Blue Stinger

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Blue Stinger
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Activision, Sega (JP)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • 日本語
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Français
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Dreamcast
    JP     		¥5,8005,800 HDR-0003
    Sega Dreamcast
    US     		$49.9949.99[5] T-13001N
    Sega Dreamcast
    EU     		T-13001D-58
    Sega Dreamcast
    AU     		$99.9599.95[6]
    Sega Dreamcast
    BR     		197116

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    Blue Stinger (ブルー スティンガー) is a Sega Dreamcast game developed by Climax Graphics. It was a launch title for the system in North America and Europe.

    Production credits

    • Creature Design: Robert Short
    • Camerawork Supervisor: Pete Von Sholly
    • Original Story: Masaki Segawa, Shinya Nishigaki
    • Music Composer: Toshihiko Sahashi
    • Chief CG Designer: Atsushi Yamamoto
    • Map Model CG Designer: Eiji Ohkoshi, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Akira Kurochi
    • Character Model CG Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Tadashi Hashimoto
    • 3D Animation Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tadashi Hashimoto, Satoru Washizu (System Sacom), Hiroaki Inaba (System Sacom)
    • Texture Designers: Masami Hashizume, Yuki Takazawa, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Eiji Ohkoshi
    • Effect Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu, Masami Hashizume
    • 2D Animation Designer: Yuki Takazawa, Masami Hashizume
    • CG Item Model Designer: Akira Kurochi
    • Window Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu
    • Art Director: Ryosuke Murakami
    • Art Designer: Kazuaki Hashino
    • Game Map Design: Katsuya Ishii, Ayumu Kojima
    • Sound Designer: Yukinori Kikuchi (Electro Zoo)
    • Assistant Sound Designer: Yuji Ogawa
    • Usa Coordinator: Saki Hijiri
    • Mr.Robert'S Management: Barbara Slifka
    • Usa Line Producer: Kayoko Dietsche
    • Casting Director: Lani Minella Of, Pro-Motion Productions
    • Script Translation: Kayoko Dietsche
    • Dialogue Polish: John Stanhope, Jason Bretz
    • Usa Sound Engineer: Chuck Everts
    • Voice actors
      • Eliot G Ballade: Ryan Drummond
      • Dogs Bower: Deem Bristow
      • Janine King: Lani Minella
      • Sub Characters: Jon St. John, Machiko Toyoshima
    • Motion Capture Actor: Masashi Ogawa
    • Assistance of Toshihiko Sahashi: Toshikazu Kato, Tomonori Horii, Tomio Fukada
    • Conductor: Kouji Haishima
    • Composer'S Management: Kozo Araki (Face)
    • Orchestra Truck Director: Daisuke Honji
    • Recording Engineer: Takashi Sasaki
    • Musician Coordinator: Emari Mamiya
    • Assistant Engineer: Satoshi Mase, Maki Onodera, Ayako Kato
    • Mastering Engineer: Katsuaki Uno
    • nePhY: Saliy&Haluka
    • nePhY'S Management: Yasuhiro Koshi (B.F.P.)
    • nePhY SONG<STING ME>Composer: Rui Nagai
    • nePhY's Costume Design&Styling: Junko Narumi, Yae Takano
    • nePhY's Hair&Makeup: Satoyo Isobe (Prism ･ Prism), Miyako Shiratori (Prism ･ Prism)
    • Game Monitor: Shunpei Nitta, Terufumi Ochi
