Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

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Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Original system(s): Capcom CPS-2

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (18 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Extended RAM Cartridge (4MB only)

Genre: Fighting^[1], Action^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1998-04-16^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[3]	T-1228G
JP (4MB RAM)	1998-04-16^[3]	¥7,800 (8,190)7,800e^[3]	T-1229G

Non-Sega versions
Arcade PlayStation

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Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (ヴァンパイアセイヴァー) is a versus fighting game by Capcom which was later brought to Japanese Sega Saturns. It is the sequel to Vampire Hunter and the third release in the Darlkstalkers franchise.

The game was at one point set for release in North America as Darkstalkers 3, but this version did not materialise.

Gameplay

Characters

	Anakaris

	Aulbath

	Bulleta

	Bishamon

	Demitri Maximoff

	Donovan Baine

	Felicia

	Gallon

	Jedah

	Lei-Lei

	Lilith

	Morrigan Aenslaed

	Phobos

	Pyron

	Q-bee

	Sasquatch

	Victor von Gerdenheim

	Zabel Zarock

Production credits

Vampire Savior Staff

Main Music Composer: Anarchy Takapon (Takayuki Iwai)
Sub Music Composer: Cyber-T (Tetsuya Shibata), Masato Kouda (Cipher)
Sound Effect & Voice Edit: MOE.T (Cipher)
Sound Driver: Yasushi Ikeda "A!Ohana"
Sound Tool: Tomohiro Masuda (Q~CVE)
Sound "Q_64M" Hardware: IDA~~~~~~~N
Character Design: Eripyonsuke, Makoto Ishii, Fujihara, ARI, Takemoto, Rumi Chan, Takayuki Kosaka, Reiko_Komatsu, Masarusan-N, Kuri, Tanuki, Kitasan, Ball Boy, Mizuho, Q, WHO, Kimo Kimo, N_Labo, You.Ten.Nakano, Mizupyon, Kaname, Tsuyoshi, Fuzii & Peliko, G.Kamina, Yoshioka, IsI.B GAO, Hitoshi Igarashi, Kozuchi
Scroll Design: Kyotani, Yumiko Nakatsuka, Tamachan, Chie Morisaki, Goro Suzuki 1996, Kanno, Yuugen, Pokkemon
Program Design: Hyper Shinchan, Cham, PON, MiN, Ittetsu, 24 (Nishi), Moto & Tomo Nogi, T.Hirokado, Hard.Yas - Jedah -
Planner: S.Obata, Neo_G -H. Ishizawa-, Malachie, Nohah, Kanetaka (Kinta)
Voice Actor: Kae Araki, Yuji Ueda, Hiroko Konishi, Isshin Chiba, Kan Tokumaru, Yayoi Jinguji, Michiko Neya, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Miyuki Matsushita, Yoshizumi Kozue, Jyurouta Kosugi, Kyoko Hikami
Special Thanks: Haruo Murata, Takuya Shiraiwa, Erik Suzuki, Shoei, Sakomizu, Hiroaki "X68K" Kondo (Cipher), MOE.K (Momora)
Producer: Tetsuya Iijima
General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu, Yoshiki Okamoto, And Capcom All Staff

Consumer Staff

Sound Adviser: Anarchy Takapon (Takayuki Iwai), Takeshi Kitamura (MOE.T), Hiroshi Ohno
Programmer: Masashi Kitamura, Takahiro Ichiba, Takashi Endo, Misa Hashimoto, Hiroko Matsubara, Takahiro Matsuo, Haruhiko Shimizu
Director: Kenshi Kimura
Development Manager: S-Hama
Producer: Hyper Mickey

...And

Presented by: Capcom

Source:

In-game credits^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-11: "1998-11 (1998-04-10,17)" (1998-03-27)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-12: "1998-12 (1998-04-24)" (1998-04-10)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

90

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

91

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

100

^[5]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

70

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[13]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

91

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

83

^[15]

Mega Console (IT)

NTSC-J

94

^[16]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

85

^[17]

neXt Level (DE)

NTSC-J

85

^[18]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[20]

Sega Magazin (DE)

NTSC-J

86

^[21]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

94

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

97

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

94

^[24]

Video Games (DE)

80

^[25]

	87
Based on 17 reviews

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, JP (4MB RAM Pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

584,262,672

1998-02-17

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1228G, T-1229G V1.000

Track list

1. Data track

2. Story Demo 3 (00:10)

3. Fetus Of God (02:44)

4. Story Demo 2 (01:07)

5. Abaraya 2 (01:57)

6. Iron Horse, Iron Terror (02:06)

7. Feast Of The Damned (01:38)

8. Concrete Cave (01:50)

9. Tower Of Arrogance (02:06)

10. Red Thirst (02:56)

11. Deserted Chateau (01:53)

12. Abaraya 1 (02:37)

13. Vanity Paradise (02:06)

14. War Agony (02:17)

15. Forever Torment (03:05)

16. Green Scream (02:32)

17. Opening (00:40)

18. Ending (00:46)

19. Bonus Track (00:30)

► Running time: 33:00

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File	Type	Size	description
VPS_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	612	About this game.
VPS_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	62	About original game
VPS_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	57	Copyright

References

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

Books: Vampire Savior Koushiki Guide Book (1998) | Vampire Savior Perfect Guide (1998)

Demos: Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire Taikenban (1998)

Darkstalkers/Vampire games for Sega systems
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1996) \| Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1998) \| Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service (2000)
Related games
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996) \| Pocket Fighter (1998)

[:File:VampireSavior_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:VampireSavior Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:SSM_JP_19980410_1998-11.pdf_p2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-11 (1998-04-10,17)" (JP; 1998-03-27), page 2

[:File:VampireS_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-4] File:VampireS_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:CVG_UK_199.pdf_p66-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 1998" (UK; 1998-05-13), page 66

[:File:Edge_UK_059.pdf_p89-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Edge, "June 1998" (UK; 1998-05-21), page 89

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_01.pdf_p86_.2884.29-7] Gamers' Republic, "June 1998" (US; 1998-05-xx), page 84 (86)

[:File:SSM_UK_32.pdf_p66_.2866-67.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1998" (UK; 1998-05-xx), page 66-67 (66)

[:File:SSM_JP_19980424_1998-12.pdf_p192_.28190.29-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-12 (1998-04-24)" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 190 (192)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p10_.288.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 8 (10)

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_129.pdf_p40-11] Ação Games, "Julho 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_077.pdf_p124-12] Consoles +, "Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 124

[13] Famitsu, "1998-04-24" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 1

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_01.pdf_p86-14] Gamers' Republic, "June 1998" (US; 1998-05-xx), page 86

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-06.pdf_p60-15] MAN!AC, "06/98" (DE; 1998-05-06), page 60

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_49.pdf_p74-16] Mega Console, "Giugno 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-07.pdf_p94-17] Mega Fun, "07/98" (DE; 1998-06-03), page 94

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1998-07.pdf_p76-18] neXt Level, "Juli 1998" (DE; 1998-06-19), page 76

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-08_19980424.pdf_p163-19] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 8" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 163

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-11_19980612.pdf_p70-20] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 11" (JP; 1998-05-29), page 70

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_56.pdf_p12-21] Sega Magazin, "Juli 1998" (DE; 1998-06-03), page 12

[:File:SSM_UK_32.pdf_p66-22] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1998" (UK; 1998-05-xx), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19980424_1998-12.pdf_p192-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-12 (1998-04-24)" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 192

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p10-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1998-06.pdf_p94-25] Video Games, "6/98" (DE; 1998-05-27), page 94

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Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Extra content

References