Gunbird

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Gunbird
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Atlus
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (24 tracks)
Genre: Shooting[1][2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e[3] T-14402G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

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Gunbird (ガンバード) is a vertical shoot-'em-up game to the Sega Saturn. It was followed by Gunbird 2, which saw a release on the Sega Dreamcast.

Gunbird was followed by Gunbird 2 which saw a port to the Sega Dreamcast.

Versions

The Saturn version of Gunbird was only released in Japan, however a version for the PlayStation did surface in the West under the name Mobile Light Force (complete with entirely unrelated packaging and removal of cutscenes) some years later.

For the most part, both the Saturn and PlayStation games are broadly similar, however the PlayStation has more intrusive loading sequences during gameplay, and lacks the "tate mode" option of the Saturn conversion, which rotates the game by 90 degrees to benefit from vertical monitors (which the arcade game was designed for). The PlayStation version also lacks the ability to save progress, and while some sound effects (most noticably speech) is seemingly played back at a higher quality, the artwork can appear darker and less saturated than its Saturn counterpart.

There are also very minor aesthetic differences between menus and the positioning of elements in the HUD.

Production credits

  • プロデューサー: 丹羽 潤一
  • ゲームプロデューサー: 中村 普介
  • キャラクターデザイン: 中村 博文
キャスト
  • マリオン: 田中 千晴
  • ヤンニャン: 松井 菜桜子
  • バルナス・クロード: たてかべ 和也
  • 鉄: 摩耶 朔乃助
  • アッシュ・ポムポム: 置鮎 龍太郎
  • ルージュ: 小原 乃梨子
  • エース: 八奈見 乗児


  • 挿入歌: 「ガンバード -大空の冒険者-」
    • 歌: 片桐 真衣
  • 「マリオンのテーマ」
    • 歌: 田中 千晴


  • ゲストイラストレーター: 桜 玉吉, 寺田 克也, 司 淳, 夏元 雅人, 菅野 博士, 中村 博文
スタッフ
  • デザイン: 小川 兵衛, 山崎 渉, 小田 秀之, 塚越 陽子, 吉田 育也, 武森 則和, 谷口 絵美, 上岡 秀都
  • プログラム: 杉田 敏典, 佐藤 成希, 斎藤 詩織, 高木 慶介
  • サウンドデザイン: 泉谷 雅樹
  • スクリプト: 山田 啓史
  • テストプレイ: 村田 明美, 原田 大一郎, 鵜飼 基史, 蒲 正広, 下島 有子, 千代 晃裕, 市田 琢也, 天川 浩, 作本 直貴, 一谷 こず恵, 高嶋 伸枝, 大伴 舞, 本永 智子, 近藤 昌浩, 奈良 政経
  • 協力: 由佐 伸一, Design-Studio, Tomas
  • イラストコンテスト協力: ゲーム遊II, ゲーメスト, 月刊コミックゲーメスト, セガサターンマガジン, 電撃王, 電撃プレイステーション, 週間ファミコン通信, Playstation Magazine, マイコンBASIC Magazine
  • ディレクター: 頼近 直純
  • 総販売元: アトラス
  • 制作・著作: 彩京
(C)1995 Psikyo All Right Reserved
Source:
In-game credits
Gunbird Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[4]


  • Jun-ichi Niwa, Shin. Nakamura, Hirofumi Nakamura, Artmic, Rick Johnson, Hyoue Ogawa, Wataru Yamazaki, Hideyuki Oda, Youko Tsukagoshi, Ikuya Yosida, Hiromi Tanegasima, Norikazu Takemori, Hideto Kamioka, Emi Taniguchi, Masaki Izutani, Toshinori Sugita, Seiki Sato, Shiori Saito, Yusa Tarou
Source:
In-game credits (Note:Probably Arcade version credits.)
Gunbird Saturn JP SSOpening.pdf
[5]


Magazine articles

Main article: Gunbird/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Gunbird Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Flyer
Gunbird Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
82
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[7]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
60
[8]
GameFan (US)
72
[9]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
83
[10]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
70
[11]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
71
[12]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
71
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
58
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[16]
Última Generación (ES)
58
[17]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
69
[18]
Sega Saturn
 71
Based on
13 reviews

Gunbird

Saturn, JP
Gunbird Saturn JP Box Back.jpgGunbird Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Gunbird Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Gunbird Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
597,666,720 1995-10-10 CD-ROM (JP) T-14402G V1.01J

Track list

1. Data track  
2. Gunbird: Oozora no Boukensya (02:16) 
Japan 大空の冒険者
3. Marion no Theme (01:59) 
Japan マリオンのテーマ
4. Backstar's Fortress (01:07) 
5. Pointed Square (01:13) 
6. Trick Trump Train (01:08) 
7. Shot In The Underground (01:03) 
8. Aqua Blue (01:34) 
9. Unknown Objects (01:12) 
10. Mistery Circle (02:13) 
11. The Trap -From The Ancient- (01:09) 
12. Chase The Case (02:30) 
13. High Energy (03:16) 
14. Reborn (02:09) 
15. Discover The Dream (01:12) 
16. Dreamin' Again (00:42) 
17. Voice 01 (00:12) 
18. Voice 02 (00:07) 
19. Voice 03 (00:09) 
20. Voice 04 (00:09) 
21. Voice 05 (00:15) 
22. Voice 06 (00:09) 
23. Voice 07 (00:09) 
24. Voice 08 (00:10) 
25. Voice 09 (00:13) 
► Running time: 26:16

References

  1. ↑ File:Gunbird Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)
  3. ↑ File:Gunbird Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
  4. ↑ File:Gunbird_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Gunbird_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf
  6. ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 95
  7. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 1
  8. ↑ Fun Generation, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-12), page 50
  9. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 3: March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Février 1996 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 26
  11. ↑ MAN!AC, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 42
  12. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 4" (JP; 1996-02-02), page 62
  13. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 50
  14. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-25), page 68
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 201
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
  17. ↑ Última Generación, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-0x-xx), page 64
  18. ↑ Video Games, "3/96" (DE; 1996-02-21), page 88
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