    • Segamuse Staff: Toshiro Kezuka, Makoto Ando, Takeshi Ajitsu, Kaoru Shiga, Syuichi Motoda, Shinjiro Hosoda, Shinkichi Kobayashi, Nozomu Yokouchi, Tukasa Itaya, Masanori Kadooka, Masato Kohno, Toru Yasuda, Hiroyuki Toyama, Yusuke Watanabe, Shunichirou Kawasaki, Eiki Okano, Shinya Sase, Koji Uemura, Masashi Komatsu, Atsushiuebuchi, Tomoaki Ishidao, Ryuichikoga, Manabu Hasegawa, Hidenobu Okano, Shinya Osaki, Hideo Akiyama, Kyouko Inamoto, Ritsukokomaki, Akira Nomoto, Katsushi Yasuda, Naoyuki Sato, Naoya Inada, Kenishi Furuto, Tomoyuki Masuo, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Unten, Masakazu Kiya, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Akihide Ichimura, Hiroki Kato, Satoshi Imai, Haruo Imatu, Shuichi Endo, Tomoakishimamoto, Keiichi Satoh, Koji Utida, Minoru Sakuragi, Tuichi Takeuchi, Teruyuki Aawaji, Takaharu Ishii, Masato Akagi, Kensukeueda, Mihoko Nakajima, Tetsuhiro Kawamoto, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Junichitatsuta, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Shinsuke Akimoto, Tetsuya Hirano, Yoshinori Emachi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Toshihiko Ariyoshi, Sachiko Hiragi, Saburo Ando, Yoshihito Endo, Hideakisasaki, Akihisa Iwata, Minako Futamata, Shingo Ueno, Masahiko Yagai, Takashi Kabasawa, Fumimasa Nawa, Yoko Murakami, Masahiro Katsumi, Mitsuru Sato, Minako Akiba, Chieko Ito, Shintaro Kojima, Junichi Simizu, Hirakiohmura, Takaaki Motoyama, Kazuo Nishimura, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Seiichimitsui, Koichi Kuriyama, Katsumitanaka, Takashi Akai, Tetsuyaonishi, Yasuko Suzuki, Masaru Igarashi, Chie Yashiki, Tsuruo Maruyama, Shoji Sakata, Tatsurofukuda, Fujiko Sato, Daisukeyokota, Mieko Murakami, Hitoshiyachita, Suzumi Matsumoto, Misae Tomioka, Kumiko Nishio, Ayako Watanabe, Yukari Inagawa, Hirohisa Yamanishi, Jun Kawakita, Kyoko Ikari, Yumi Tsunoda, Akira Kato, Yumi Fujihira, Koji Nozaki, Emi Osaki, Aki Horiuchi
    • Special Thanks: (Colombia Creative) Naoshi Koyama, Jun Masuda, (System Sacom) Akio Tatematsu, (Sega Enterprises) Sadahiko Hirose, Shuji Utsumi, Youji Ishii, Masanao Maeda, Naoki Aoki, Yoshiki Ohoka, Jin Shimazaki, Hirokazu Kojima, Shinichi Kawabata, Yuichiro Yokoyama, (GE), Daisaku Ikejiri, Yoshiki Komabayashi
    • Marketing: (Sega Enterprises), Hideki Okamura, Kunihisa Ueno, Seijiro Sannabe
    • Promotion: (Sega Enterprises), Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Hanaya, Toshihide Onishi, Yasushi Nagumo
    • System Support: (Sega Enterprises), Shuichi Katagi, Kazuhiro Takase, Akihiro Etori, & SEGA TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM
    • Manual Designer: (Sega Enterprises), Kaoru Ichigozaki, Takashi Nishimura, Eiichi Ogawa
    • Main programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
    • Battle Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
    • Window Programmer: Ichiro Ide
    • Event Programmer: Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuaki Yokozawa
    • 3D Map Tool Progammer: Yoshinori Tagawa
    • Sound Programmer: Ichiro Ide
    • VM&Movie Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
    • Production manager: Nobuyuki Simoda
    • Game Data Control: Eiji Ohkoshi, Hideo Yamaguchi
    • Game Scenario&Dialog: Sinya Nishigaki
    • Character Design: Masaki Segawa
    • Director: Ayumu Kojima
    • Assistant Director: Eiji Ohkoshi
    • Producer: Shinya Nishigaki
    • Co-Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Tomoaki Ogawa
    • Executive Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Shoichiro Irimajiri
    Source:
    In-game credits (JP)

