Gungriffon

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Gungriffon

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Game Arts (Japan)

Developer: Game Arts

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (37 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Movie Card, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Shooting^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-03-15^[1]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[2]	T-4502G
JP (Satakore)	1998-03-12	¥2,8002,800	T-4509G
US	1996-06-19	$59.9959.99^[3]	81046
EU	1996		MK81046-50
DE	1996		MK81046-50
UK	1996	£44.9944.99^[4]	MK81046-50
PL	1996
AU	199x		FGUN08SSC

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Gungriffon, known as Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict (ガングリフォン) in Japan is a first person mech shooter for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

History

Development

During development Gungriffon was known as 3D Robot Shooting (3Dロボットシューティング).

Sega of America originally intended to release the US version of the game under a new title, Iron Rain. Without naming names, Working Designs alludes in its manual of the localised PlayStation 2 sequel, Gungriffon Blaze, that it convinced Sega's Japanese arm to force the name back to Gungriffon so as not to confuse customers with Iron Storm (that and the new title "sucked really hard")^[5]. Working Designs were not involved in the Saturn version of Gungriffon, but had a strong working relationship with Game Arts at the time, seeing prototypes of the technology at Winter CES 1995^[5].

Legacy

In Japan, the game was followed by Gungriffon II.

Production credits

Director: 宮路武
Main programmer: 浜田憲一
Sub Programmer: 金井秀樹, 増渕利道, 小山洋幸
Game Data Making: 原田修, 浜田憲一, 庭野健一
Model Animator: 原田修, 金井秀樹
Visual Coordinator: 高橋秀信
Texture Drawing: 迫章久, 里大樹, 横川憲太郎
Background Design: 迫章久, 横川憲太郎
Special Effect Making: 里大樹
Visual Designer: 安住政敏
Visual Design Assistant: 迫章久
Sound System Programmer: 上条有
Sound Effect Programmer: 松田明男
Sound Treatment & Strategies: 西隆宏
TrueMotion S Data Making: 増渕利道
Situational Designer: 岡田厚利
A.W.G.S. Design: Bee-Craft, 山田隆博, 阿久津潤一, 広部滋
3D Modeling: 柳川渉
Opening & Ending CG: 株式会社リンクス, 倉澤幹隆, 平野善久, 西井育生, 竹中隆弘, 斎藤紀生, 大谷謙, 名越輝幸, 斎藤香, 江崎達也, 田中将史, 海亀事務所, 林弘幸, イクイティエンタテインメント, 鈴木慎二
All Songs Composed & Arranged: 武内基朗
Recording & Mixing Engineer: 小林敦
Manipulator: 小西輝男
Sound Production: Two Five, 溝口功, 高野聡
Narration Recording: ユーメックススタジオ, 猪股一彦, 加園稔
Narrator: 野田圭一
Marking Design: ㈲戦船
Data Research: 長村琢哉, 柏木朗, 早川真吾
Special Thanks for: 須永有三, 柏木朗, 吉田聡士, 大畑和幸, 岡野崇宏, 加藤孝視, 池谷昌彦, 松田充弘
Sales: 岡部利香, 菅谷由美, 小川陽平
Producer: 内田敏幸
Executive Producer: 宮路洋一
Presented by: Game Arts

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Producer: Greg Becksted
Lead Tester: Mark Griffin
Assistant Lead Testers: Jeff Hedges, Mark Paniagua, David Wood
Testers: Rob Prideaux, Sean Potter, Al Dutton, Joel Breton, Jeff Loney, Don Carmichael, Lorne Asuncion, Steve Bourdet, Rick Greer, Gene Rivers, Matt Ironside, Tim McKnew, Abe Navarro, Lance Nelson, Todd Slepian, Patrick Walsh, Kenny Robinson, Chris Sur, Roger Somerville-Deforest, Marc Dawson, Jeff Junio, Lloyd Kinoshita, Tony Lynch, Dave Paniagua, Tim Spengler, Daniel Dunn, Fernando Valderrama, Matt Underwood, Richard Krinock, Rey Alferez, David Dodge, Sean Doidge, Howard Gipson, Zenon Thorton
Manual: Wendy Dinsmore
Special Thanks: Frontline Marketing

