Rastan Saga II

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Rastan Saga II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Taito
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-11043
Sega Mega Drive
US 		11026

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Rastan Saga II (ラスタンサーガII) is a 1988 arcade platformer by Taito and the sequel to Rastan Saga. Opera House ported it to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. The branding of this port is unusual; the "Rastan Saga" name was never used outside of Japan otherwise, as the first game was called Rastan outside of Japan, and this second was called Nastar or Nastar Warrior (US).

In Japan, Sega released a version of Tetris as a conversion kit for Nastar cabinets for unknown reasons.

Story

Rastania is a land known for its temple, the aptly named Skyscraper. A "wicked group" (who are not identified further) tries to take control of Skyscraper, knowing that succeeding would make them rulers of Rastania. You are a warrior who must stop them before they succeed.

Gameplay

A attacks; use the D-pad to aim your attack and hold A to repeatedly attack. B jumps. C appears to do nothing, but the arcade version does have multiple collectable weapons, so C might switch weapons when other weapons are acquired (TODO).

Magazine articles

Main article: Rastan Saga II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Rastan Saga II/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №1990-09, p23[3]
31 №, p85[4]
50 №107, [1]
55 №9, p122[5]
57 №2, p32[6]
48 №5, p94
60 №23, p54
61 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
 53
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[7]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[9]
Joystick (FR)
55
[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
48
[10]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
56
[11]
Power Play (DE)
39
[12]
Raze (UK) NTSC
57
[6]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
61
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
31
[15]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
57
[16]
User (GR)
67
[17]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
13 reviews

Rastan Saga II

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Rastan Saga II MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart

References

  1. ↑ http://www.opera-house.co.jp/works.html
  2. ↑ File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 42
  3. ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf, page 25
  4. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Joystick FR 009.pdf, page 122 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 009.pdf_p122" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Raze UK 02.pdf, page 32 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 02.pdf_p32" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 185
  8. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
  10. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
  11. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63
  12. ↑ Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 144
  13. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  14. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  16. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 141
  17. ↑ User, "Ioúlios-Ávgoustos 1991" (GR; 1991-0x-xx), page 86
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