Missile Defense 3-D

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Missile Defense 3-D

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega R&D 2

Peripherals supported: 3-D Glasses, Light Phaser

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1987-08^[1]	$4040^[2]	8001
EU	1987-10^[3]		8001
FR	198x	200F200^[5]	8001
UK	1987-10^[3]	£24.9524.95^[4]	8001
BR	19xx		023230

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Missile Defense 3-D, advertised as World War 3-D in early promotional material, is a shooting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. The game requires both the 3-D Glasses and Light Phaser to play.

It was also one of few games to become a built-in game for the Master System, specifically the SuperScope 3-D/Super System variant.

Gameplay

The player assumes the role of an anti-nuclear satellite armed with a laser, with the mission of destroying all nuclear missiles launched by two superpowers at each other and the satellite. The missiles appear to fly towards the viewer (with the illusion of depth created by the 3-D Glasses), which must be shot with the Light Phaser before they hit their target.

Like SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative, Missile Defense 3-D was notorious for its anti-nuclear war theming which hit close to home for many (as this game was made during the Cold War). One example is that if one missile is allowed to make its complete journey, the game will end and say "One missile hit east/west city. That's all it takes".

Production credits

Programmer: Mark Cerny
Designer: Mark Cerny

Magazine articles

Main article: Missile Defense 3-D/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

PAL

76

^[6]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

PAL

76

^[7]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

46

^[8]

Génération 4 (FR)

PAL

50

^[5]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

76

^[9]

Power Play (DE)

25

^[10]

S: The Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

50

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

67

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

46

^[14]

Software Gids (NL)

72

^[15]

Tilt (FR)

70

^[16]

	57
Based on 12 reviews

Missile Defense 3-D

Master System, US
Cover
Manual

Master System, US "Made in China" variant
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, EU
Cover
Manual

Master System, BR (cardboard)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, BR (cardboard; newer)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	fbe5cfbb
MD5	b17ca24555cc79c5f7d89f156b99e452
SHA-1	86242fcc8b9f93cdad2241f40c3eebbf4c9ff213

128kB

Cartridge (EU/US)

References

Missile Defense 3-D
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.6_05.pdf_p13-1] Computer Entertainer, "August 1987" (US; 1987-08-xx), page 13

[:File:CGW_US_048.pdf_p42-2] Computer Gaming World, "June 1988" (US; 1988-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:CVG_UK_073.pdf_p132-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1987" (UK; 1987-10-15), page 132

[:File:Mastertronic_UK_Catalogue_1988.pdf_p2-4] The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2

[:File:Generation4_FR_002.pdf_p47-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Génération 4, "Janvier/Février 1988" (FR; 198x-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p101-6] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 101

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p58-7] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 58

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p142-8] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 142

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p135-9] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 135

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_002.pdf_p92-10] Power Play, "Ausgabe 2" (DE; 1987-12-28), page 92

[:File:StheSegaMagazine_UK_11.pdf_p13-11] S: The Sega Magazine, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-06), page 13

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p58-12] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p19-13] Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 19

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p71-14] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71

[:File:SoftwareGids_NL_01.pdf_p34-15] Software Gids, "Mei/Juni 1990" (NL; 1990-05-xx), page 34

[:File:Tilt_FR_049.pdf_p106-16] Tilt, "Décembre 1987" (FR; 1987-1x-xx), page 106

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Missile Defense 3-D

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References