The Crow: City of Angels

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The Crow: City of Angels
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-8123G
Sega Saturn
US 		$59.9559.95[2] T-8124H
Sega Saturn
EU 		T-8124H-50

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The Crow: City of Angels (ザ・クロウ) is a 3D action game for the Sega Saturn based on the 1996 film of the same name (in turn deriving from a comic book).

Gameplay

City of Angels uses a similar control scheme to Alone in the Dark and its derivatives (popularised further by Resident Evil). While the game plays in three dimensions, the levels are constructed out of pre-rendered 2D images with fixed cameras. Moving to the edge of the screen can lead to a different pre-rendered portion of the stage with a different camera.

As The Crow, the player moves using a "tank" control scheme, in which Left and Right rotate the player around the Y-axis, and Up and Down move forwards and backwards, respectively. Unlike Resident Evil, the game is almost entirely based around fighting enemies in hand-to-hand combat - while projectile weapons do exist, ammo is scarce.

Magazine articles

Main article: The Crow: City of Angels/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #91: "February 1997" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-09: "1997-09 (1997-03-28)" (1997-03-14)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
20 №46, p95
50 №437, p34
15 №57, p40
60 №73, p88
29 [4]
67 [5]
43 [6]
Sega Saturn
 41
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Bravo ScreenFun (DE)
60
[7]
Edge (UK) PAL
20
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
43
[10]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
15
[11]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
56
[12]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
60
[13]
Mega Console (IT) PAL
80
[14]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
72
[15]
Player One (FR)
60
[16]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
50
[17]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
54
[18]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
29
[4]
Sega Magazin (DE)
70
[19]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)
67
[5]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
43
[6]
Sega Saturn
 52
Based on
16 reviews

The Crow: City of Angels

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Manual
Saturn, DE
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Cover
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
276,510,528 CD-ROM (DE) T-8124H-18 V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
279,492,864 CD-ROM (EU) T-8124H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
279,492,864 1997-02-20 CD-ROM (JP) T-8123G V1.000

References

  1. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53
  2. ↑ Press release: 1996-09-04: Acclaim's THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS plunges gamers into the depths of horror and combat
  3. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 77
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 72
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 70
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137
  7. ↑ Bravo ScreenFun, "April 1997" (DE; 1997-0x-xx), page 63
  8. ↑ Edge, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-29), page 95
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
  10. ↑ GamePro, "June 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 78
  11. ↑ GamesMaster, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 40
  12. ↑ Game Informer, "May 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 58
  13. ↑ MAN!AC, "08/97" (DE; 1997-07-09), page 73
  14. ↑ Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 82
  15. ↑ Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 60
  16. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 88
  17. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 150
  18. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
  19. ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1997" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 67


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