Tech Romancer

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Tech Romancer
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Capcom, Virgin Interactive (EU)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Fighting

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-1206M
Sega Dreamcast
JP
(Matching Service)
¥3,8003,800 T-1232M
Sega Dreamcast
US
$49.9949.99[1] T-1208N
Sega Dreamcast
EU
T-7009D-50

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Tech Romancer, known as Choukou Senki Kikaioh (超鋼戦紀キカイオー) in Japan, is a 3D fighting game released for the Sega Dreamcast.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Tech Romancer Tech Romancer
English (US) Tech Romancer Tech Romancer
Japanese 超鋼戦紀キカイオー Choukou Senki Kikaioh

Production credits

  • Produced by: Takashi Shono
  • General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
  • Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
  • Original Concept By: Shoji Kawamori
  • Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake, Shoji Kawamori
  • Design Director: Eizi Shida
  • Initial Character Design: Naoki Fukuda
  • Design Supervisor: Akiman
  • Planners: Eiichiro Sasaki, Ryozo Tsujimoto, Numach, Tobuto Dezaki
  • Programmers: Kohei Akiyama, Chabin 25Gt Turbo, Igossou!! Katsuo, Hero Hero, Kazuo Yamawaki, Fuku2, K.Sometani, Yuichi"Okaz"Kagawa, Meijin, "RYO-PAPA" SHINDOME, Komuu, Omake2Goh, Soji Seta
  • Modeling Design: You Ten Nakano
  • Texture Design: Sayuri Shintani, Shinji Sakashita, S.Kuwajima, INO, Ryota Fujii
  • Motion Design: Shisui, DICK×TSURU, Ken, Masaki Yamanaka, Masayuki Maeda, Eiji Kuratani, Naoki Fukushima, Kenji Mimura, Kei Tokunaga, Yutaka Maruno, Hiroaki Yoshino, You Ten Nakano, Sayuri Shintani, Shinji Sakashita
  • Background: Daisuke Nakagawa, Yoshio Nishimura, Kazumi Teramoto, Yoko Fukumoto, Tamachan, Koji Yamamoto, Megumi Nakagawa, Naoko Niiyama, Takanori Ishikawa
  • Computer Graphic Animation: Koichi Takeda, Kazumi Teramoto
  • Screenplay: Yoshimi Ohnishi, Atsushi Tomita
  • Art Work Design: Sensei, Nezumi Otoko, A.Maejima, Eizi Shida, Kinu Nishimura, Saru
  • Sound Designer: Moe.T -T.Kitamura-, Kappakun -H.Ohno-, Masayoshi Umezu
  • Music Composer: Yuki Iwai
  • Vocal-Opening Theme-: Dokumaru, Anarchy Takapon
  • Recording Engineer: Kazuya Takimoto
  • Voice Actor: Koichi Tochika, Shigeru Nakahara, Yoshino Takamori, Takehito Koyasu, Miki Nagasawa, Michiyo Neya, Daisuke Gouri, Akio Ohtsuka, Shuichi Ikeda, Rica Matsumoto, Mayumi Iizuka, Satomo Kohgori, Ryusei Nakao, Chikao Ohtsuka, Yuji Ueda
  • Title Logo Design: Shoei
  • Instruction Artwork: Sakomizu, Jow-Mino
  • In Cooperation with: Studio Nue
Animation Box
Animation Project Staff
  • Storyboard: Fuminori Kizaki
  • Technical Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
  • Animation Director: Fuzio Suzuki
  • Key Animators: Studio D-Volt, Yoshikazu Samura, Hideki Takahashi, Yuzi Ikeda, Syuzi Sakamoto, Hisashi Ishii, Tomoko Tanaka, Minoru Katagai, Shigeki Kuhara, Suzio Suzuki, Shin Matsuo, Kazuhiko Sibuya, Osamu Horiuchi, Hirofumi Masuda, Masahiro Yamane, Fuminori Kizaki
  • Inbetween Director: Ayako Okamoto
  • Inbetween Animation: Zero-G-Room, Takeshi Ohkoshi, Yoshikazu Satoh, Natsuko Suzuki, Toshiyuki Abe, Akira Takata, Genichirou Kondoh, Naoko Soita, Satoshi Suzuki, Shingo Oda, Keiko Oyama, Tomomi Yamada, Ken Furuya, Miyuki Nagaushi, Chikako Takeuchi
  • Color Styling/Color Key: Takuya Kawami
  • Digital Print: Radix Digital, Yukari Fuziki, Yoshimi Saitoh, Keiko Horio
  • Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
  • Backgrounds: Kusanagi, Ken Arai, Yuzi Kihara, Kenichi Mutoh, Ryouko Niikura, Kazuo Ogura
  • 3Dworks: Yumiko Ohtake
  • Compositiondirector/Editing: Yutaka Nagaushi
  • Production manager: Hiroshi Kudoh, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Tohru Shimose
  • Animation Producer: Atsushi Masaoka, Hiroshi Nomura
  • Director: Hiroshi Negishi, Kikaioh Animation, Task Force
  • Illustration Contest Winners: Kozetsu, Kino-P, Hong Young Jin, Kurokawa Haruki, A-Makoto, N.Kagehi, Etsuo Hijikata, Ichiyasu, Kimmy Kitagawa, Macha-Aki, Rinya Agata, Syu-Cho, Ray Kato, Maruhan, Milky, M-Taka, Giwa-Ti, Kyom, Shin, Eri, Hidekazu Aigase, W-Man, B-Pochi, Yuya Sawaki, Tomekichi Ikenami, M.Y, Kota Yuki, UZN, Akiteru♥Naka, Tamaneko, UME, Hiroyoshi Kohtake, Jun Higure, Daiko Inoue, Sokimere, Tetsu, Miho, Hisatomo Katou, T.K.S, Hikari Kiribuchi
  • Special Thanks: Nakano Tau, Shino Okamura.D.H, Hidenori Shinohara, Chiaki Shirato, Steve Lee, Miki Takano, Erik Suzuki, Shinichiro Wakamatsu, Takuji Mishima, M.Fujita, Blbon, Shinji Utsunomiya, Masateru Nakao, Toshiya Kotani, Naohiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Irie, Naoto Satou, IKA ★ CHAN, Momo-Mo, Hiroshi Nakaya, Marec Yamada, Takayuki Sano, Abu Takemura, Edayan, UJI, Togacchi, And Capcom All Staff
