Blue Stinger

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Blue Stinger
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Activision, Sega (JP)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP 		¥5,8005,800 HDR-0003
Sega Dreamcast
US 		$49.9949.99[5] T-13001N
Sega Dreamcast
EU 		T-13001D-58
Sega Dreamcast
AU 		$99.9599.95[6]
Sega Dreamcast
BR 		197116

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Blue Stinger (ブルー スティンガー) is a Sega Dreamcast game developed by Climax Graphics. It was a launch title for the system in North America and Europe.

Production credits

  • Creature Design: Robert Short
  • Camerawork Supervisor: Pete Von Sholly
  • Original Story: Masaki Segawa, Shinya Nishigaki
  • Music Composer: Toshihiko Sahashi
  • Chief Cg Designer: Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Map Model Cg Designer: Eiji Ohkoshi, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Akira Kurochi
  • Character Model CG Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Tadashi Hashimoto
  • 3D Animation Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tadashi Hashimoto, Satoru Washizu (System Sacom), Hiroaki Inaba (System Sacom)
  • Texture Designers: Masami Hashizume, Yuki Takazawa, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Eiji Ohkoshi
  • Effect Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu, Masami Hashizume
  • 2D Animation Designer: Yuki Takazawa, Masami Hashizume
  • CG Item Model Designer: Akira Kurochi
  • Window Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu
  • Art Director: Ryosuke Murakami
  • Art Designer: Kazuaki Hashino
  • Game Map Design: Katsuya Ishii, Ayumu Kojima
  • Sound Designer: Yukinori Kikuchi (Electro Zoo)
  • Assistant Sound Designer: Yuji Ogawa
  • Usa Coordinator: Saki Hijiri
  • Mr.Robert'S Management: Barbara Slifka
  • Usa Line Producer: Kayoko Dietsche
  • Casting Director: Lani Minella Of, Pro-Motion Productions
  • Script Translation: Kayoko Dietsche
  • Dialogue Polish: John Stanhope, Jason Bretz
  • Usa Sound Engineer: Chuck Everts
  • Voice actors
    • Eliot G Ballade: Ryan Drummond
    • Dogs Bower: Deem Bristow
    • Janine King: Lani Minella
    • Sub Characters: Jon St. John, Machiko Toyoshima
  • Motion Capture Actor: Masashi Ogawa
  • Assistance of Toshihiko Sahashi: Toshikazu Kato, Tomonori Horii, Tomio Fukada
  • Conductor: Kouji Haishima
  • Composer'S Management: Kozo Araki (Face)
  • Orchestra Truck Director: Daisuke Honji
  • Recording Engineer: Takashi Sasaki
  • Musician Coordinator: Emari Mamiya
  • Assistant Engineer: Satoshi Mase, Maki Onodera, Ayako Kato
  • Mastering Engineer: Katsuaki Uno
  • nePhY: Saliy&Haluka
  • nePhY'S Management: Yasuhiro Koshi (B.F.P.)
  • nePhY SONG<STING ME>Composer: Rui Nagai
  • nePhY's Costume Design&Styling: Junko Narumi, Yae Takano
  • nePhY's Hair&Makeup: Satoyo Isobe (Prism ･ Prism), Miyako Shiratori (Prism ･ Prism)
  • Game Monitor: Shunpei Nitta, Terufumi Ochi