Source:

US manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Gungriffon/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

JP flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-04: "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" (1996-02-23)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-05: "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (1996-03-08)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-07: "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" (1996-04-12)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #35: "Oktober 1996" (1996-09-11)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

88

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC

91

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[15]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[16]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[17]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[18]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC

90

^[19]

Gambler (PL)

78

^[20]

GameFan (US)

NTSC

93

^[21]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[3]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

90

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

90

^[25]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

84

^[26]

Maximum (UK)

75

^[8]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

83

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

88

^[4]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

88

^[29]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

75

^[30]

Player One (FR)

92

^[31]

Power Up! (UK)

85

^[32]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[33]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

62

^[34]

Secret Service (PL)

80

^[35]

Sega News (CZ)

94

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

66

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[38]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

91

^[39]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[40]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

63

^[41]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

78

^[42]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[43]

	81
Based on 34 reviews

Gungriffon

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (Satakore)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

550,951,296

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81046-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

619,961,328

1996-01-31

CD-ROM (JP)

T-4502G, T-4509G V1.01

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

550,953,648

CD-ROM (US)

81046 V1.010

References

Gungriffon

Books: Gungriffon Hyper Guide Book (1996) | Gungriffon Perfect Guide (1996) | Gungriffon Complete File (1996)

Demos: Gungriffon Hibaihin Auto Demo (1996)

Prototypes: 1995-12-25

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191002103132.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)

[:File:Gungriffon_Saturn_JP_Flyer.pdf_p-2] File:Gungriffon Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p75-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 75

[:File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p74-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 74

[:File:GungriffonBlaze_PS2_US_Manual.pdf_p26-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:GungriffonBlaze PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 26

[:File:Gungriffon_sat_us_manual.pdf_p22-6] File:Gungriffon sat us manual.pdf, page 22

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p68_.2868.2F69.29-7] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 68/69 (68)

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_07.pdf_p127-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 127

[:File:MeanMachinesSega44UK.pdf_p80_.2880-83.29-9] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 80-83 (80)

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p72_.2872.2F73.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 72/73 (72)

[:File:SSM_JP_19960322_1996-05.pdf_p225_.28223.29-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 223 (225)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11_.289.29-12] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 9 (11)

[:File:576KB_HU_1996-09.pdf_p34-13] 576 KByte, "Szeptember 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_054.pdf_p100-14] Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p68-15] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 68

[:File:Edge_UK_033.pdf_p73-16] Edge, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 73

[:File:EGM_US_085.pdf_p22-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 22

[18] Famitsu, "1996-03-22" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 30

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-05.pdf_p55-19] Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 55

[20] Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0405.pdf_p15-21] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 5: May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p72-22] GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:GameInformer_US_040.pdf_p49-23] Game Informer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 49

[:File:Joypad_FR_054.pdf_p78-24] Joypad, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:Joypad_FR_Supplement_053_International.pdf_p10-25] Joypad, "Mai 1996 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 10

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-09.pdf_p70-26] MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 70

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-08.pdf_p38-27] Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 38

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-05.pdf_p66-28] Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 66

[:File:MeanMachinesSega44UK.pdf_p80-29] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-03), page 80

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-09.pdf_p80-30] neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 80

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_067.pdf_p94-31] Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 94

[32] Power Up!, "Saturday, August 10, 1996" (UK; 1996-08-10), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-10.11_19960524.pdf_p80-33] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 10-11" (JP; 1996-04-26), page 80

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf_p29-34] Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 29

[:File:SecretService_40_PL.pdf_p64-35] Secret Service, "Listopad 1996" (PL; 1996-11-01), page 64

[:File:Sega_News_1_CZ.pdf_p8-36] Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 8

[:File:SegaPower_UK_80.pdf_p58-37] Sega Power, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 58

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p72-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 72

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-39] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11

[:File:SSM_JP_19960322_1996-05.pdf_p225-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" (JP; 1996-03-08), page 225

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p31-41] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 31

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-05.pdf_p94-42] Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 94

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p64-43] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 64

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Gungriffon

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References