Blue Almanac

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Blue Almanac

Publisher: Kodansha Research Institute (Translation Super Fighter Team)

Developer: HOT-B (Translation Super Fighter Team)

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-06-22	¥8,7008,700	T-46013
World	2011-06-22

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Blue Almanac (ブルーアルマナック) is a 1991 RPG for the Sega Mega Drive by HOT-B and the first Mega Drive game published by Kodansha Research Institute. While it was only released in Japan, a western release of the game, now retitled as Star Odyssey, was planned by Sage's Creation for release in July 1991^[1], but the translation was cancelled for unknown reasons.

A version of Star Odyssey was reviewed by GamePro in its June 1992 issue, complete with a MSRP of $69.99, suggesting the game was close to a US release.^[2]

Two prototypes were independently discovered by drx^[3] and by Brandon Cobb, head of Super Fighter Team, who subsequently acquired a license to complete the translation from HOT-B successor company Starfish (who like to revisit old properties), with intentions on releasing it on the twentieth anniversary of the original release. Despite his PR claiming that he received an "unofficial license" from Sega to distribute the game, Sega really asked him to remove their copyrights and trademarks, consequently making the translation fully unlicensed (while Blue Almanac is fully licensed).

Magazine articles

Main article: Blue Almanac/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-01: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)
also published in:

Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)^[4]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)
also published in:

Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)^[5]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-04: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)
also published in:

Mega Drive Fan (JP) #15: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)^[6]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-05: "May 1991" (1991-04-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-06: "June 1991" (1991-05-08)

Print advert in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #18: "July 1991" (1991-06-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[9]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[2]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[12]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

59

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[14]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[15]

	56
Based on 8 reviews

Blue Almanac

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, *World (Star Odyssey)*
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	7222ebb3
MD5	9679ee2799bf61dd97aaba0799e802ab
SHA-1	0be0d4d3e192beb4106c0a95c1fb0aec952c3917

1MB

1991-05

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	fbbd7ef4
MD5	7fa5036db387a874e399e44659a28f96
SHA-1	7553f6c0d07c035c1e4761b1b26e52602fe2f06b

1MB

1992-01-16

CD-R disc^[3]

Localised US version. ROM header says 1991-10.

Page

?

CRC32	0b670a3e
MD5	2f1090251c3178c9136de360a13dfa1b
SHA-1	791ee690b2929d4edfda22ff23d7cfd74376299e

2MB

2011

Cartridge (World)

Super Fighter Team version.

External links

Super Fighter Team's Star Odyssey website

References

↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 48
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Hidden Palace: Star Odyssey (Jan 16, 1992 prototype)
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 91
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 90
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 28 (30)
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 57
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 28
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
↑ Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 42
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 115
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 35

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p38-1] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:GamePro_US_036.pdf_p48-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 48

[http:.2F.2Fhiddenpalace.org.2FStar_Odyssey_.28Jan_16.2C_1992_prototype.29-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Hidden Palace: Star Odyssey (Jan 16, 1992 prototype)

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-01.pdf_p92-4] Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 92

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-02.pdf_p91-5] Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 91

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-04.pdf_p90-6] Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 90

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-06.pdf_p30_.2828.29-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 28 (30)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-8] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 57

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-06.pdf_p28-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 28

[11] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1

[12] Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 42

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-09.pdf_p115-13] Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 115

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_42.pdf_p35-15] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 35

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Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References