Dangerous Seed

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Dangerous Seed
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Original system(s): Namco System I
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-14033

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Dangerous Seed (デンジャラスシード) is a 1989 arcade shoot-'em-up by Namco ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. Both versions were released exclusively in Japan.

Story

The Moon Diver is a ship consisting of three sub-ships, sometimes called wings: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. You must stop an alien invasion whose base is Danger Seed by going through several "tubes;" however before the game starts Beta and Gamma break off and you must begin with Alpha alone.

Gameplay

A shoots a normal shot which can be rapidfired. B shoots a bomb (you have a limited supply of bombs). As you pass through each tube, your ship collects wings; use C to change the arrangement of wings. Powerups are collected as in most shmups.

The game features at least one alternative path, which can be accessed by letting the boss battle after assembline Alpha, Beta and Gamma time out. The boss will flee, and a new path will be taken, with different stage layouts and bosses.

Versions

Dangerous Seed began life as a Namco System 1 arcade title, and received numerous cutbacks during its transition to Mega Drive hardware. Graphics were simplified across the board, with less detailed stages and simpler cutscenes. Bosses no longer split into pieces when taking damage, and fewer objects are drawn on screen during gameplay. Curiously the colour schemes were changed as well, and horizontal scrolling was removed.

To compensate, the Mega Drive version features additional stages (and extends the arcade levels) and three weapon types (normal, wave, and laser). and the soundtrack was remixed, becoming more upbeat in the process.

Production credits

  • Game Designer: Chitose, Red Bunny
  • Character Designer: Red Bunny, Little Dragon, Yodomo‑chan, Nori‑Nori, P‑Bug, Shin‑chan
  • Programmer: M.Y.Hummer, Comeya, Yanagiya
  • Music Composer: Yosiquin, Neumann A.H, Shimokyara, Totsukurzwell
  • Original Game: S.Shino, Y.Shimz, Sam, Naun
  • Director: Chitose, Crazy Horse


Magazine articles

Main article: Dangerous Seed/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
65 №1991-01, p33[1]
66 №, p85[2]
50 №112, p72[3]
70 №30, p92[4]
70 №13, p123
50 №5, p91
40 №1, p77[5]
68 №7, p66[6]
40 №23, p53
83 №2, p19[7]
86 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
 63
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[8]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
80
[9]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[10]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) NTSC-J
29
[11]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
86
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[13]
Génération 4 (FR)
70
[4]
Joystick (FR)
70
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
50
[15]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[16]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
40
[5]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
40
[17]
Power Play (DE)
63
[18]
Raze (UK) NTSC-J
68
[6]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
25
[19]
Sega Pro (UK)
83
[7]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
86
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
66
[21]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
77
[22]
Sega Mega Drive
 62
Based on
20 reviews

Dangerous Seed

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 a2990031
MD5 f7125fcd53073459a6b9b4e57ff71257
SHA-1 32b2b1de0947fb713787020679efacffd29ec04e
512kB 1990-10 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-01.pdf, page 35
  2. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:CVG UK 112.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 112.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 030.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Raze UK 07.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 07.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 21 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf_p21" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 54
  9. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 126
  10. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 35
  11. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 80
  12. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128
  13. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 304
  14. ↑ Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 123
  15. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
  16. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
  17. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  18. ↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 124
  19. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  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 12
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