Soul Star

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Soul Star

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Core Design, Victor Entertainment (JP)

Developer: Core Design

Distributor: Time Warner Interactive (US)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-12-22	¥8,8008,800	T-60184
US	1994-09^[1]		T-115035
EU	1994-06^[2]		T-115035-50
DE	1994		T-115035-50
BR	199x		062130

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Soul Star (ソウルスター) is a Sega Mega-CD third person shooter. An upgraded Sega 32X version, known as Soul Star X was once in development but was never released.

Gameplay

Soul Star makes heavy use of the Sega Mega-CD's scaling feature to acchive a pseudo 3D effect. Some stages keep scrolling automatically, similar to games like Space Harrier, while others can be explored freely, akin to Core Design's own Thunderhawk.

FMV cutscenes are used for briefings, available in multiple languages for the PAL release.

The game is partially non-linear. Players could choose their route after finishing the first mission.

Production credits

Programmed by: Mark 'Mac' Avory
Graphic Artist: Roberto Cirillo
Music & Sound FX Composed and Produced by: Nathan Mccree
Intro and End Sequence: Billy Allison
Story & Game Design: Roberto Cirillo, Mark Avory, Guy Miller
Vocals: Yvonne Varnier, Guy Miller
Creative Manager: Guy Miller
Produced by: Jeremy Smith

Victor Entertaiment Inc.

Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
Director: Gaku Sato
Assistant: Ryo Misawa, Kohji Ishizeki
Thanks to: Takeshi Minagawa, Takashi Kimura
And Special Thanks to the Following Heroes...: Adrian E. Smith, Mark Price, Simon Phipps, Darren Price, Troy Horton, Jamie Morton, David Ward

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Soul Star/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Soul Star/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

91

^[3]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

91

^[13]

Digitiser (UK)

82

^[14]

Edge (UK)

70

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[16]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

93

^[9]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

84

^[17]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[18]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

92

^[19]

Joypad (HU)

66

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

76

^[21]

Mega (UK)

PAL

93

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

85

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

77

^[25]

Player One (FR)

92

^[26]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

85

^[27]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[28]

Sega Magazin (DE)

86

^[29]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[30]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[32]

Sega Megazone (AU)

55

^[33]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

82

^[34]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

91

^[35]

Todo Sega (ES)

90

^[36]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[37]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[11]

	82
Based on 30 reviews

Soul Star

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, DE
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

642,159,504

CD (EU)

T-115035-50

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

601,733,328

CD (JP)

T-60184

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

641,806,704

CD (US)

T-115035

References

[:File:EGM_US_061.pdf_p136-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 136

[:File:MegaPower_UK_07.pdf_p18-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 18

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p100-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 100

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

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-12.pdf_p25_.2823.29-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 23 (25)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p100_.28100.2F101.29-7] Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 100/101 (100)

[:File:Edge_UK_016.pdf_p80-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Edge, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-24), page 80

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p64-9] 9.0 ^9.1 GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 64

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p94_.2894.2F95.29-10] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 94/95 (94)

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p67-11] 11.0 ^11.1 VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-12.pdf_p25-12] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 25

[:File:CVG_IT_43.pdf_p128-13] Computer + Video Giochi, "Dicembre 1994" (IT; 1994-xx-xx), page 128

[digitiser1994-12-09-14] Digitiser (UK) (1994-12-09)

[15] Famitsu, "1994-12-30" (JP; 1994-12-16), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p48-16] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p20-17] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 20

[:File:GameInformer_US_023.pdf_p39-18] Game Informer, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 39

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_039.pdf_p98-19] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 98

[20] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p88-21] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 88

[:File:Mega_UK_25.pdf_p12-22] Mega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 12

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p96-23] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p114-24] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 114

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p94-25] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 94

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p140-26] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 140

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-01.pdf_p103-27] Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 103

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-03_19950315.pdf_p41-28] Saturn Fan, "1995 March" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 41

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p68-29] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 68

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_10.pdf_p92-30] Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 92

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p52-31] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p58-32] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 58

[:File:Sega_MegaZone_48_Feb_95.pdf_p28-33] Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[35] Sonic the Comic, "May 27th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p62-36] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 62

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p34-37] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 34

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Soul Star

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References