Ka-Ge-Ki

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Ka-Ge-Ki

Publisher: HOT-B (JP), Sage's Creation (US)

Developer: Kaneko, Mecano Associates (sound)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-04-26	¥7,7007,700	T-28013
US	1991-06^[1]		T-47026

Ka-Ge-Ki (火激), sold as Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel in the US, is a 1991 action game developed by HOT-B for the Sega Mega Drive, ported from an arcade game and arranged in certain aspects, made by Taito and Kaneko in the year 1988. The player character is Ken, a boxer who's girlfriend was captured by a gang of criminals and taken to the ninth floor of their hideout. Ken must defeat every enemy to rescue his girlfriend.

Gameplay

The player fights through 9 stages, represented as floors of a building. In each stage, the goal is to defeat a certain number of enemies that attack the player one at a time. The number of enemies that appear is based on the stage and difficulty level. After enough opponents are beaten, a boss appears. After the boss is defeated, gameplay continues on the next floor until the final boss is defeated on the ninth floor.

Gameplay takes place in a small, square arena, where Ken and his opponent are free to move in all directions. Ken has a fast and a strong punch used to attack enemies, and can also jump to avoid enemies. Occasionally, one of three kinds of power-ups will appear in the arena, these will restore Ken's lost health or increase his attack power for a limited time.

Controls

: Jump

: Weak Punch

: Strong Punch

+

: Dodge

Versions

Voice data is different between the Japanese and US release.
Compared to the Arcade version, there are some significant differences, making this version an arranged version rather than a straight port.
- The game takes place in a building with changing backgrounds while the original was locatet at a harbor with a single background
- Gang members sitting in the background aren't there anymore, only their cheering for booing remains
- Weaker mob enemies where added, possibly to extend the game's length
- Enemies take more damage
- Some colors indexing mistakes happened, certain characters have wrong shade graduations as a result

Production credits

Screenplay: One Two Diamond
Programming: Mr. Nagaya, Cube and Toda
Graphic Design: Mike Yorozuya, Motor Gunma
Music Composed by: Kaneko Co., Ltd., Mecano Associates
Music Arranged by: Mecano Associates
Sound Design: M.Suzuki
Directed by: Professor Banban
Produced by: Dramatic a Go Go
Presented by: Sage's Creation

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Ka-Ge-Ki/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #5: "Summer 1991" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #bg92: "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (199x-xx-xx)^[2]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

NTSC-U

30

^[9]

ACE (UK)

48

^[3]

ACE (UK)

PAL

25

^[10]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[12]

Games-X (UK)

82

^[13]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[14]

Joystick (FR)

51

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

20

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

20

^[17]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC

40

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

30

^[6]

Power Play (DE)

39

^[20]

Raze (UK)

NTSC

86

^[7]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

75

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

36

^[22]

Sega Force (UK)

30

^[8]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

43

^[23]

Tilt (FR)

55

^[24]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

36

^[25]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[26]

	47
Based on 22 reviews

Ka-Ge-Ki

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	effc0fa6
MD5	31ca6dabd0443625f0c7ce3c1a6229c6
SHA-1	893b1bae5242f25494b6de64a861b1aa1dc6cf14

1MB

1991-01

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	391866a1
MD5	1e593b65ce45c68692d4d49b266a1727
SHA-1	9424e8b759609004748dd6cd4779f917211264ae

1MB

1991-01

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 40
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 31
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:ACE UK 47.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 47.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf, page 32
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Raze UK 10.pdf, page 61 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 10.pdf_p61" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 155
↑ ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 118
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 30
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
↑ Games-X, "31st May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-24), page 37
↑ Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 42
↑ Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 130
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 85
↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 77
↑ Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 120
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tilt, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-xx), page 82
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1990" (US; 1990-1x-xx), page 58

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p40-1] File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 40

[:File:EGM_US_BuyersGuide_1992.pdf_p31-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:ACE_UK_47.pdf_p64-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:ACE UK 47.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 47.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf_p32-4] File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf, page 32

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-5] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p78-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Raze_UK_10.pdf_p61-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Raze UK 10.pdf, page 61 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 10.pdf_p61" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_18.pdf_p78-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 155

[:File:ACE_UK_51.pdf_p118-10] ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 118

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-04.pdf_p30-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 30

[12] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1

[:File:GamesX_UK_05.pdf_p37-13] Games-X, "31st May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-24), page 37

[14] Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 42

[:File:Joystick_FR_017.pdf_p130-15] Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 130

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p79-16] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-17] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-07.pdf_p85-18] Mega Drive Fan, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 85

[:File:Mega_UK_15.pdf_p77-19] Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 77

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-08.pdf_p120-20] Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 120

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-21] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-22] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Tilt_FR_093.pdf_p82-24] Tilt, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-xx), page 82

[25] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_22.pdf_p58-26] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1990" (US; 1990-1x-xx), page 58

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Ka-Ge-Ki

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Controls

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References