Panzer Dragoon

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Panzer Dragoon
System(s): Sega Saturn, Playstation 2, Xbox , PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Team Andromeda
Genre: Rail Shooter

Panzer Dragoon is a rail shooter released on the Sega Saturn in 1995, and later released on PC, and as an extra in Panzer Dragoon Orta for Xbox. It follows the story of Keil Fluge, a member of a hunter party who encounters a fight between two dragons, colored black and blue. The rider of the blue dragon is mortally wounded in the battle and entrusts his mission, as well as his dragon, the Solo Wing, to Keil. Keil must stop the Dark Dragon from reactivating an ancient ruin. This chapter would introduce the basic features of the traditional gameplay that the Panzer series would be known by, starting out as a rail shooter giving the player a choice of two main offenses: a lock-on laser weapon, and a rapid fire gun weapon, as well as the ability to swing the cameras around to shoot the enemies coming from all directions. Panzer Dragoon was one of the few games available at the Sega Saturn's accelerated, surprise launch. The game was later ported to Windows PC and in 2006 adapted slightly for Sega's Japanese PlayStation 2 "AGES 2500" series. A port of the PC version was also included as a bonus with Panzer Dragoon Orta. One of Panzer Dragoon's major artistic influences was Moebius' (Jean Giraud) Arzach, a comic book series created by the French artist. He even contributed in the creative process of Team Andromeda's game with original artwork.

Production Credits (Saturn Version)

Producers: Yoji Ishii, Tomohiro Kondo
Director: Yukio Futatsugi
Main Programmer: Junichi Suto
Original Character Designer: Manabu Kusunki
Sound Director/Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada
System Programmer: Hidetoshi "Wiz" Takeshita
Tool Producer: Kengo Naka
Map Structures/Enemy Setting: Akira Tereaswa, Katsuhiko Yamada
Programmers: Hitoshi Nakanishi, Kengo Naka, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Asaya Yamazaki
Dragon Model Designer: Manabu Kusunki
Character Model Production/Effects: Kentaro Yoshida, Masaya Kishimoto, Takashi Iwade
Background Model Production: Misaka Kitamura
Background Graphics: Yumiko Kayashima
Main Title Design: Takashi Iwade
Sega Logo Man Design: Kentaro Yoshida
Opening CG Production: Manabu Kusunki, Misaka Kitamura, Takashi Iwade
Ending Illustrartions: Ryuichiro Kutsuzawa
Music: Yoshitaka Azuma
Orchestration: Tomoyuki Hayashi
In Collaboration With: K.K Peace Flag, Polygram K.K.
Image Illustrartions: Moebius
Voice: Yoshiaki Kashima, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Koji Iwashita, Shiro Maekawa, Katsuhiko Yamada
Publicity: Hitoto Kikuchi, Tadashi Takezaki, Yasushi Nagumo, Yosuke Okunari

Sega Of America Inc.

Producer: Dante Anderson
Project Manager: Sarah Richmond
English Text: Kerry Kirkham
Lead Tester: Cristine M. Watson
Special Thanks: Noriyoshi Ohba, Yutaka Sugano, Yukifumi Makino, Takashi Narita, Naoyuki Machida, Kazuya Fujishima, James Spahn, CS Hardware, Saturn Project Team
Created By: Team Andromeda
Produced & Copyright & Published by: Sega Enterprises. Ltd.

Production Credits (PC Version)

Executive Producer: Shoichiro Irimajiri
Producer: Toshinori Asai, Takehiko Kobayashi
Director: Shinji Fujiwara, Tadashi Kuroi (Windows 95 Native Staff)
Sound Director/Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada
Main Programmer: Tatsuya Satoh
Project Leader And Programmer: Koue Tsukuda
Programmers: Kazuhisa Hasuoka, Akihiko Kakinuma, Tetsuji Mukai, Takahiro Nagata, Noritaka Yakita, Kenichi Yokoo
Installer Programmer: Kei Takashima (Windows 95 Native Staff)
Designer: Nobuhisa Tajiri
Planners: Tadashi Kuroi, Hiroto Saiki
Music: Yoshitaka Azuma
Testers: Tomohisa Nakayasu (Windows 95 Native Staff), Toshiyuki Fujimoto, Takahiro Hirakawa, Tomohisa Nakayasu, Kenji Shintani
Coordinators: Satomi Kawasaki, Yasuhide Nagasawa, Chie Tokoro
Publicity: Hiroyuki Otaka
Manual: Ko Ariizumi, John McClain, Osamu Nakazato
Special Thanks: Kazuya Fujishima, Namie Kawashima, Naoyuki Machida, Yukifumi Makino, Takeshi Narita, Noriyoshi Ooba, Yutaka Sagano, Tomonori Saguchi, James Spahn, Koue Tsukuda, Kenichi Yokoo
Created & Copyright By: Sega Enterprises. Ltd.
Published By: Expert Software Inc.