Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-11		T-153015
BR	1996-12	R$69.9969.99	063486

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine is a Sega Mega-CD full motion video rail shoot-'em-up game. It was only released in North America and Brazil, although BMG Interactive Entertainment had once planned to bring the game to Europe^[1].

Gameplay

Loadstar borrows a similar gameplay style from the earlier Mega-CD game, Sewer Shark - quite literally "on rails", the player takes the roll of Tully Bodine, piloting his ship called the "Loadstar" to various destinations. Gameplay consists of turning left or right at junctions, and occasionally moving a crosshair to shoot down nearby enemies.

If the player does not crash and is not destroyed, Loadstar takes roughly 50 minutes to complete (including FMV sequences).

History

Development

Having invested in Rocket Science Games, Sega demanded that Loadstar was released on the Mega-CD first, despite the console's shortcomings when it came to rendering FMV footage^[2].

Through the eyes of senior developer Brian Moriarty, many of the staff being Loadstar were attempting to use the project to better their chances of getting into film production for Hollywood. Very few were knowledgeable when it came to video games, to the point where CEO Steve Blank would not even let his children play video games at the time^[2].

Moriarty suggests Loadstar did the minimum to get past Sega's quality standards, and was hated by Sega's staff^[2].

A Sega Saturn version was planned for Q4 1995^[3], but was cancelled.

Production credits

Producer: Matthew Fassberg
Story & Concept Design: Ron Cobb
Interactive Design: Brian Moriarty
Digital Production Supervisor: Richard Cohen
Digital Matte Painting Supervisor: Mark Sullivan
Production Designer: David Nakabayashi
Engineers: Peter Barrett, Sean Callahan, Cary Clark, Cary Clark, George Cossey, Edward Harp, Mickey Killianey, Mark Krueger, Bruce Leak, Tony Myles, Joe Tretinik

Digital Production

Computer Animation: George Chang, Richard Cohen, Dean Hadlock, Hayden Landis, Neil Lim Sany, Gary Siela
Matte Painting: Brian Flora, Mark Nonnenmacher, Mark Sullivan
Digital Models: George Chang, Thalia Georgopoulos, Fred Lewis, Dean Hadlock
Digital Compositing: George Chang, Wade Childress, Richard Cohen
Texture Maps: George Chang, Brian Flora, Chris Green, David Nakabayashi, Mark Nonnenmacher

Post Production

Western Images
- Producer: Todd Lindo
- Editor: John Henkel, Alan Chimenti
- Colorist: Jim Barrett
- Technical Director: Jerry Castro
Sound Engineer: Mary Ellen Perry (Music Annex)
Sound Design: Gary Clayton, Matthew Fasshery, Brian Walker
Gameplay Music: Dean Menta (Neuromantic Productions)
Scoring: Mark Leggett (Legativity Music)
Voice Over
- Scorpion: Jonathan Ackley
- Ward: Matthew Fassberg
- Toaster: Chris Green
- Mort: Brian Moriarty
- SAP: Veronica O'Donovan
Ground Control: Mike Backes, Grey Butler, Anna Caldwell, Cathy Callahan, Lacey Gordon, Julie Jaros, Li Kramer, Tom Laskawy, Brian Moriarty, Elon Musk, Veronica O'Donovan, Tony Payne, Rosa Peralta, Susanna Richards, Josh Smith, Josh Viers, Brandy Wilson
Mission Control
- President, CEO: Steve Blank
- CFO: Mark Greenough
- VP Business Affairs: Jim Wickett
- Executive VP: Peter Barrett
- Executive Producer: Mark Mullen
Special Thanks: Kathryn Gould, Jon Feiber... For having the faith

Live Action

One Heart Productions
- Director: Phil Parmet
- Executive Producer: Tammara Wells
- Line Producer: Eric Deutsch

