Galahad

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Galahad
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9549.95[4] 711401
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		E064SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR

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Galahad, called just Galahad on the US box, is the name of the Sega Mega Drive port of Psygnosis/Traveller's Tales's 1991 Amiga game Leander. The Mega Drive version was released in 1992 by Electronic Arts exclusively in the US and Europe.

The story is simple an follows the "defeat the bad guy and rescue the girl" formula. The games visuals are very anime inspired, which can be considered special, as anime was largely unknown in the West at the time the game was developed. Just like Shadow of the Beast 2, the game wasn't optimized for the Sega Mega Drive's higher resolution, resulting in a black bar at the bottom of the picture.

Gameplay

The game is an action platformer. A attacks and B jumps. Each level has a predefined mission to complete which is explained to you before starting the level. It's always the same objective though: collect a hidden item, then find the exit gate. There are a total of 3 worlds with 7 levels each. In order to progress beyond world 1, the game must be played at least on normal difficulty.

New swords, armor and rune bombs can be purchased by visiting shops that are hidden throughout the various levels.

Versions

Compared to the Amiga original the game has multiple parallax scrolling background planes, which replace the Amiga "copper mode" gradients. Colors where changed a bit here an there. The hero got a new design. The original ending contained a hint at a sequel (which was never made), this is also missing in this version.

Like basically with all Electronic Arts published games, there is no region protection, thus the game runs on every region hardware.

Magazine articles

Main article: Galahad/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79 №13, p76/77/78
75 [5]
90 №13
80 №31, p147
90 №3, p42/43/44
55 [6]
87 №1, p65
83 №9, p38/39/40
86 [7]
80 №25, p100/101
89 №36, p46/47
74 №14, p58
64 №18, p66
81 [8]
81 [9]
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[10]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
82
[11]
Game Mania (UK)
90
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[4]
Gamers (DE)
53
[13]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
82
[14]
Joypad (FR) PAL
90
[15]
Joystick (FR) PAL
80
[16]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
90
[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
90
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
55
[6]
Mega Action (UK)
87
[19]
Mega Force (FR)
85
[20]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[21]
Mean Machines (UK)
86
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
86
[23]
Player One (FR)
80
[24]
Play Time (DE)
71
[25]
Power Up! (UK)
85
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
89
[27]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
74
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
64
[29]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
81
[30]
Sega Force (SE)
96
[31]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
81
[32]
Supersonic (FR)
89
[33]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
57
[34]
Video Games (DE)
70
[35]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
28 reviews

Galahad

Mega Drive, US
LoG MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Galahad MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
Galahad MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, BR
Galahad MD BR Box.jpg
Cover
LoG MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 679557bc
MD5 536e5a1ffb50d33632a9978b35db5df6
SHA-1 3368af01da1f3f9e0ea7c80783170aeb08f5c24d
1MB 1992-07 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 43
  2. ↑ File:SegaZone UK 01.pdf, page 30
  3. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-16), page 24
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 042.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58 (62)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 65
  7. ↑ Mean Machines, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-27), page 74-76 (74)
  8. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 28/29/30 (28)
  9. ↑ Sega Force, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 38/39 (38)
  10. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
  11. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 49
  12. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  13. ↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 77
  14. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 88
  15. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 66
  16. ↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 147
  17. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 42
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  19. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  20. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 74
  21. ↑ MegaTech, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-20), page 38
  22. ↑ Mean Machines, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-27), page 76
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  24. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 100
  25. ↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 96
  26. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 10, 1992" (UK; 1992-10-10), page 1
  27. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 46
  28. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 58
  29. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  30. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 28
  31. ↑ Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 8
  32. ↑ Sega Force, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 38
  33. ↑ Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 11
  34. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77
  35. ↑ Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 93


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