Devilish: The Next Possession

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Bad Omen/Devilish: The Next Possession

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: HOT-B (Japan), Sage's Creation (US)

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo

Sound driver: Terpsichorean (Hitoshi Sakimoto)

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

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-04-24^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	T-28043
US	1992-04^[4]	$45.0045.00^[5]	T-47066
KR	199x		GM4046JT

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Devilish: The Next Possession, known as Bad Omen (バッドオーメン) in Japan, is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive game by Aisystem Tokyo and HOT-B as a sequel to Genki's 1991 Game Gear game Devilish. When released overseas, the name was changed to highlight its relation to the previous game.

The game appears to not have been made with Genki's involvement; this is unconfirmed (HOT-B was responsible for distributing Devilish in Europe and possibly contracted out to Genki on a number of occasions). It may have meant to be a port, never mind that the overseas release simply reuses the original's title screen.

The game's soundtrack was composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto. The series saw another entry released on the Nintendo DS.

Gameplay

Gameplay is identical to the previous game, with and cycling between paddle formations (however the formation where the bottom paddle splits into two is no longer available).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Devilish: The Next Possession	Devilish: The Next Possession
Japanese	バッドオーメン	Bad Omen

Production credits

Produce: Toyoden
Program: Puru Puru, Naō & Satōshi, Kurage, Mutsushige Tsuji
BG Graphic: Suzuki
SP Graphic: "Lisa" Polaire
Sound: YmoH.S
Special Thanks: Ohyama Gen, Daikoku Hisaya, A·Tomonaga, Elephant, Kemono Itas., Suzuki, Mr. G, Y.H, Oomori, Conishi, Pearl

Magazine articles

Main article: Devilish: The Next Possession/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-03: "March 1992" (1992-02-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[14]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

75

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

87

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[5]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

73

^[19]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

60

^[12]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

38

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

56

^[21]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

48

^[22]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

79

^[23]

Play Time (DE)

41

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

78

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

85

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[7]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

56

^[28]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

38

^[30]

	63
Based on 22 reviews

Devilish: The Next Possession

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	d3f300ac
MD5	6fa7cd092a175c9040b318d289ffff93
SHA-1	bc6f346a162cf91a788a88e44daa246d3d31ee8b

512kB

1992-01

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	975693ce
MD5	81b14012e083985135ca8f1420074d0e
SHA-1	5378af243fb6f592f1e1cd17e3722e2c5e807e72

512kB

1992-01

Cartridge (JP/KR)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1992-01-16

Page

References

↑ File:BadOmen MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 27
↑ Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 32 (34)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88-89 (89)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-15), page 31
↑ GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58 (60)
↑ Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 86-87 (87)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Joystick, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 115
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Sega Pro, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-21), page 62
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 34
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Famitsu, "1992-05-01" (JP; 1992-04-17), page 39
↑ Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 85
↑ Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 86
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega Fun, "07/92" (DE; 1992-0x-xx), page 37
↑ Mega Play, "June 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 64
↑ MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 36
↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 92
↑ Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 39
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "May 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 42
↑ Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 47

[:File:BadOmen_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:BadOmen MD JP Box.jpg

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p27-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 27

[:File:SegaVisions_US_08.pdf_p58-4] Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:GamePro_US_033.pdf_p60-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-05.pdf_p34_.2832.29-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 32 (34)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_007.pdf_p89_.2888-89.29-8] Consoles +, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88-89 (89)

[:File:CVG_UK_128.pdf_p31-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-15), page 31

[:File:GamePro_US_033.pdf_p60_.2858.29-10] GamePro, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58 (60)

[:File:Joypad_FR_010.pdf_p87_.2886-87.29-11] Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 86-87 (87)

[:File:Joystick_FR_028.pdf_p115-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Joystick, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 115

[:File:SegaPro_UK_08.pdf_p62-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Sega Pro, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-21), page 62

[14] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-05.pdf_p34-15] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 34

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_007.pdf_p88-16] Consoles +, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0176.pdf_p39-17] Famitsu, "1992-05-01" (JP; 1992-04-17), page 39

[18] Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 85

[:File:Joypad_FR_010.pdf_p86-19] Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 86

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-20] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-07.pdf_p37-21] Mega Fun, "07/92" (DE; 1992-0x-xx), page 37

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0303.pdf_p64-22] Mega Play, "June 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:MegaTech_UK_07.pdf_p36-23] MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 36

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-0809.pdf_p92-24] Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 92

[:File:SegaPower_UK_33.pdf_p39-25] Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 39

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-27] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_40.pdf_p42-29] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "May 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-07.pdf_p47-30] Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 47

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Devilish: The Next Possession

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References