Silpheed

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Silpheed

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Game Arts (Japan)

Developer: Game Arts

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-07-30^[2]	¥8,800 (9,064)8,800e^[3]	T-45054
US	1993-10^[4]^[5]	$49.9949.99^[4]^[6]	4423
EU	1993-09^[7]		4423
DE	1993-10^[8]	DM 99.9599.95^[8]	4423
UK	1993-09^[7]	£49.9949.99^[9]^[10]	4423
AU	1993	$119.95119.95^[11]
BR	199x		063210
KR	199x		GD93013JT

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Silpheed (シルフィード) is a Sega Mega-CD vertical shoot-'em-up developed by Game Arts. First published in Japan by Game Arts themselves in July 1993, it was later brought to the United States and Europe by Sega in October 1993. A remake of the developer's 1988 NEC PC-8801 shoot-'em-up Silpheed, the game features pre-rendered polygonal backgrounds presented in full-motion video, an updated soundtrack, enhanced colors, and different levels.

Full-motion video

As the game is constantly streaming full-motion video data from the disc, it is reliant on an optimally-functioning Sega Mega-CD, particularly in regards to its CD drive. With many original units approaching 30 years of age, games which use streaming can begin to encounter read errors; Silpheed remains one of the more notable and critically-acclaimed games to use full-motion video streaming technology, and any read errors are generally remedied by a maintenance of the CD drive hardware.

Production credits

Director: Takeshi Miyaji
Executive Producer: Youichi Miyaji, Mitsuhiro Mazda, Toshiyuki Uchida
Main Programmer: Kenichi Hamada
Polygon Character: Takahiro Okano
Background CG Producer: Takeshi Miyaji, Takahiro Okano, Hidenobu Takahashi, Kenichi Hamada, Akio Matsuda
Graphics: Hidenobu Takahashi, Masahiko Koyama
Demoproduce / Visual Director: IKUSABUNE, Toshio Akashi
Background Mechanic Design / 3D Modeling / Visual Director: Wataru Yanagawa
Silpheed Mechanical Design: Kouichiro Yonemura
Mapping Data Producer: Kazuyuki Ohhata
Technical Adviser: Masakuni Mitshuhashi
Music Compose / Sound Effects: Ari Kamijo, Kenichi Kunishima, Tomoyuki Shimada, Kazuya Takahashi, Akio Matsuda
Music: Mecano Associates, Fumihito Kasatani, Mariko Satou, Youko Sonoda, Mamoru Ishimoda, Takahiro Nishi
Recording: Two Five, Isao Mizoguchi, Noriyuki Iwadare
Art Work: Mariko Uemura
Manual Editor: Masayuki Shimada
Package Art: Jun Suemi
Marketing: Toshiyuki Uchida, Masayuki Shimada, Akira Kashiwagi
Sales: Rika Honma, Yumi Sugaya
Special Thanks: NASA, Astronomical Society Of Japan

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[12]

Magazine articles

Main article: Silpheed/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Silpheed/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

92

^[13]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

85

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

93

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

85

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

88

^[17]

Edge (UK)

70

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[19]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

90

^[20]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[21]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

98

^[22]

Game Power (IT)

NTSC

92

^[23]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[4]

Gamers (DE)

67

^[24]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[25]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[26]

Hyper (AU)

85

^[27]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

96

^[28]

Joypad (HU)

83

^[29]

MAN!AC (DE)

80

^[30]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[31]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[32]

Mega Force (FR)

92

^[33]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-J

73

^[34]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[35]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

94

^[36]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[37]

Player One (FR)

93

^[38]

Power Play (DE)

70

^[39]

Sega Magazin (DE)

81

^[40]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[9]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[41]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

69

^[42]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[43]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

73

^[44]

Sega Force (SE)

87

^[45]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

89

^[46]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

85

^[47]

Todo Sega (ES)

92

^[48]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

72

^[49]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[6]

	83
Based on 40 reviews

Silpheed

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Mega-CD, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

556,135,104

CD (EU)

4423

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

562,892,400

CD (JP)

T-45054

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

562,953,552

CD (US)

4423

References

[:File:Silpheed_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Silpheed MCD JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-07.pdf_p10-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 10

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p105-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 105

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2Fvroem-0-Ouc.2Fm.2FNoa_wp3NF1sJ-5] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/vroem-0-Ouc/m/Noa_wp3NF1sJ

[:File:VideoGames_US_59.pdf_p68-6] 6.0 ^6.1 VideoGames, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 68

[:File:MegaPower_UK_02.pdf_p51-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Mega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 51

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p21-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 21

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_01.pdf_p102-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 102

[:File:CVG_UK_161.pdf_p21-10] Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 21

[:File:Megazone_AU_35.pdf_p29-11] Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 29

[:File:Silpheed_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-12] File:Silpheed_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-03.pdf_p104-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 104

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-09.pdf_p22-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-07), page 22

[15] Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:CVG_UK_143.pdf_p44-16] Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 44

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p109-17] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 109

[:File:Edge_UK_001.pdf_p84-18] Edge, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_051.pdf_p42-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p125-20] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 125

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0242.pdf_p41-21] Famitsu, "1993-08-06" (JP; 1993-07-23), page 41

[:File:GameFan_US_0110.pdf_p14-22] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePower_IT_21.pdf_p45-23] Game Power, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-06.pdf_p80-24] Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 80

[:File:GameInformer_US_014.pdf_p42-25] Game Informer, "January/February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[26] Hippon Super, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-03), page 46

[:File:Hyper_AU_002.pdf_p58-27] Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p82-28] Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 82

[29] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p36-30] MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:Mega_UK_13.pdf_p28-31] Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 28

[:File:MegaAction_UK_06.pdf_p40-32] Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 40

[:File:MegaForce_FR_23.pdf_p84-33] Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 84

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-10.pdf_p34-34] Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 34

[:File:MegaPower_UK_02.pdf_p48-35] Mega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 48

[:File:MegaTech_UK_21.pdf_p58-36] MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 58

[:File:MeanMachinesSega12UK.pdf_p51-37] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 51

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_037.pdf_p102-38] Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 102

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1993-11.pdf_p138-39] Power Play, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-13), page 138

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p20-40] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 20

[:File:SegaPower_UK_47.pdf_p54-41] Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_24.pdf_p46-42] Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 46

[:File:SegaZone_UK_11.pdf_p30-43] Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 30

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_05.pdf_p106-44] Sega Force Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 106

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_03.pdf_p24-45] Sega Force, "3/94" (SE; 1994-03-29), page 24

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-46] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[47] Sonic the Comic, "December 11th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-11), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_08.pdf_p60-48] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 60

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-10.pdf_p112-49] Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 112

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Contents

Full-motion video

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References