Junction

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Junction

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Micronet

Developer: Micronet

Developer(s) of original games: Konami

Genre: Puzzle,

Action (JP box has both, Sega of Japan master list only says Action)

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-11-25	¥6,0006,000	T-22023
US	1991-04		22016
JP	1991-02-24	¥3,0003,000	T-22017
US	1991-12^[1]		T-22018

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Junction (ジャンクション) is a 1990 arcade puzzle game by Konami. Micronet ported it to the Sega Mega Drive the same year and to the Sega Game Gear the following year.

While Junction was publically advertised as having a November 1990 release in North America, it was delayed until mid-April 1991 for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

The goal of each level is to get the red ball around the field to cross all the "bridges" sticking out of the level boundaries solely by moving tiles around in the same way one would solve Fifteen puzzles. The D-pad moves the empty space around and holding / makes the ball move faster. If the ball hits an empty space, hits a level boundary, or falls into the hole, you lose the ball.

Magazine articles

Main article: Junction/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega Drive version

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0203: "Vol. 2, No. 3: June/July 1991" (1991-0x-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-09: "September 1990" (1990-08-XX)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-12: "December 1990" (1990-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-01: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-03: "March 1991" (1991-02-08)

Game Gear version

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)

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

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #31: "February 1992" (199x-xx-xx)^[2]

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Advertisement on bottom left in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)
also published in:

Mega Drive Fan (JP) #14: "March 1991" (1991-02-08)^[3]

Advertisement on bottom third in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #15: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)

Advertisement on bottom left half in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #16: "May 1991" (1991-04-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-04: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[8]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

78

^[9]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[10]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

81

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[12]

Game Power (IT)

77

^[13]

Génération 4 (FR)

64

^[6]

Joystick (FR)

70

^[14]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

64

^[15]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[16]

Power Play (DE)

65

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

75

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

76

^[7]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

81

^[19]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

60

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

44

^[21]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

70

^[22]

	67
Based on 17 reviews

Junction

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[25]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[26]

Game Zone (UK)

NTSC

52

^[27]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[28]

Joystick (FR)

70

^[29]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

PAL

36

^[30]

	59
Based on 6 reviews

Junction

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	94cdce8d
MD5	6d8a871ce4b1e88aecd4d0d50a137e99
SHA-1	7981e5764458f5230184c7b2cf77469e1ed34270

512kB

1990-07

Cartridge (US/JP)

?

CRC32	a8ef36a7
MD5	7dd2ef762d2284a0e551447a9ee11458
SHA-1	70cac7959d29903ad22316e9f5edf60834381d27

128kB

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	32abaa02
MD5	7b089a66acc807a71adc58c9bd679ecc
SHA-1	d2b536dd1cdd72c66faf179d6ab2f6cf420a5682

128kB

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ File:SegaVisions US 07.pdf, page 45
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 107
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 107
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf, page 27
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 150
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1991" (DE; 1991-05-31), page 118
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 27
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-1x-xx), page 1
↑ Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1992" (IT; 1992-0x-xx), page 54
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1991" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 83
↑ Power Play, "6/91" (DE; 1991-05-10), page 138
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 95
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 134
↑ File:SegaMasterForce UK 03.pdf, page 35
↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 03.pdf, page 79
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
↑ Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 79
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 43
↑ Joystick, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 129
↑ Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 35

[:File:SegaVisions_US_07.pdf_p45-1] File:SegaVisions US 07.pdf, page 45

[:File:EGM_US_031.pdf_p107-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p107-3] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 107

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf_p27-4] File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf, page 27

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

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p100-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p18-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 150

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-06.pdf_p118-9] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1991" (DE; 1991-05-31), page 118

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-12.pdf_p27-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 27

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p131-11] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131

[12] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-1x-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePower_IT_08.pdf_p54-13] Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1992" (IT; 1992-0x-xx), page 54

[:File:Joystick_FR_012.pdf_p112-14] Joystick, "Janvier 1991" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-15] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-02.pdf_p83-16] Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 83

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-06.pdf_p138-17] Power Play, "6/91" (DE; 1991-05-10), page 138

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-18] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-19] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p95-20] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 95

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[22] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 134

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_03.pdf_p35-23] File:SegaMasterForce UK 03.pdf, page 35

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_03.pdf_p79-24] File:SegaForceMega UK 03.pdf, page 79

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-03.pdf_p36-25] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 36

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

[:File:GameZone_UK_07.pdf_p79-27] Game Zone, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-22), page 79

[28] Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 43

[:File:Joystick_FR_015.pdf_p129-29] Joystick, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 129

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_03.pdf_p35-30] Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 35

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References