Caliber.50
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| Caliber.50 | ||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Mentrix Software | ||||||||||
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| Original system(s): Arcade boards | ||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Seta | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: Visco/Kazuo Okabayashi | ||||||||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Caliber.50 is a top-down run and gun video game originally released in arcades (as Cal.50) before being brought to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. The Mega Drive version was only released in North America, although Visco had plans at one stage to release a Japanese version.
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Gameplay
The Mega Drive version is severely watered down from the arcade original, not just in terms of graphics and sound, but also gameplay, as the controls need to be mapped to three buttons. This means unlike the arcade original 
takes the roll of shooting and throwing grenades, 
rotates left and 
rotates right. The arcade cabinet used special joysticks which could be spun around to rotate the player. To compensate, there are fewer enemies on screen, and the player is given a life bar.
Production credits
- Producer: Tetsuo Akiyama
- Original Works: Seta Ltd.
- Story: David Owen Miller
- Director: Yasuhisa Itoi, Don Gabacho, R. Lopez
- Game Design: Masaharu Ohno
- System Programming: Masaharu Ohno
- Game Programming: Takanori Kohno
- Character and Graphic Design: Kuma San, Do. Kodama, Taketoshi Furuya, Makoto Ida
- Music Composition and Arrangement: Kenji Yamasaki, Kazuo Okabayashi
- Sound Effects: Masaharu Ohno, Kazuo Okabayashi
- Game Box and Manual Design: Creative Juices
- Proudly Presented by: Mentrix Software, Inc.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Caliber.50/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1MB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (US) |
References
- ↑ GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 112
- ↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 30/31 (30)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Pro, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 42
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 37 (39)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 39
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 46
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 30
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 9
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