  • Segamuse Staff: Toshiro Kezuka, Makoto Ando, Takeshi Ajitsu, Kaoru Shiga, Syuichi Motoda, Shinjiro Hosoda, Shinkichi Kobayashi, Nozomu Yokouchi, Tukasa Itaya, Masanori Kadooka, Masato Kohno, Toru Yasuda, Hiroyuki Toyama, Yusuke Watanabe, Shunichirou Kawasaki, Eiki Okano, Shinya Sase, Koji Uemura, Masashi Komatsu, Atsushiuebuchi, Tomoaki Ishidao, Ryuichikoga, Manabu Hasegawa, Hidenobu Okano, Shinya Osaki, Hideo Akiyama, Kyouko Inamoto, Ritsukokomaki, Akira Nomoto, Katsushi Yasuda, Naoyuki Sato, Naoya Inada, Kenishi Furuto, Tomoyuki Masuo, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Unten, Masakazu Kiya, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Akihide Ichimura, Hiroki Kato, Satoshi Imai, Haruo Imatu, Shuichi Endo, Tomoakishimamoto, Keiichi Satoh, Koji Utida, Minoru Sakuragi, Tuichi Takeuchi, Teruyuki Aawaji, Takaharu Ishii, Masato Akagi, Kensukeueda, Mihoko Nakajima, Tetsuhiro Kawamoto, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Junichitatsuta, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Shinsuke Akimoto, Tetsuya Hirano, Yoshinori Emachi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Toshihiko Ariyoshi, Sachiko Hiragi, Saburo Ando, Yoshihito Endo, Hideakisasaki, Akihisa Iwata, Minako Futamata, Shingo Ueno, Masahiko Yagai, Takashi Kabasawa, Fumimasa Nawa, Yoko Murakami, Masahiro Katsumi, Mitsuru Sato, Minako Akiba, Chieko Ito, Shintaro Kojima, Junichi Simizu, Hirakiohmura, Takaaki Motoyama, Kazuo Nishimura, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Seiichimitsui, Koichi Kuriyama, Katsumitanaka, Takashi Akai, Tetsuyaonishi, Yasuko Suzuki, Masaru Igarashi, Chie Yashiki, Tsuruo Maruyama, Shoji Sakata, Tatsurofukuda, Fujiko Sato, Daisukeyokota, Mieko Murakami, Hitoshiyachita, Suzumi Matsumoto, Misae Tomioka, Kumiko Nishio, Ayako Watanabe, Yukari Inagawa, Hirohisa Yamanishi, Jun Kawakita, Kyoko Ikari, Yumi Tsunoda, Akira Kato, Yumi Fujihira, Koji Nozaki, Emi Osaki, Aki Horiuchi
  • Special Thanks: (Colombia Creative), Naoshi Koyama, Jun Masuda, (System Sacom), Akio Tatematsu, (Sega Enterprises), Sadahiko Hirose, Shuji Utsumi, Youji Ishii, Masanao Maeda, Naoki Aoki, Yoshiki Ohoka, Jin Shimazaki, Hirokazu Kojima, Shinichi Kawabata, Yuichiro Yokoyama, (GE), Daisaku Ikejiri, Yoshiki Komabayashi
  • Marketing: (Sega Enterprises), Hideki Okamura, Kunihisa Ueno, Seijiro Sannabe
  • Promotion: (Sega Enterprises), Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Hanaya, Toshihide Onishi, Yasushi Nagumo
  • System Support: (Sega Enterprises), Shuichi Katagi, Kazuhiro Takase, Akihiro Etori, & SEGA TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM
  • Manual Designer: (Sega Enterprises), Kaoru Ichigozaki, Takashi Nishimura, Eiichi Ogawa
  • Main programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
  • Battle Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
  • Window Programmer: Ichiro Ide
  • Event Programmer: Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuaki Yokozawa
  • 3D Map Tool Progammer: Yoshinori Tagawa
  • Sound Programmer: Ichiro Ide
  • VM&Movie Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
  • Production manager: Nobuyuki Simoda
  • Game Data Control: Eiji Ohkoshi, Hideo Yamaguchi
  • Game Scenario&Dialog: Sinya Nishigaki
  • Character Design: Masaki Segawa
  • Director: Ayumu Kojima
  • Assistant Director: Eiji Ohkoshi
  • Producer: Shinya Nishigaki
  • Co-Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Tomoaki Ogawa
  • Executive Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Shoichiro Irimajiri
Source:
In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Blue Stinger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • BR print advert

