Popful Mail

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Popful Mail

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega Falcom, Working Designs

Original system(s): PC-8801

Developer(s) of original games: Falcom

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-04-01^[2]	¥7,8007,800	G-6029
US	1995-02-23		T-127035

Non-Sega versions
PC-8801 mkII SR PC-9801 VM Super CD-ROM² Super NES

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Popful Mail (ぽっぷるメイル) is a 1991 game by Falcom for the PC-88. Sega Falcom ported it to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994, with Working Designs localizing it for an overseas market (which was not the original plan).

A demo disc, called Popful Mail Taikenban, was also released.

Story

The story begins with main character, Popful Mail, chasing the criminal Nuts Cracker through a forest. When defeated, Nuts Cracker's body escapes and Mail cannot claim the bounty on him. Mad that she couldn't collect, she takes Nuts Cracker's head that was left behind and wanders around until she finds a town.

Once in the town, she tries to trade the head for some money, but fails. She learns of a new bounty and becomes excited when she spots a 2,000,000 gold reward poster for the wizard criminal, Muttonhead, near the store. With this, she embarks on her adventure.

Production credits

Japanese version

声の出演
- メイル: 林原めぐみ
- タット: 石田彰
- ガウ: 千葉繁
- マテリアル: 石森達幸
- ブラッキィ: 飛田展男
- ミフィ: 田野恵
- ヤコブ: 三浦雅子
- ツェイマー: 大場真人
- ナモ: 清水浩智
- リップ: 松下美由紀
- ラップ: 水沢潤
- アルカザール: 森川智之
- ルードゥル: 宮田浩徳

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[3]

US version

USA Team

Director: Victor Ireland
Assistant Director: Dean Williams
English Translation: Akiko Skjellerup, Horkom International, Victor Ireland, Dean Williams
Sound Engineers: Bill Staeck, Don Shirley
Additional Music: Bill King
Reprogramming: Shigeo Koyama

Japan Team

Sega/Falcom

Cast

Popful Mail: Melissa Gulden
Gaw: Blake Dorsey
Tatto: Shaun Watkins
Muttonhead: Keith Lack
Nuts Cracker: Blake Dorsey
Slick: Ashley Angel
Glug: Nancy Davis
Sven T. Uncommon: Matt Atwood
Venuncio: Greg Soriano
Mumbles: John Truitt
Wriph: Marilyn Weeks
Wraph: Katie Staeck
Lipps: Mike E. Miller
Kazyr: T. Owen Smith
Song Performed by: Jennifer Stigile

Track list

1. Data Track

2. Harukanaru Walhalla (02:22)
遥かなるヴァルハラ
From: Opening
Composed by: Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.

3. Dareka ga Anata wo Aishiteru (04:01)
誰かがあなたを愛してる
From: Ending
Composed by: Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.
Vocals: Yuka Nagaori
Arranged by: Nobuhiko Kashiwara

► Running time: 6:23

Magazine articles

Main article: Popful Mail/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[4]
Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[5]
Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]
GamePro (US) #68: "March 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[7]
GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-04: "April 1994" (1994-03-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[18]

Freak (IL)

84

^[19]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[21]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

89

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[24]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

77

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

81

^[14]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[25]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[16]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

77

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[28]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

73

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

78

^[30]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[31]

	74
Based on 19 reviews

Popful Mail

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Disc (red variant)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

417,193,056

CD (JP)

G-6029

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

513,912,000

CD (US)

T-127035

References

↑ File:PopfulMail MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
↑ File:PopfulMail_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
↑ GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 21 (23)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106 (114)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 33
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 70
↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 99 (101)
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 86
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 23
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1994-03-25), page 1
↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Game Informer, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Game Informer, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 146
↑ Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 49
↑ Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 137
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 305
↑ Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 83
↑ VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75

NEC Retro has more information related to Popful Mail

Popful Mail

Books: Popful Mail: The Official Strategy Guide (1995)
Videos: Popful Mail Original Anime Video (1994)

Demos: Popful Mail Taikenban (1994)

[:File:PopfulMail_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:PopfulMail MCD JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:PopfulMail_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:PopfulMail_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p11-4] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p51-5] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:SegaVisions_US_23.pdf_p49-6] Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:GamePro_US_068.pdf_p97-7] GamePro, "March 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p97-8] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p23_.2821.29-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 21 (23)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:EGM_US_068.pdf_p36-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p114_.28106.29-12] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106 (114)

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-04.pdf_p33-13] 13.0 ^13.1 MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 33

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-05.pdf_p70-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 70

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p101_.2899.29-15] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 99 (101)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_45.pdf_p86-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 86

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p23-17] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 23

[18] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1994-03-25), page 1

[19] Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p50-20] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:GamePro_US_069.pdf_p108-21] GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:GameInformer_US_023.pdf_p40-22] Game Informer, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GameInformer_US_103.pdf_p146-23] Game Informer, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 146

[24] Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 49

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0601.pdf_p48-25] Mega Play, "February/March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p101-26] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 101

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p137-27] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 137

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[29] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 305

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-08.pdf_p83-30] Video Games, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-27), page 83

[:File:VideoGames_US_75.pdf_p75-31] VideoGames, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75

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Popful Mail

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Contents

Story

Production credits

Japanese version

US version

Track list

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References