Creature Shock: Special Edition

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Creature Shock: Special Edition
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Data East
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP (1/1 track)
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-1303G
Sega Saturn
US 		T-1304H

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Creature Shock: Special Edition, known simply as Creature Shock (クリーチャーショック) in Japan, is a shoot-'em-up game for the Sega Saturn, although it was planned to be an exclusive title for the Mega CD. The North American version contains extra levels not present in the Japanese version as well as slightly better quality FMV.

Development

Creature Shock was initially developed as an exclusive for the Sega Mega CD, with release planned for early 1995 by Virgin. development was then shifted to be one of the first titles available for Atari's Jaguar CD in the autumn of 1995. both versions were delayed and eventually cancelled due to poor reception of the Jaguar version.

It is not known if the Mega CD version was cancelled prior to the Jaguar versions announcement or if both versions were planned to be released simultaneously.

The game was eventually released in 1996 for the PlaySatation, 3DO and Saturn to critically negative reviews, with a CDI version being released only in PAL territories in 1997.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Creature Shock: Special Edition Creature Shock: Special Edition
Japanese クリーチャーショック Creature Shock

Magazine articles

Main article: Creature Shock: Special Edition/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 [3]
65 [4]
Sega Saturn
 63
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC
20
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
63
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
37
[7]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
60
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[3]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
65
[4]
Sega Saturn
 51
Based on
6 reviews

Creature Shock: Special Edition

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc 1
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Disc 2
Creatureshock sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc 1
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Disc 2

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
662,873,568 1995-12-06 CD-ROM(JP) T-1303G (Disc 1) V1.007
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
651,160,608 1995-12-06 CD-ROM(JP) T-1303G (Disc 2) V1.007

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 89
  2. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 107
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 204
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 54
  6. ↑ GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 74
  7. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 48
  8. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 6" (JP; 1996-03-01), page 120
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