The Second Samurai

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The Second Samurai

Publisher: Psygnosis, Sony Electronic Publishing

Genre: Action

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994		T-113106-50
AU	199x

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The Second Samurai is a beat-em-up developed by Vivid Image and Psygnosis and released exclusively in Europe for the Commodore Amiga (1993) and Sega Mega Drive (1994). It is the sequel to The First Samurai, a beat-em-up released for various home computers and the SNES internationally a few years prior.

A Sega Mega-CD port was advertised, but never released.

Gameplay

You play as one of two Samurais (the 1-player mode has the male protagonist from The First Samurai only; the 2-player mode lets the second player control a new female Samurai). and both attack depending on what weapon you have equipped right now (only one at a time, some in limited quantities), what enemies/objects are nearby, and which D-pad buttons you are holding at the time. jumps. A screen at the beginning of the game (also accessible from the Options menu) shows you what each in-game item does for you.

Production credits

Programming: Raffaele Cecco
Design, SFX: Raffaele Cecco, Mevlut Dinc
Graphics: Teoman Irmak
Title Screen & Dutro Graphics: Saurev Sarkar
Music: Brian Marshall
Documentation and Design: Psygnosis Creatives
Cover Illustration: Paul Kidby
Producer for Vivid Image: Mevlut Dinc
Producer for Psygnosis: Nik Wild

Magazine articles

Main article: The Second Samurai/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[2]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

85

^[3]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[4]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[5]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)

60

^[6]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[7]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

80

^[8]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

40

^[9]

Player One (FR)

65

^[1]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

48

^[10]

Sega Magazin (DE)

70

^[11]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[14]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

60

^[15]

Todo Sega (ES)

74

^[16]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

82

^[17]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

58

^[18]

	69
Based on 18 reviews

The Second Samurai

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237
↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97
↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p118-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p73-3] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73

[4] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182

[5] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356

[6] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p82-7] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82

[:File:MegaForce_FR_35.pdf_p54-8] Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p124-9] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p109-10] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p69-11] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p97-12] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p55-13] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p42-14] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p123-15] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p55-16] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55

[17] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p111-18] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

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The Second Samurai

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References