StarFighter 3000

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StarFighter 3000

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US), Telstar (Europe), Imagineer (Japan)

Developer: Studio 3DO, Krisalis Software

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (8 tracks)

Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Mission Stick

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-10-25^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-15012G
US	1996-09-03^[3]		T-8135H
EU	1996-06-21		T-29701H-50
DE	1996-06-21		T-29701H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-06-21^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]^[6]	T-29701H-50
PL	1996
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
3DO Archimedes IBM PC Macintosh PlayStation

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StarFighter 3000 (スターファイター３０００), known simply as Star Fighter in North America, is a 3D third-person spaceship shooter for the Sega Saturn. Originally a 1994 Acorn Archimedes game, it was enhanced for the 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and IBM PC in 1996.

Gameplay

In the Saturn StarFighter 3000, players control a space ship in a full 3D, texture-mapped environment. Usually the objective is to destroy specific targets without running out of energy.

Unlike other versions of the game, the Saturn port of StarFighter 3000 introduces fogging to mask geometry pop-in. The side effect of this approach is that the colours in each level are far less saturated, and all of the in-game backgrounds are grey (save for those set in space).

Magazine articles

Main article: StarFighter 3000/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)^[7]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[8]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

47

^[9]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

80

^[10]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

47

^[11]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[12]

Sega News (CZ)

80

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

72

^[6]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[14]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

23

^[15]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

86

^[16]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

84

^[17]

	63
Based on 11 reviews

StarFighter 3000

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

546,428,400

CD-ROM (EU)

T-29701H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

511,592,928

1996-09-01

CD-ROM (JP)

T-15012G V1.000

References

↑ File:StarFighter3000 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/starfighter3000.htm (Wayback Machine: 2000-11-19 12:53)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-03), page 75
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-20), page 80
↑ Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 193
↑ Famitsu, "1996-09-27" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 1
↑ Mega Fun, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-05), page 70
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 56
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 19" (JP; 1996-09-06), page 197
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 19
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 245
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17
↑ Sonic the Comic, "16 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-07), page 11
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 53

[:File:StarFighter3000_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:StarFighter3000 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230509.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20001119125300.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-saturn.com.2Fsaturn.2Fsoftware.2Fstarfighter3000.htm-3] ttp://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/starfighter3000.htm (Wayback Machine: 2000-11-19 12:53)

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p48-4] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf_p75-5] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-03), page 75

[:File:SSM_UK_10.pdf_p80-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-20), page 80

[:File:NextGeneration_US_22.pdf_p193-7] Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 193

[8] Famitsu, "1996-09-27" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 1

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-04.pdf_p70-9] Mega Fun, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-05), page 70

[:File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p56-10] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 56

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-19_19960920.pdf_p197-11] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 19" (JP; 1996-09-06), page 197

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-25_19961213.pdf_p70-12] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p19-13] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 19

[:File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf_p245-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 245

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-15] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17

[16] Sonic the Comic, "16 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-07), page 11

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p53-17] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 53

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StarFighter 3000

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References