Rastan Saga II

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Rastan Saga II

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Taito

Developer: Opera House^[1]

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-08-10^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-11043
US	1991-06^[3]		11026

Non-Sega versions
Arcade PC Engine

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Rastan Saga II (ラスタンサーガII) is a 1988 arcade platformer by Taito and the sequel to Rastan Saga. Opera House ported it to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. The branding of this port is unusual; the "Rastan Saga" name was never used outside of Japan otherwise, as the first game was called Rastan outside of Japan, and this second was called Nastar or Nastar Warrior (US).

In Japan, Sega released a version of Tetris as a conversion kit for Nastar cabinets for unknown reasons.

Story

Rastania is a land known for its temple, the aptly named Skyscraper. A "wicked group" (who are not identified further) tries to take control of Skyscraper, knowing that succeeding would make them rulers of Rastania. You are a warrior who must stop them before they succeed.

Gameplay

attacks; use the D-pad to aim your attack and hold to repeatedly attack. jumps. appears to do nothing, but the arcade version does have multiple collectable weapons, so might switch weapons when other weapons are acquired (TODO).

Magazine articles

Main article: Rastan Saga II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Rastan Saga II/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[9]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

55

^[6]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

48

^[12]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

56

^[13]

Power Play (DE)

39

^[14]

Raze (UK)

NTSC

57

^[7]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[8]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

61

^[15]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

31

^[16]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

57

^[17]

User (GR)

67

^[18]

	52
Based on 13 reviews

Rastan Saga II

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	c7ee8965
MD5	c96b3cdf4525f7fba802d2804fed6a33
SHA-1	adec2cb70344ffc720ecdfeb68712bb3d1d0fd9c

512kB

1990-01

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	ebacfb5a
MD5	40337096cb6d3d00a559471b7ddc56e5
SHA-1	e7bd8367ae962af48a2e937bf6ced253f428b03d

512kB

1990-01

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ http://opera-house.co.jp/works.html (Wayback Machine: 2011-07-22 09:43)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 23 (25)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 122
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 32
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 185
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63
↑ Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 144
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 141
↑ User, "Ioúlios-Ávgoustos 1991" (GR; 1991-0x-xx), page 86

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[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p42-3] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p25_.2823.29-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 23 (25)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87_.2885.29-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)

[:File:Joystick_FR_009.pdf_p122-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Joystick, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:Raze_UK_02.pdf_p32-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 32

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 185

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-09.pdf_p25-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1990" (JP; 1990-08-XX), page 25

[11] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p94-12] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-11.pdf_p63-13] Mega Drive Fan, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-08), page 63

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-11.pdf_p144-14] Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 144

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-15] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-16] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[17] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 141

[:File:User_GR_16.pdf_p86-18] User, "Ioúlios-Ávgoustos 1991" (GR; 1991-0x-xx), page 86

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Rastan Saga II

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References