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Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)
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Print advert in DC-UK (UK) #2: "October 1999" (1999-09-29)
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #2: "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (1999-12-xx)
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) #1: "Oktober 1999" (1999-10-14)
also published in:
  • MAN!AC (DE) #1999-11: "11/99" (1999-10-06)[7]
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Artwork

  • BlueStinger DC Art Logo.jpg
  • BlueStinger DC Art 100.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Dogs-back.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Dogs-front.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Eliot-back.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Eliot-front.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Janine-back.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Janine-front.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Nefilim-back.png
  • BlueStinger DC Art Nefilim-front.png

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №8, p116[8]
40 №12, p82[9]
92 №88, p82/83/84/85 №93, p86/87
30 №2, p28-30[10]
80 №2, p56-59[11]
77 №1999-11ex, p21[12]
83 №, p34[13]
65 №2, p72[14]
50 №71, p72/73[15]
70 №537, p31
71 №82, p84/85
72 №1999-11, p84[16]
80
70 №0, p82/83/84/85
69 №101, p122[17]
90 №1, p37[4]
Sega Dreamcast
 69
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
81
[18]
Ação Games (BR)
86
[19]
Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
50
[8]
Arcade (UK) PAL
25
[20]
Bonus (YU) PAL
74
[21]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
92
[22]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
92
[23]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
80
[11]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
30
[10]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[24]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
50
[25]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[26]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
65
[27]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
83
[13]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
83
[28]
Dreamzone (FR) PAL
75
[29]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
50
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
43
[30]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
91
[31]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[32]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
70
[33]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
70
[34]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[35]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-J
71
[36]
GamesMaster (UK)
78
[37]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
47
[38]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
83
[39]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
71
[40]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
72
[41]
Man!ak (PL)
67
[42]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
85
[43]
Neo Plus (PL)
60
[44]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[45]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
80
[46]
Next Level (AR)
69
[47]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
70
[48]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
60
[5]
Player One (FR)
69
[17]
Playmag (FR) PAL
65
[49]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
90
[4]
Strana Igr (RU)
75
[50]
Strana Igr (RU)
68
[51]
Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
78
[52]
Video Games (DE) PAL
73
[53]
Sega Dreamcast
 70
Based on
44 reviews

Blue Stinger

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Disc
Bluestinger dc us manual.pdf
Manual
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Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, FR

Dreamcast, DE
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, BR
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Cover
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Disc
BlueStingerDCBRManual.pdf
Manual
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Inlay
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Contrato De Licenca

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. ↑ File:DreamcastMagazine UK 03.pdf, page 7
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:DreamcastMonthly UK 02.pdf, page 58
  3. ↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 File:ROD ES 01.pdf, page 37 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 01.pdf_p37" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:ODCM US 02.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ODCM US 02.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ File:Hyper AU 071.pdf, page 32
  7. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 37
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Arcade UK 08.pdf, page 116 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 08.pdf_p116" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ File:Arcade UK 12.pdf, page 82
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:DCUK 02.pdf, page 28 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 02.pdf_p28" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:DreamcastMonthly UK 02.pdf, page 57 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMonthly UK 02.pdf_p57" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ File:DCM_JP_19990402_1999-11ex.pdf, page 21
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dorimaga JP 20021011 2002-18.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ File:DreamcastMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 70
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:Edge UK 071.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 071.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  16. ↑ File:MAN!AC DE 1999-11.pdf, page 68
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf, page 122 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf_p122" defined multiple times with different content
  18. ↑ 576 Konzol, "November 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 36
  19. ↑ Ação Games, "Junho 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 21
  20. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 77
  21. ↑ Bonus, "2/2000" (YU; 2000-04-04), page 50
  22. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 80
  23. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 90
  24. ↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 92
  25. ↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 38
  26. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-11 extra (1999-04-02ex)" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 21
  27. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 72
  28. ↑ Dreamzone, "Avril-Juin 1999" (FR; 1999-04-15), page 48
  29. ↑ Dreamzone, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-10-16), page 89
  30. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 213
  31. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 18
  32. ↑ Famitsu, "1999-04-02" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 31
  33. ↑ Fun Generation, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-08), page 26
  34. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
  35. ↑ GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 148
  36. ↑ GamesMaster, "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-24), page 84
  37. ↑ GamesMaster, "Christmas 1999" (UK; 1999-11-29), page 70
  38. ↑ Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 75
  39. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 27
  40. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/99" (DE; 1999-05-05), page 50
  41. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 84
  42. ↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 64
  43. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 78
  44. ↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
  45. ↑ Next Generation, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-19), page 118
  46. ↑ neXt Level, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-10-08), page 39
  47. ↑ Next Level, "Agosto 1999" (AR; 1999-xx-xx), page 33
  48. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Special Issue 1999" (UK; 1999-09-02), page 82
  49. ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 110
  50. ↑ Strana Igr, "May 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 41
  51. ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 18
  52. ↑ Total Control, "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-14), page 140
  53. ↑ Video Games, "10/99 It's Dreamcast Time supplement" (DE; 1999-09-22), page 10
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