zyrinx were previously responsible for Sub-Terrania, and the two games share similar graphics and logos. The soundtrack was again composed by Jesper Kyd.

Gameplay

The player controls an AH-64B Apache helicopter in an attempt to stop the dictator Madman Ivan Retovitz from taking over the world. The helicopter has both a normal gun (fired with ) and a variety of weapons (fired with and switched between with ) that target a crosshair that is at a fixed distance from the front of the helicopter, which can be steered with the D-pad.

Around half of the game consists of flight missions.

Armor, weaponry and fuel need to be replentished by picking up items (marked with letters on the games map, accessable via the START button.

There are also on-foot missions, with three selectable soldiers. In this mode, the game also uses a lot technical tricks to simulate a 3D environment similar to e.g. Loaded on Sega Saturn. A defeated character is permanently dead.

Overall the game is rather puzzle oriented. Strict ammo limits and low health as well as limited fuel require a well planed approach.

A password system is used to record progress. The game has no score system.

Production credits

Code: David Guldbrandsen, Karsten Hvidberg, Jens Bo Albretsen
Graphics': Mikael Balle, Jesper Vorsholt Jørgensen
Music: Jesper Kyd
Additional Code: Thomas Risager (Guz)
Character Animation: Dan Harder
Acting & Math Support: Haissam Badawi

Magazine articles

Main article: Red Zone/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[6]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[7]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

78

^[8]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

93

^[2]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)

60

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[15]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

72

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

86

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

74

^[19]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

76

^[21]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

75

^[22]

Micromanía (tercera época) (ES)

90

^[23]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

90

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[3]

Next Generation (US)

50

^[25]

Player One (FR)

90

^[26]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

76

^[27]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

94

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[29]

Sega Megazone (AU)

81

^[30]

Todo Sega (ES)

92

^[31]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

72

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[33]

VideoGames (US)

70

^[5]

	76
Based on 31 reviews

Red Zone

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU

Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

References

↑ File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 11
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 156.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf, page 101
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 135
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 167
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 352
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 220
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 142
↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15
↑ Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 12
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 55
↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 42
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 52
↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 34
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Micromanía (tercera época), "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 105
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 103
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 126
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 108
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 96
↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 76
↑ Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 32
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 95

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p11-1] File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_156.pdf_p60-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 156.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p66-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p101-4] File:NextGeneration US 02.pdf, page 101

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p80-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 135

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_1995-06.pdf_p80-8] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80

[9] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 167

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_28.pdf_p86-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p46-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 352

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 220

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p142-14] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 142

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p50-15] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p15-16] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15

[:File:GameInformer_US_021.pdf_p12-17] Game Informer, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:Joypad_FR_037.pdf_p55-18] Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 55

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p42-19] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 42

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p52-20] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 52

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-01.pdf_p34-21] Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 34

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_03.pdf_p52-22] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:Micromania3_ES_001.pdf_p105-23] Micromanía (tercera época), "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:Migr_4_RU.pdf_p62-24] Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p103-25] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 103

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p126-26] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 126

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p108-27] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 108

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_10.pdf_p96-28] Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 96

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p76-29] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 76

[:File:Sega_MegaZone_48_Feb_95.pdf_p32-30] Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 32

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p46-31] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[32] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p95-33] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 95

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Red Zone

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References