Production Department

Production Manager: Darrin Ball
Assoc. Producer/Script Breakdown: Martin Pitts
Production Consultant: Eric Small
2ND Assistant Director: Greg Eyemo
Production Assistant: Damon Nonas, Jeff Kuntz, Brian Baker, Carolyn Coal
Craft Service: Nancy Carradine
Script Supervisor: Trisha Ronten
Casting Director: Pam Rack
Fight Coordinator: Bob Goodwin

Art Department

Production Designer: Vance Lorenzini
Production Manager: Renee Frigo
Lead Man: Grey Dellerson
Property Master: Bill Averill
Sound Department
- Sound Recordist: Tommy Lockett
- Boom Operator: Matt Markey
Camera Department
- Camera Operator: Kim Haun
- Assistant Camera: Linda Morgenstern
- 2ND Assistant Camera: George Baker
- Still Photographer: Darrell Randazzo
Electric Department
- Gaffer: Patrick Melly
- Best Boy Electric: Anthony John
- Electric: Colin Edwards
- Swing: Kevin Harrop
Grip Department
Key Grip: Irv Gorman
Best Boy Grip: Gene Rivera
Grip: Scotty Graves
Wardrobe
- Stylist: Dana Allyson
- Assistant Stylist: Lisa Parmet, Rosanne Fiedler
Make-Up/Hair
- Key Make-Up: Judd Minter
- Key Hair Stylist: Danielle Russell
- Make-Up: Cinzia Zanetti, Susan Seligman

Cast

Starring
- Tully Bodine: Barry Primus
- Sheriff Wompler: Ned Beatty
Principals
- Snid: Michael P. Byrne
- News Anchor: Cristi Conaway
- Vern: John Beatty
- Rat Rag Baxter: Prince Hughes
- Helium Head O' Bannon: Craig Ryan Ng
- Nails: Jolie Jackunas
Featured
- Bartender #1: Tony Cox
- Bartender #2: Michael Anderson
- Moon Dog: Steve Randazzo
- Deputy #1: Paul Quinn
- Deputy #2: Richard Haje
Extras
- Bouncer: Gary Willison
- Trucker: Scott Schauer
- Trucker: Earnest L. Brown
- Strange Character: Patrice Quinn
- Waitress: Regana Redd
- Worker: Pamela Sillman
- Worker: William Richards
- Waitress: Tamara Lunt
- Bar Character: Lynn Zeigler
- Bar Character: Steve Friedlander
- Bar Girl: Karen Sempertequi
- Man in Silly Hat: Peter Barrett
- Camel Bay Betty: Veronica O'Donovan
Packaging and manual design: Three 8 Creative Group

Source:

US manual^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Next Generation (US) #1: "Premiere Issue 1995" (1994-12-08)^[5]
GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]
VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Edge (UK) #16: "January 1995" (1994-11-24)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #158: "January 1995" (1994-12-15)^[8]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

83

^[9]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

66

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[13]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

64

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

66

^[15]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

79

^[16]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[17]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[18]

Player One (FR)

40

^[19]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[20]

	62
Based on 12 reviews

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

657,678,000

CD (BR)

063486

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-10-13

Page

References

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Books: The Official Rocket Science Guide to Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (1995)

Prototypes: 1994-10-13

[:File:MegaPower_UK_16.pdf_p7-1] Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 7

[:File:NextGeneration_US_40.pdf_p46-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Next Generation, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-17), page 46

[:File:1995SegaProductCatalog_US.pdf_p75-3] 1995 Sega Product Catalog (US), page 75

[:File:Loadstar_mcd_us_manual.pdf_p20-4] File:Loadstar mcd us manual.pdf, page 20

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p16-5] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 16

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p4-6] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 4

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p14-7] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p2-8] Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 2

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_040.pdf_p150-9] Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 150

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_27.pdf_p188-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 188

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p42-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p26-12] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p52-13] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:GameInformer_US_020.pdf_p42-14] Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 42

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p60-15] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 60

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p76-16] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p112-17] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 112

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p104-18] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 104

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_050.pdf_p101-19] Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101

[:File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf_p66-20] VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 66

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

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Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References