Ranger-X

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J

Ranger-X

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Gau Entertainment

Sound driver: Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-05-28^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-4097
US	1993		1076
EU	1993-08^[3]^[4]		1076
DE	1993	DM 110110^[6]	1076
UK	1993-08^[3]^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]^[3]	1076
AU	199x
BR	199x		044510
KR	199x		GM8098JG

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Ranger-X, known in Japan as Ex-Ranza (エクスランザー), is a Sega Mega Drive action run and gun game developed by Gau Entertainment and published by Sega. First released in Japan in May 1993, it was localized and brought to the United States and Europe the following year. Sometime later, the game was also brought to Australia, Brazil, and Korea.

Gameplay

The player plays as Ranger-X, a robot fighter equipped with a jet pack and an assortment of weapons. Each stage presents a special type of target in a wireframe 3D introduction sequence, and Ranger-X must find and destroy all of these targets in the mission before facing a boss. A radar at the top of the screen shows when an objective target is nearby as well as showing the number of remaining targets.

The jet pack allows for short periods of flight by pressing the button. The duration of the flight is limited by the jet pack's temperature (shown in a gauge in the corner of the screen). Upon overheating, the player must land and wait for cool down.

Ranger-X is equipped with a standard pulse rifle, which is fired to the left by pressing and to the right by pressing . The player also has access to various special weapons, including a flamethrower and homing attacks, which are fired with the or buttons. Unlike the pulse rifle, the special weapons drain a power bar, which can only be recharged when Ranger-X is in a bright light source. This special arsenal can be increased by collecting power ups scattered across the stages.

On each stage, Ranger-X is accompanied by a support vehicle, called an Ex-Up. The Ex-Up Indra is an agile motorbike. It is equipped with a similar pulse rifle to Ranger-X and can move and fire independently of Ranger-X. The button moves it to the left and the button moves it to the right. It can also be moved using the and buttons while Ranger-X is on the ground (allowing the player to move the Indra even without a six button control pad). Ranger-X can also enter the Indra by standing on it and pressing , which allows him to change his special weapon (using the or buttons). In this mode, the Indra has its own health bar and its weapon changes to automatically target enemies rather than firing straight ahead. Additionally, it can jump by holding and then releasing .

On some stages, Ranger-X is provided with the Ex-Up Eos instead, which is a flying craft. Unlike the Indra, the player cannot directly control the Eos. Instead, it follows Ranger-X throughout the mission and provides air support by automatically firing lasers at enemy targets. Ranger-X can similarly enter the Eos by standing on it and pressing in order to change his special weapon, but the Eos does not have its own health bar.

Levels

	Desert
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Flame Unit.png Flame Unit and File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Seeker Mine.png Seeker Mine weapons are initially available.
	Cavern
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Seeker Charge.png Seeker Charge weapon is hidden in this stage.
	Jungle
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Seeker Falcon.png Seeker Falcon weapon is hidden in this stage.
	Tower
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Proton Storm.png Proton Storm weapon is hidden in this stage.
	City at Night
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Plasma Blast.png Plasma Blast weapon is hidden in this stage.
	Factory
	The File:Ranger-X, Weapon, Shield.png Energy Shield weapon is hidden in this stage.
	Biotech Monster

Weapons

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	A jet of flame that shoots out in front of Ranger-X. The length of the flame is dependent on the amount of power remaining.
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	A mine that drops on the ground and ripples out in a straight line to find enemies. Dissipates after a few seconds.
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	Two bolts of electricity that emanate out and trace around Ranger-X until they find and affix to a target. Some enemies cannot be found by the Seeker Charge.
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	A mechanical falcon that automatically seeks out and destroys nearby enemies. Some enemies cannot be found by the Seeker Falcon.
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	A burst of fireballs. Effective at intercepting enemy fire because of its tall area of effect.
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	A very wide blast that destroys everything in a large area. Covers most of the screen vertically and the entire horizontal width of the screen (or longer if moved while firing). Costs the entire power bar to fire each time.
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	Surrounds Ranger-X in a protective energy shield that also damages any enemies it directly contacts.

Items

	Power Conversion Unit
	Quickly replenishes health by draining special weapon power. Can be used by Ranger-X or by the Ex-Up Indra.
	Mini-Conversion Unit
	Instantly exchanges special weapon power for health. Smaller and one-time use. Can be used by Ranger-X or by the Ex-Up Indra.
	Artificial Ground Platform
	A platform on which temporarily stand to cool Ranger-X's thrusters. The platform drops on the weight of Ranger-X, so the player must quickly move off it after recharging the thrusters. Absent in higher difficulties.

Versions

Unlike the NTSC-J version, the NTSC-U and PAL versions use a slightly different color palette when played on the highest difficulty setting.