Thank You For Playing.
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Tech Romancer/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #141: "June 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:
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Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 [6]
70 [7]
73 №579, p29
88 [8]
Sega Dreamcast
75
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
80
[9]
Consoles Max (FR) NTSC-J
70
[6]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
50
[10]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
70
[3]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
70
[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[7]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
82
[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[2]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
88
[8]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
79
[13]
Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-J
85
[14]
Dreamzone (FR) PAL
86
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
82
[16]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) NTSC-J
81
[17]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
81
[18]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
88
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[20]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
71
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-J
83
[23]
Hyper (AU) NTSC-J
82
[24]
Joypad (IT) NTSC-J
80
[25]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
79
[26]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
63
[27]
Mr. Dreamcast (UK) PAL
73
[28]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[29]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
60
[30]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
70
[1]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
60
[31]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
61
[4]
Video Games (DE) PAL
59
[32]
Sega Dreamcast
74
Based on
31 reviews

Tech Romancer

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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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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Spinecard
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Disc
Dreamcast, JP (Matching Service)
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 103
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 64
  3. 3.0 3.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 28
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 22
  5. Expert Gamer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 43
  6. 6.0 6.1 Consoles Max, "Mai 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 123
  7. 7.0 7.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-02 (2000-01-21,28)" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 24
  8. 8.0 8.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
  9. 576 Konzol, "Január 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
  10. Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 82
  11. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 80
  12. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 6" (UK; 2000-02-24), page 76
  13. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  14. Dreamzone, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-01-xx), page 116
  15. Dreamzone, "Juillet/Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-15), page 91
  16. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 162
  17. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 106
  18. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 260
  19. Famitsu, "2000-01-21" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 29
  20. GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 128
  21. GamesMaster, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 103
  22. Game Informer, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 86
  23. Gamers' Republic, "April 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 98
  24. Hyper, "May 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 78
  25. Joypad, "Marzo 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 100
  26. MAN!AC, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 67
  27. Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 51
  28. Mr. Dreamcast, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-04-27), page 69
  29. Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98
  30. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 90
  31. Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 122
  32. Video Games, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 114