Ghen War

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Ghen War

Publisher: Virgin Interactive, Sega (US)

Developer: Jumpin' Jack Software, Sega Away Team^[1]

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (9 tracks)

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-04-26	¥5,8005,800	T-7004G
US	1995-10-24	$59.9959.99^[2]	81001
EU	1996-06-28^[3]		T-7010H-50

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Ghen War (ゲンウォー) is a first person mech shooter for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

Game Production

Original Concept: Robert Leyland
Programmers: Eric Hammond, Robert Leyland, Steve Scholl
Assistant Programmers: Brad Van Tighem, Brian Gebala, Scott LaValley
Game Design: Robert Leyland, Eric Hammond, Greg Hammond, Eric Rawlins, Steve Scholl
Art Supervisor: Jenny Martin
Artists: Richard Antaki, John Broenen, Suzie Greene, Greg Hammond, Madeline Preisner, Brian Ransom, Arlin Robins
Interior Modelling: Greg Hammond
Level Music: Brian Coburn
Sound Effects: Brian Coburn, Eric Hammond
Ghen Creatures Original Concept Art: Marc Sasso
Ghen 3D Models and Animation: Greg Hammond
Sega of America Assistant Producer: Eric Rawlins
Jumpin' Jack Producer: Lawrence Berkin
Sega of America Sr. Producer: Steven Apour

Sega Support

Product Manager: Doria Sanchez
Lead Tester: Jeff Junio
Assistant Leads: Benjamin Briones, Mike Callahan, Jeff Hedges, Rob Prideaux
Testers: Phil Co, Sean McInnes, Alfred Dutton, Eric Leonard Sayers, Eric Masyk, Kemrexx George, Stan Weaver, Marc Dawson, Alan Coe, Dan Webber, Lorne Asuncion, Eric Simonich, Nathan Tan, Sam Saliba, Janine Cook, Tony Lynch, Dave Paniagua, Fernando Valderrama, Atom Ellis, Nick Katakis, Tim Turner, Cesar Lemus, Greg Spalasso, Steve Perez
Hardware Engineer: Renee Greenwood
Compression Engineers: Eric Caplain, Katie Weathers
Software Engineer: Gail Tsujita
Game Manual Layout and Design: Hillary Clayson Loeb, Gary Ferster
Packaging: Bob Schonfisch
CD Technicians: Jef Feltman, Larry Loth
Production Assistant: Seth Gerson
Music composed and performed by: bygone dogs
Produced by: Spencer Nilsen and bygone dogs
Recorded by: Dave Young for Sega Music Group

bygone dogs are Joel Alvares: Guitar and Vocals; Tim Alan: Bassist; and Jean Claude Aknin: Drums. Contact bygone dogs at 415-267-1891 or see Sega Web Site: http://www.segaoa.com.

Movie Production

Executive Producer: Steven Apour
Director: Alan Haft
Producers: Mark Bakshi, Alan Haft, Rick Singer
Story by: Steven Apour, Scot Bayless, Alan Haft, Roberty Leyland, Eric Rawlins
Screenwriter: Al Haft
Production Manager: Andrea Miloro
Production Coordinator: Cari Chanin
1st Assistant Director: Kris Krengel
Production Designer: Steve Jordan
Director of Photography: Tony Cutrono
Casting Directors: Joy Dickson, Nicole Arbusto
Construction Coordinator: Don Helderle
Post Production Group: Michael Palermo Filmcore.Encore
Gaffer: Antonio Soriano
Key Grip: Craig Horowitz
Key Hair Make-up Artist: Cynthia Bachman
Propmaster: Coburn Hawk
Script Supervisors: Ira Hurvitz, Dulanie Ellis
Set Decorator: Antoinette Ensley
Sound Mixer: Russell White
Boom Operator: Jeff Leemon
Special Effects SPFX: Ted Smith-Nelson FX
Video Engineer: Tim Gamble
Visual Effects: Ruieta and Deenan DaSilver - Digital Illusion
Costume Designer: Gamela Fakhry-Smith

Actors

Jenner: Vaughn Armstrong
Boxhead: William Youmans
Gina: K.K. Dodds
Akira: Jay Lacopo
Braxton: Barry Cullison
Reynolds: Al White
Wilson: Tuesday Knight
Guard #1: Mary Amadeo Ingersoll
Guard #2: John Alves
Xylan's Voice: Rick Singer

Special Thanks to: Tim Dunley, Steve Payne, Sarah Mason Richmond, Scot Bayless, M and Away Team Members: Dante Anderson, Eric Rawlins and Max Taylor

Source:

US manual^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Ghen War/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

JP flyer

JP print advert

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-02: "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" (1996-01-26)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-03: "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (1996-02-09)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

78

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

49

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[2]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[15]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

78

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

77

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

60

^[6]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

78

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

71

^[4]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[21]

Player One (FR)

60

^[8]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[22]

Saturn+ (UK)

NTSC-U

85

^[23]

Secret Service (PL)

56

^[24]

Sega News (CZ)

72

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

80

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

85

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

78

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

48

^[11]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

79

^[28]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

63

^[30]

	70
Based on 26 reviews

Ghen War

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

430,519,488

CD-ROM (EU)

T-7010H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

427,624,176

1996-03-12

CD-ROM (JP)

T-7004G V1.047

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

430,131,408

CD-ROM (US)

81001 V1.034

References

[:File:SegaVisions_US_25.pdf_p19-1] Sega Visions, "September 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0901.pdf_p86-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 1 January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p49-3] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 49

[:File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p70-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 70

[:File:Ghenwar_sat_us_manual.pdf_p25-5] File:Ghenwar sat us manual.pdf, page 25

[:File:Joypad_FR_057.pdf_p79-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-10.pdf_p82-7] Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 82

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_068.pdf_p116-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p80-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 80

[:File:SSM_JP_19960510_1996-08.pdf_p230-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 230

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:576KB_HU_1996-09.pdf_p34-12] 576 KByte, "Szeptember 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:EGM_US_077.pdf_p44-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44

[14] Famitsu, "1996-05-03" (JP; 1996-04-19), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_079.pdf_p62-15] GamePro, "February 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf_p50-16] GamesMaster, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 50

[:File:GameInformer_US_033.pdf_p43-17] Game Informer, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_062.pdf_p131-18] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 131

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-03.pdf_p46-19] MAN!AC, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 46

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-10.pdf_p66-20] Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 66

[:File:NextGeneration_US_19.pdf_p78-21] Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 78

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p80-22] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_02.pdf_p52-23] Saturn+, "Easter/April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-07), page 52

[:File:SecretService_PL_48.pdf_p67-24] Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p20-25] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:SegaPower_UK_76.pdf_p34-26] Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 34

[:File:SegaPro_UK_54.pdf_p32-27] Sega Pro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-28), page 32

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p28-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 28

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p83-29] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-02.pdf_p77-30] Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 77

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Ghen War

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References