Development

During development, Ranger-X was known as Transa Banker.^[7]

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Ranger-X	Ranger-X
English (US)	Ranger-X	Ranger-X
Japanese	エクスランザー	Ex-Ranza

Production credits

Game Design and Program: T.Toyota
Graphics and Game Design: T.Yamamoto
Graphics: Ree.Senfhu
Visual Program: Bugtarou
Music Composer: Y.Hiraiwa
Sound Operator: N.Iwadare
Producer: I.Mizoguchi

Source:

In-game opening credits (JP)^[8]

Main Program (Team Leader): Toshio Toyota
Main Graphics (G‑Master): Toshio Yamamoto
Graphics (G‑Fighter): Ree Senfhu
3‑D Program (Helper): Bugtarou
Music Composer: Yoshinobu Hiraiwa
Sound Operator (Sound Effects): Noriyuki Iwadare
Sound Driver (Z‑80 Side): Shibuya-Dougen
Producer: Isao Mizoguchi
Special Thanks: Yoshihisa Shimizu, Gow Tougetu

Source:

In-game ending credits (JP)^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Ranger-X/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[9]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[10]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[12]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

93

^[14]

Dengeki Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[15]

Digitiser (UK)

90

^[16]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[17]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

92

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[20]

Game Power (IT)

NTSC

94

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[22]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[23]

Hyper (AU)

88

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

75

^[25]

MAN!AC (DE)

78

^[6]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

63

^[26]

Mega (UK)

PAL

81

^[4]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[27]

Mega Force (FR)

85

^[28]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

94

^[29]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

85

^[30]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

40

^[31]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[5]

Player One (FR)

84

^[32]

Power Unlimited (NL)

82

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[3]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

94

^[34]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

90

^[35]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

PAL

85

^[36]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[38]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

80

^[39]

Todo Sega (ES)

87

^[40]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

76

^[41]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

84

^[42]

	79
Based on 37 reviews

Ranger-X

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	55915915
MD5	4e8a318ba7f70b42816fbdafd2624bef
SHA-1	2611c818ecb53edc7d561fce1a349acad6abff4a

1MB

1993-06

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	b8c04804
MD5	5f78d072f7e67972227d992d966a4879
SHA-1	53908ee1c47f0d9d49e81fc295379552e2198948

1MB

1993-06

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	349bb68d
MD5	604453e2dda349306d573adfba6e6fb7
SHA-1	0006f55e826148cff9e717b582a39a04adf100df

1MB

1993-03

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	c642fdf4
MD5	d47e977300ed8014428974d19e1e39db
SHA-1	f1c883f3bc6343c8a8181261ead3a534520a447f

1MB

1993-01

Page

References

↑ File:RangerX MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 74
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 53
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 94
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkDWCc__2w
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 184
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-08), page 23
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 140
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 79
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 64
↑ Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 31
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-10-08)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 82
↑ Famitsu, "1993-06-04" (JP; 1993-05-21), page 39
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 75
↑ GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 45
↑ Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 49
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 158
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 30
↑ Mega Action, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 16
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 88
↑ MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 56
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 41
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 112
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 30
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 38
↑ Sega Zone, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 28
↑ Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 52
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 107
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 11
↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
↑ Video Games, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-22), page 112

Ranger-X
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[:File:RangerX_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:RangerX MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200720095133.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_45.pdf_p74-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 74

[:File:Mega_UK_10.pdf_p53-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 53

[:File:MeanMachinesSega09UK.pdf_p94-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 94

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p32-6] 6.0 ^6.1 MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:EGM_US_043.pdf_p70-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DAhkDWCc_2w-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkDWCc__2w

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p2-9] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 184

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-06.pdf_p23-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-08), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_025.pdf_p140-12] Consoles +, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 140

[13] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 79

[:File:CVG_UK_141.pdf_p64-14] Computer & Video Games, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 64

[:File:DengekiMD_JP_03.pdf_p31-15] Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 31

[digitiser1993-10-08-16] Digitiser (UK) (1993-10-08)

[:File:EGM_US_051.pdf_p40-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p82-18] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 82

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0233.pdf_p39-19] Famitsu, "1993-06-04" (JP; 1993-05-21), page 39

[:File:GameFan_US_0110.pdf_p15-20] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:GamePower_IT_20.pdf_p75-21] Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 75

[:File:GamePro_US_050.pdf_p42-22] GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42

[23] Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 45

[:File:Hyper_AU_001.pdf_p49-24] Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p158-25] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 158

[:File:MDAG_UK_12.pdf_p30-26] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 30

[:File:MegaAction_UK_03.pdf_p16-27] Mega Action, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-15), page 16

[:File:MegaForce_FR_22.pdf_p88-28] Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 88

[:File:MegaTech_UK_19.pdf_p56-29] MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 56

[:File:Micromania2_ES_064.pdf_p41-30] Micromanía (segunda época), "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 41

[:File:Migr_6_RU.pdf_p62-31] Magazina Igrushek, "1/1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_036.pdf_p112-32] Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 112

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_006_199401.pdf_p30-33] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 30

[:File:SegaPro_UK_22.pdf_p38-34] Sega Pro, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-08), page 38

[:File:SegaZone_UK_10.pdf_p28-35] Sega Zone, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 28

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_03.pdf_p52-36] Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 52

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p107-37] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 107

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[39] Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_04.pdf_p44-40] Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 44

[41] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-12.pdf_p112-42] Video Games, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-22), page 112

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Ranger-X

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Levels

Weapons

Items

Versions

Development

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References