Gungriffon

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Gungriffon
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega, Game Arts (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (37 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Movie Card, Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-4502G
Sega Saturn
JP
(Satakore)
¥2,8002,800 T-4509G
Sega Saturn
US
$59.9959.99[1] 81046
Sega Saturn
EU
MK81046-50
Sega Saturn
AU

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Gungriffon, known as Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict (ガングリフォン) in Japan is a first person mech shooter for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

History

Development

During development Gun Griffon was known as 3D Robot Shooting (3Dロボットシューティング).

Sega of America originally intended to release the US version of the game under a new title, Iron Rain. Without naming names, Working Designs aludes in its manual of the localised PlayStation 2 sequel, Gungriffon Blaze, that it convinced Sega's Japanese arm to force the name back to Gungriffon so as not to confuse customers with Iron Storm (that and the new title "sucked really hard")[3]. Working Designs were not involved in the Saturn version of Gungriffon, but had a strong working relationship with Game Arts at the time, seeing prototypes of the technology at Winter CES 1995[3].

Legacy

In Japan, the game was followed by Gungriffon II.

Production credits

  • Director: 宮路 武
  • Main programmer: 浜田 憲一
  • Sub Programmer: 金井 秀樹, 増渕 利道, 小山 洋幸
  • Game Data Making: 原田 修, 浜田 憲一, 庭野 健一
  • Model Animator: 原田 修, 金井 秀樹
  • Visual Coordinator: 高橋 秀信
  • Texture Drawing: 迫 章久, 里 大樹, 横川 憲太郎
  • Background Design: 迫 章久, 横川 憲太郎
  • Special Effect Making: 里 大樹
  • Visual Designer: 安住 政敏
  • Visual Design Assistant: 迫 章久
  • Sound System Programmer: 上条 有
  • Sound Effect Programmer: 松田 明男
  • Sound Treatment & Strategies: 西 隆宏
  • TrueMotion S Data Making: 増渕 利道
  • Situational Designer: 岡田 厚利
  • A.W.G.S. Design: Bee-Craft, 山田 隆博, 阿久津 潤一, 広部 滋
  • 3D Modeling: 柳川 渉
  • Opening & Ending CG: 株式会社リンクス, 倉澤 幹隆, 平野 善久, 西井 育生, 竹中 隆弘, 斎藤 紀生, 大谷 謙, 名越 輝幸, 斎藤 香, 江崎 達也, 田中 将史, 海亀事務所, 林 弘幸, イクイティ エンタテインメント, 鈴木 慎二
  • All Songs Composed & Arranged: 武内 基朗
  • Recording & Mixing Engineer: 小林 敦
  • Manipulator: 小西 輝男
  • Sound Production: Two Five, 溝口 功, 高野 聡
  • Narration Recording: ユーメックススタジオ, 猪股 一彦, 加園 稔
  • Narrator: 野田 圭一
  • Marking Design: ㈲戦船
  • Data Research: 長村 琢哉, 柏木 朗, 早川 真吾
  • Special Thanks for: 須永 有三, 柏木 朗, 吉田 聡士, 大畑 和幸, 岡野 崇宏, 加藤 孝視, 池谷 昌彦, 松田 充弘
  • Sales: 岡部 利香, 菅谷 由美, 小川 陽平
  • Producer: 内田 敏幸
  • Executive Producer: 宮路 洋一
  • Presented by: Game Arts
Source:
In-game credits (JP)


Source:
US manual
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Magazine articles

Main article: Gungriffon/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Gungriffon Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
JP flyer
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-04: "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (1996-02-23)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-05: "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (1996-03-08)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-07: "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (1996-04-12)
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Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #35: "Oktober 1996" (1996-09-11)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 [5]
50 №33, p73
78 №379, p30
90
80 [6]
88 [7]
92 №67, p94/95/96
66 №80, p58/59
88 [8]
80 [9]
91 [10]
Sega Saturn
78
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 KByte (HU)
88
[11]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC
91
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[5]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
50
[13]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[14]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[15]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC
90
[16]
Gambler (PL)
78
[17]
GameFan (US) NTSC
93
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
82
[1]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[19]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
78
[20]
Joypad (FR)
90
[21]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
90
[22]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
84
[23]
Maximum (UK)
75
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
83
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
88
[2]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
88
[7]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
75
[26]
Player One (FR)
92
[27]
Power Up! (UK)
85
[28]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
79
[29]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
62
[30]
Secret Service (PL)
80
[31]
Sega News (CZ)
94
[32]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
66
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
91
[10]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[9]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
63
[34]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
78
[35]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[36]
Sega Saturn
81
Based on
34 reviews

Gungriffon

Saturn, US
GunGriffon Saturn US Box Back.jpgGunGriffon Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Gungriffon sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
Gungriffon Saturn PAL Cover HQ.jpg
Cover
GunGriffon Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
GunGriffon Saturn JP Box Back.jpgGunGriffon Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
GunGriffon Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
GunGriffon Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
GunGriffon Saturn JP Box Back Satakore.jpgGunGriffon Saturn JP Box Front Satakore.jpg
Cover
GunGriffon Saturn JP Spinecard Satakore.jpg
Spinecard
GunGriffon Saturn JP Disc Satakore.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
550,951,296 CD-ROM (EU) MK81046-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
619,961,328 1996-01-31 CD-ROM (JP) T-4502G, T-4509G V1.01
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
550,953,648 CD-ROM (US) 81046 V1.010

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 75
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 74
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:GungriffonBlaze PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 26
  4. File:Gungriffon sat us manual.pdf, page 22
  5. 5.0 5.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 68
  6. 6.0 6.1 Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 127
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 80
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 72
  9. 9.0 9.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 225
  10. 10.0 10.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 576 KByte, "Szeptember 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 34
  12. Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 100
  13. Edge, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 73
  14. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  15. Famitsu, "1996-03-22" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 30
  16. Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 55
  17. Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  18. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 15
  19. GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 72
  20. Game Informer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 49
  21. Joypad, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 78
  22. Joypad, "Mai 1996 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 10
  23. MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 70
  24. Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 38
  25. Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 66
  26. neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80
  27. Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 94
  28. Power Up!, "Saturday, August 10, 1996" (UK; 1996-08-10), page 1
  29. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 10-11" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 80
  30. Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29
  31. Secret Service, "Listopad 1996" (PL; 1996-11-01), page 64
  32. Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 8
  33. Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 58
  34. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 31
  35. Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 94
  36. VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 64


Gungriffon

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Books: Gungriffon Hyper Guide Book (1996) | Gungriffon Perfect Guide (1996) | Gungriffon Complete File (1996)

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