Seaman

n/a

Seaman

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Vivarium (Japan), Sega (US)

Developer: Vivarium

Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast Microphone

Genre: Simulation^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1999-07-29^[1]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[1]	T-39402M
JP (Special Package Ban)	1999-07-29^[1]	¥7,800 (8,190)7,800e^[1]	T-39401M
US	2000		51048

Seaman, called Seaman: Kindan no Pet (シーマン〜禁断のペット〜) in Japan, is a video game developed by Vivarium for the Sega Dreamcast in 1999. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2001.

Gameplay

Seaman's face is that of Yoot Saito, the leading man behind Vivarium.

History

It debuted with the Dreamcast Microphone, which was bundled with the game. The game was not released in Europe (plans were once in place to release it there in 2001), though the Microphone accessory was (Planet Ring being the only game released in that region to be compatible with the peripheral).

Japanese consumers also had an option to buy a "Special Package" bundle, which as well as including the game and microphone, also included a clear VMU (as the game requires one to function).

120,000 copies of the game were sold in Japan in the first three weeks of sale^[2].

Legacy

For a while after its release, Seaman was the best-selling Dreamcast game in Japan, beating Sonic Adventure and SoulCalibur^[3]. Famitsu sales charts compiled until early 2004 show it as the third highest-selling Dreamcast game of all-time in that region^[4].

Sequels/updates Christmas Seaman and Seaman 2001 were released in Japan, and the game was also followed by a PlayStation 2 sequel, Seaman 2.

Production credits

Produced & Game Designed By: Yoot Saito
Development Directed By: Satoshi Endo, Arka Roy
Graphics Directed By: Atsushi Hotta
Programings By: Kazuhiko Sugita, Tak Suzuki, Shigekazu Ito, Yoshito Hirose
Graphics by: Tomomasa Ueda, Bujin Hirai, Nobuyuki Usuki, Koichi Okada
Graphics by: Minoru Urano, Yoko Shibusawa, Yiting Fu, Cozzy Sumitomo, Makoto Iwanaga
Narrations By: Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Musics By: Trans Global Underground
Developed by: Vivarium Inc
Presented & Copyrights All Reserved By: Digitoys Co.,Ltd

See You In Seaman2001

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

US Version Credits

Producer and Game Designer: Yoot Saito
US Development Director: Arka Roy
US Script Programming Team: Seppo Helava, Chris Craig, Alex Genadinik
Narrator: Leonard Nimoy
Casting and Recording: Webtone
Localization Producers: Mari N. Schaal, Osamu Shibamiya
Test Lead: Steve Peck
Assistant Test Leads: Rick Ribble Jr., Bob Homan
Music: Trans Global Underground (UK)
Product Marketing: Stacey Kerr, John Golden
Creative Services: Robert Schonfisch
PR: Heather Hawkins
Assistants to Mr. Seaman (Jellyvision, Inc.): Brian Chard, Kate Powers, Lina Chern, Amy Lippa, Shannon Miller, Mike Brumm, Steve Newman, Jeremy Hornik, Traci Todd
Special Thanks: Buzzy's Recording, June Honma, Dylan Bromley, Klayton Vorlick, Toshiro Kezuka, Will Wright, Greg & Kim Weber, Liz Michaels, Jason Kuo, Hiroaki Ohmura, Jim Yamashita, Sandra Castagnola, Jin Shimazaki, Shinobu Toyoda

Manual Production Staff

Translator/Writer/DTP: Monika Hudgins
Supervisor: Kaoru Ichigozaki
DTP Advisors: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Osamu Nakazato, Eiichi Ogawa

Japanese Version Original Staff

Producer and Game Designer: Yoot Saito
System Designer: Aka Roy
Director: Satoshi Endo
Art Director: Atsushi Hotta
Programmers: Kazuhiko Sugita, Takahisa Suzuki, Shigekazu Ito, Yoshito Hirose
Sound: Tsuneo Kaneda
Graphic Artists: Makoto Iwanagawa, Tomomasa Ueda, Nobuyuki Usuki, Minoru Urano, Koichi Okada, Yoko Shibusawa, Bujin Hirai, Yiting Fu, Cozzy Sumitomo
Assistant Programmers: Ryo Takeishi, Makoto Fukuichi, Tomomi Hiramatsu

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

"WIFFLE" is a registered trademark of The Wiffle Ball, Inc. and is used with permission.

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Seaman/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Famitsu (JP) #555: "1999-08-06" (1999-07-23)
also published in:

Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-24: "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (1999-07-23)^[5]

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-25: "1999-25 (1999-08-13,20)" (1999-07-30)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #132: "July 2000" (2000-06-06)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #143: "August 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)^[7]

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #20: "Septiembre 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

60

^[12]

DC-UK (UK)

NTSC-U

80

^[13]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[9]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

84

^[14]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[10]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[15]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

91

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[18]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[19]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[20]

Power Unlimited (NL)

90

^[21]

Strana Igr (RU)

100

^[22]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

80

^[23]

	79
Based on 15 reviews

Seaman

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP (Special Package)
Cover

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Jewel Case Inlay

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 http://sega.jp/dc/990401/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-09 07:34)
↑ Edge, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-06), page 148
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 30
↑ http://www.japan-gamecharts.com:80/dc.php (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-21 06:06)
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 74
↑ GamePro, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 136
↑ DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 80/81 (80)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 19
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Edge, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-11), page 103
↑ Ação Games, "Janeiro 2001" (BR; 200x-xx-xx), page 36
↑ DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 80
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 14" (UK; 2000-10-05), page 78
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 155
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 198
↑ Famitsu, "1999-08-06" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 30
↑ GamePro, "September 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Gamers' Republic, "August 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 106
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 7, Juli 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 61
↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 1/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Video Games, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 122

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20071209073438.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fdc.2F990401.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 http://sega.jp/dc/990401/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-09 07:34)

[:File:Edge_UK_076.pdf_p148-2] Edge, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-06), page 148

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p30-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 30

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20080821060659.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.japan-gamecharts.com:80.2Fdc.php-4] ttp://www.japan-gamecharts.com:80/dc.php (Wayback Machine: 2008-08-21 06:06)

[:File:DCM_JP_19990806_1999-24.pdf_p74-5] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 74

[:File:GamePro_US_143.pdf_p40-6] GamePro, "August 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:EGM_US_134.pdf_p136-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 136

[:File:DCUK_16.pdf_p80_.2880.2F81.29-8] DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 80/81 (80)

[:File:DCM_JP_19990806_1999-24.pdf_p19-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-24 (1999-08-06)" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 19

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Edge_UK_089.pdf_p103-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Edge, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-11), page 103

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_159.pdf_p36-12] Ação Games, "Janeiro 2001" (BR; 200x-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:DCUK_16.pdf_p80-13] DC-UK, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-10-23), page 80

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_14.pdf_p78-14] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 14" (UK; 2000-10-05), page 78

[:File:EGM_US_134.pdf_p155-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 155

[16] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 198

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0555.pdf_p30-17] Famitsu, "1999-08-06" (JP; 1999-07-23), page 30

[:File:GamePro_US_144.pdf_p106-18] GamePro, "September 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_27.pdf_p64-19] Gamers' Republic, "August 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:NextGeneration_US_69.pdf_p106-20] Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 106

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_091_200107.pdf_p61-21] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 09, Nummer 7, Juli 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 61

[22] Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 1/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-10.pdf_p122-23] Video Games, "10/2000" (DE; 2000-09-06), page 122

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Seaman

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References