Battlecorps

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Battlecorps

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Core Design, Victor Entertainment (JP)

Developer: Core Design

Distributor: Time Warner Interactive (US)

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-09-30	¥8,0008,000	T-60194
US	1994-04^[3]	$49.9549.95^[4]	T-115045
EU	1994-08^[1]		T-115045-50
BR	199x		062140

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Battlecorps (バトルコープス) is a first person shooter for the Sega Mega-CD. It takes place in giant mechs.

Gameplay

In Battlecorps, players take control over a "Bipedal Attack Machine" (BAM) to liberate a planet from an infected AI system and its army of robots. Typically this involves destroying specified targets or getting to a location without being killed. When all lives are lost, the game ends.

In order to simulate a 3D world, Battlecorps relies heavily on the use of sprite scaling. However, unlike a game such as Doom, the engine rarely draws flat "walls", instead simulating them by placing a series of large sprites in a line. Ceilings are never rendered, though many stages overcome this by taking place exclusively outside. Battlecorps also gives players a degree of control over the Y axis, allowing him or her to attack flying enemies or "ceiling" turrets.

Draw distance is considerably lower than many other first person shooters of the era, and in order to maintain a steady frame rate, the heads-up display comprises of roughly half the screen. Battlecorps also limits itself to a 256x224 screen resolution at all times.

Production credits

Programmed / Game Design / Story : Jon Hilliard
Production Designer/ Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
Music + SF/X: Martin Iveson
Live Guitar: Anthony Wheeldon
Production Designer / Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
Game Design / Story / Voices / Creative Manager: Guy Miller
Produced by: Jeremy Heath-Smith

Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
Director: Gaku Sato
Assistant: Ryo Misawa, Kanji Ishizeki
Thanks to: Takeshi Minagawa

Thanks to: Bob Churchill (Game Evaluation), James Ryman (Cover Design), Lads & Lasses at Core Design...

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Battlecorps/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #24: "October 1994" (1994-08-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-09: "September 1994" (1994-08-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-10: "October 1994" (1994-09-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[19]

Consoles + (FR)

89

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

92

^[11]

Edge (UK)

60

^[20]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[21]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[22]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[4]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[23]

GamePro (DE)

87

^[24]

Gamers (DE)

87

^[25]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[26]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

78

^[27]

Joypad (HU)

79

^[28]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[29]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

84

^[30]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[31]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

96

^[32]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

90

^[33]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[34]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[35]

Player One (FR)

95

^[36]

Play Time (DE)

82

^[37]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[38]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

84

^[39]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

95

^[40]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

78

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[42]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

86

^[43]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[44]

VideoGames (US)

70

^[18]

	81
Based on 30 reviews

Battlecorps

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

607,573,344

CD (EU)

T-115045-50

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

612,870,048

CD (JP)

T-60194

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

607,260,528

CD (US)

T-115045

References

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p13-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 13

[:File:CVG_UK_155.pdf_p82-2] Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 82

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p172-3] GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p108-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-5] File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p107-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p75-7] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 75

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21_.2819.29-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 19 (21)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86_.2884.29-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_034.pdf_p147-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 147

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p65-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 65

[:File:CVG_UK_154.pdf_p53-12] Computer & Video Games, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 53

[:File:Edge_UK_011.pdf_p68_.2868.2F69.29-13] Edge, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 68/69 (68)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf_p60_.2860-63.29-14] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 60-63 (60)

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p54_.2854-57.29-15] Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 54-57 (54)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p104_.2898.29-16] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 98 (104)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_044.pdf_p98_.28102.2F103.29-17] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 102/103 (98)

[:File:VideoGames_US_70.pdf_p101-18] 18.0 ^18.1 VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 101

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21-19] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21

[:File:Edge_UK_011.pdf_p68-20] Edge, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 68

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p36-21] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[22] Famitsu, "1994-10-07" (JP; 1994-09-22), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_062.pdf_p70-23] GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:GamePro_DE_1994-09.pdf_p66-24] GamePro, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-26), page 66

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p20-25] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 20

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_02.pdf_p25-26] Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 25

[:File:Joypad_FR_035.pdf_p112-27] Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 112

[28] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p54-29] Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 54

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p80-30] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 80

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p37-31] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 37

[:File:MegaPower_UK_12.pdf_p22-32] Mega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-23), page 22

[:File:MegaTech_UK_32.pdf_p20-33] MegaTech, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 20

[:File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf_p60-34] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 60

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p104-35] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 104

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_044.pdf_p102-36] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 102

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-08.pdf_p140-37] Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 140

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p80-38] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 80

[:File:SegaPower_UK_57.pdf_p46-39] Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_35.pdf_p46-40] Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 46

[41] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1994" (PL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[43] Sonic the Comic, "May 27th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_19.pdf_p46-44] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

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Battlecorps

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References