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Blue Stinger/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

    BlueStinger DC BR PrintAdvert.jpg
    BR print advert
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    Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)
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    Print advert in DC-UK (UK) #2: "October 1999" (1999-09-29)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #2: "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (1999-12-xx)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) #1: "Oktober 1999" (1999-10-14)
    also published in:
    • MAN!AC (DE) #1999-11: "11/99" (1999-10-06)[7]
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    Artwork

    • BlueStinger DC Art Logo.jpg
    • BlueStinger DC Art 100.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Dogs-back.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Dogs-front.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Eliot-back.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Eliot-front.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Janine-back.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Janine-front.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Nefilim-back.png
    • BlueStinger DC Art Nefilim-front.png

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    60 [8]
    40 [9]
    92 №88, p82-85 №93, p86/87
    30 [10]
    80 [11]
    77 [12]
    83 [13]
    65 [14]
    50 [15]
    70 №537, p31
    71 №82, p84/85
    72 [16]
    80
    70 №0, p82-85
    69 [17]
    90 [4]
    Sega Dreamcast
    		 69
    Based on
    16 reviews
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    576 Konzol (HU)
    81
    		[18]
    Ação Games (BR)
    86
    		[19]
    Arcade (UK) NTSC-J
    50
    		[8]
    Arcade (UK) PAL
    25
    		[20]
    Bonus (YU) PAL
    74
    		[21]
    Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
    92
    		[22]
    Consoles + (FR) PAL
    92
    		[23]
    Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
    80
    		[24]
    DC-UK (UK) PAL
    30
    		[25]
    Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
    80
    		[26]
    Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)
    50
    		[27]
    Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
    77
    		[12]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    65
    		[28]
    Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
    83
    		[13]
    Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
    83
    		[29]
    Dreamzone (FR) PAL
    75
    		[30]
    Edge (UK) NTSC-J
    50
    		[31]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    43
    		[32]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
    91
    		[33]
    Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
    70
    		[34]
    Fun Generation (DE) PAL
    70
    		[35]
    GameFan (US) NTSC-U
    70
    		[36]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    65
    		[37]
    GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-J
    71
    		[38]
    GamesMaster (UK)
    78
    		[39]
    Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
    47
    		[40]
    Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
    83
    		[41]
    MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
    71
    		[42]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    72
    		[43]
    Man!ak (PL)
    67
    		[44]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    85
    		[45]
    Neo Plus (PL)
    60
    		[46]
    Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
    50
    		[47]
    neXt Level (DE) PAL
    80
    		[48]
    Next Level (AR)
    69
    		[49]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    70
    		[50]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
    60
    		[5]
    Player One (FR)
    69
    		[17]
    Playmag (FR) PAL
    65
    		[51]
    Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
    90
    		[4]
    Strana Igr (RU)
    75
    		[52]
    Strana Igr (RU)
    68
    		[53]
    Total Control (UK) NTSC-J
    78
    		[54]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    73
    		[55]
    Sega Dreamcast
    		 70
    Based on
    44 reviews

    Blue Stinger

    Dreamcast, US
    BlueStinger DC US Box Back.jpgBlueStinger DC US Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    BlueStinger DC US Disc.jpg
    Disc
    Bluestinger dc us manual.pdf
    Manual
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    Inlay
    Dreamcast, EU
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    Cover
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    Disc
    Dreamcast, JP
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    Cover
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    Disc
    Dreamcast, FR

    Dreamcast, DE
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    Cover
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    Disc
    Dreamcast, BR
    Bluestinger dc br backcover.jpgBluestinger dc br frontcover.jpg
    Cover
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    Disc
    BlueStingerDCBRManual.pdf
    Manual
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    Inlay
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    Contrato De Licenca

    External links

    • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

    References

    1. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 7
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 58
    3. ↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 37
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 110
    6. ↑ Hyper, "September 1999" (AU; 1999-xx-xx), page 32
    7. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 37
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Arcade, "July 1999" (UK; 1999-06-03), page 116
    9. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 82
    10. ↑ DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 28-30 (28)
    11. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 56-59 (57)
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-11 extra (1999-04-02ex)" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 21
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
    14. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 72 (70)
    15. ↑ Edge, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-21), page 72/73 (72)
    16. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 84 (68)
    17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 122
    18. ↑ 576 Konzol, "November 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 36
    19. ↑ Ação Games, "Junho 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 21
    20. ↑ Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 77
    21. ↑ Bonus, "2/2000" (YU; 2000-04-04), page 50
    22. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1999" (FR; 1999-0x-xx), page 80
    23. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 90
    24. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 57
    25. ↑ DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 28
    26. ↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 92
    27. ↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Oktober 1999" (DE; 1999-10-14), page 38
    28. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 72
    29. ↑ Dreamzone, "Avril-Juin 1999" (FR; 1999-04-15), page 48
    30. ↑ Dreamzone, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-10-16), page 89
    31. ↑ Edge, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-21), page 72
    32. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 213
    33. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 18
    34. ↑ Famitsu, "1999-04-02" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 31
    35. ↑ Fun Generation, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-08), page 26
    36. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
    37. ↑ GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 148
    38. ↑ GamesMaster, "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-24), page 84
    39. ↑ GamesMaster, "Christmas 1999" (UK; 1999-11-29), page 70
    40. ↑ Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 75
    41. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 1999" (US; 1999-08-10), page 27
    42. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/99" (DE; 1999-05-05), page 50
    43. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 84
    44. ↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 64
    45. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/99" (DE; 1999-09-01), page 78
    46. ↑ Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
    47. ↑ Next Generation, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-19), page 118
    48. ↑ neXt Level, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-10-08), page 39
    49. ↑ Next Level, "Agosto 1999" (AR; 1999-xx-xx), page 33
    50. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Special Issue 1999" (UK; 1999-09-02), page 82
    51. ↑ Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 110
    52. ↑ Strana Igr, "May 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 41
    53. ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 18
    54. ↑ Total Control, "June 1999" (UK; 1999-05-14), page 140
    55. ↑ Video Games, "10/99 It's Dreamcast Time supplement" (DE; 1999-09-22), page 10
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