Gensou Suikoden

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Gensou Suikoden

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Konami

KCE Sapporo

Original system(s): PlayStation

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (3 tracks)

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1998-09-17	¥3,8003,800	T-9525G

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Gensou Suikoden (幻想水滸伝), called just Suikoden outside Japan, is a 1995 RPG by Konami for the PlayStation. Konami brought the game to the Sega Saturn in 1998. The Saturn version was only released in Japan.

Plot

Note: Names are from the PS1 version, which was released outside of Japan.

The Hero (nameable by the player) is the son of a Great General of the Scarlet Moon Empire, Teo McDohl. Teo is called away to fight a battle in the northlands, leaving his son alone under the guardianship of several family friends to begin his career in the Imperial Army. The Hero soon comes to realise through his missions and association with his leaders that the corruption within the Empire's top tier has led to a country whose populace is enslaved and unhappy.

Through his friend Ted, he comes into possession of the Rune of Life and Death (also known as the Soul Eater), one of 27 True Runes that govern various aspects of the world. The Rune, ruthlessly hunted for by corrupt officials within the Empire and their manipulators, force the Hero and his companions to flee the capital city of Gregminster.

This early chain of events forces the Hero to cross paths with a rebel organization where he is sheltered, although he is only convinced of the need to struggle against the Empire when the hideout is attacked and sacked by Imperial forces. Recruiting the help of Mathiu Silverberg, a former Imperial strategist, the Hero's Liberation Army starts off as a small force working to unite rebel factions throughout Scarlet Moon, and eventually becomes a force large enough and powerful enough to bring down the Empire itself.

Production credits

Producer: Kouji Hiroshita, Kengo Nakamura
Story: Yoshitaka Murayama (KCET)
Character Design: Junko Kawano (KCET)
Programmer: Akira Nakayama, Hideki Nobutaka, Katsuhiko Kii, Kasa-P, Kazufumi Shimizu
Designer: Yohsuke Toyoshima, Yukiko Yamaki, Kazunori Yamamoto, Hiroshi Onoguchi, Shinya Nakayama
Sound Designer: No Name
Sound Effect: No Name
Sound Programmer: Nanashi

Opening Movie

Director&Editor: Hiroshi Onoguchi
Character Graphics: Junko Kawano (KCET)
Programmer: Yusuke Takumi
Assistant Director: Yohsuke Toyoshima
Image&Graphics: Yohsuke Toyoshima, Yukiko Yamaki, Kazunori Yamamoto, Alex.R, Yoshihiro Iwata

Package Design: Osamu Shigeta
Publicity: Akiko Ezawa

Original Staff

Director: Yoshitaka Maruyama
Programmer: Katsuaki Miyauchi, Yasuo Tsurugai, Kazunari Sarugaku
Designer: Junko Kawano, Jun Saito, Koō.N, Toshiyuki Tanaka
Music Compose: Miki Higashino, Hirofumi Tanugucci, Koshi Tamawari
Mix Engineer: Maimai
Ending Theme: Avetuneiro Antes Lance Mao
Chorus: Kazuhito Ogikubo, Michiru Yamane, Takashi Tateishi, Never, Rusamariho, I Am Junchan, Sayurin, Kazumi Oikawa, Miyata♥M・I・Y・U・K・I, Paco Soeda, Junkey Tsuru, MR., Maj A, Nayuta Tokashiki, Hiroe Noguchi, M.Mashan, Monkey Funkey, Punk Takabō, Pancho Satou
Special Thanks to: Masaki Yoneoka (KCET), Kenichiro Imaizumi (KCET), Yukihiro Kobayashi, Mutsumi Shinohara, Yoshihiro Iwata, Hideyuki Takahashi, Masaru Ohwaku
Directed by: Akira Nakayama

Developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo

Track list

1. [data track]

2. Mamonotati tono Taiketu (05:05)
魔物たちとの対決
EN: Confrontation with Monsters
From: Battle BGM

3. Saikyou no Teki (07:32)
最強の敵
EN: The Strongest Enemy
From: Boss Battle BGM

4. Track04 (02:37)

► Running time: 15:14

Magazine articles

Main article: Gensou Suikoden/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[3]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[4]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[5]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[6]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[2]

	68
Based on 5 reviews

Gensou Suikoden

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

440,122,704

1998-07-01

CD-ROM (JP)

T-9525G V1.006

References

↑ File:SSM_JP_19980925_1998-26.pdf, page 193
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Famitsu, "1998-09-25" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 18" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 138
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 21" (JP; 1998-11-06), page 106
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-26 (1998-09-25)" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 193

[:File:SSM_JP_19980925_1998-26.pdf_p193-1] File:SSM_JP_19980925_1998-26.pdf, page 193

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content

[3] Famitsu, "1998-09-25" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-18_19981002.pdf_p138-4] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 18" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 138

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-21_19981120.pdf_p106-5] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 21" (JP; 1998-11-06), page 106

[:File:SSM_JP_19980925_1998-26.pdf_p193-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-26 (1998-09-25)" (JP; 1998-09-11), page 193

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Contents

Plot

Production credits

Track list

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References