Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

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Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US/EU), Electronic Arts Victor (JP)

Developer: Climax

Licensor: Blizzard Entertainment

Original system(s): IBM PC

Developer(s) of original games: Blizzard Entertainment

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1Track)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Simulation^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-11-27^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-10623G
US	1997-08-20^[3]	$49.9549.95^[3]	T-5023H
EU	1997-07		T-5023H-50 EAX02501273I
DE	1997-07		T-5023H-50 EAX02501273I
PT	199x
UK	1997-07^[4]	£44.9944.99^[4]	T-5023H-50 EAX02501273I
GR	199x
PL	1997
BR	199x		191366

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation

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Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (ウォークラフトIIダークサーガ) is a Sega Saturn real-time strategy game developed by Climax. A combined port of the titular 1995 Blizzard Entertainment game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion pack Beyond the Dark Portal, it was first published in the United States and Europe by Electronic Arts in August 1997, and was later localized and published in Japan by Electronic Arts Victor the following November.

The game is the only title in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft series released for home game consoles.

Versions

The Dark Saga contains all missions from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion pack, Beyond the Dark Portal, and additionally allows up to sixteen units to be selected at once, rather than the original's nine.

Production credits

Original WarCraft II Game Design: Blizzard Entertainment
Beyond the Dark Portal Development: CyberLore Studios

Electronic Arts

Executive Producer: Steve Rechtschaffner
Associate Producer: Dennis Hirsch
Assistant Producer: Kevin Loh
Senior Development Director: Pauline Moller
Production Assistants: Wendell Harlow. Adrienne Travica
Technical Director: Yggy King
Product Manager: Peter Rovea
UK Marketing Manager: Sean Ratcliffe
Public Relations Manager: Keith Dundas

Climax Development Team

President: Karl Jeffery
Executive Producer: Tim May
Vice President: Chris Bergstresser
Lead Programmer: Dave Looker
Programmers: Damian Stones, Tom Pinnock, Darren White, Dave Thorburn, Tony Mack
Art Director: Thor Hayton
Artists: Mike Baxter, Andy Oakley, Alan Weaver, Mike Oakley, Lewis Cooper
Audio Lead: Matt Simmonds

Electronic Arts QA

QA Project Coordinator: Rod Higo
Lead Testers: Tim Lewinson, Geoffrey Ball
Assistant Leads: Edwin Singh, Lori Wilson
Testers: Aaron Watmough, Ryan Yewell, Octavio Izaurralde, Ryan Savella, Colin Currie, Ian Ritchie, Greg Chan-Eather, Randy Deluna, Fausto Mazzuto, Joel Frigon, Avinash Narayan, Koji Sato, RJ Thompson, Patrick Donaghy, Justin Wiebe
Mastering: Peter Petkov, Cary Chao, Jeff Hutchinson
QA Database Support Guru: Bob Purewal
Documentation: Jason Armatta
Documentation Layout: Corinne Mah
Package Design: Mary Mitchell
Package Illustration: Courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Package Art Direction: Jennie Maruyama
Quality Assurance: Matthew "The Tick" Murphy, Big John Hanley, Gregg Pollack
Thanks to the gang at Blizzard: Shane Dabiri, Mike Morhaime, Joeray Hall, Pattrick Wyatt, Bill Roper, Duane Stinnett, Paul Sams
Special Thanks: Don Mattrick, Paulette Doudelle, Steve Fitton, Julio Valladares, James Fairweather, Patrick Ratto, Sue Garfield, Louis Mutter (Davidson), Chris Yashimora (Davidson), Susan Wooley (Davidson), Kirby Leung

Source:

US manual^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Warcraft II: The Dark Saga/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #67: "Juillet 1997" (1997-0x-xx)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #45: "August 1997" (1997-07-09)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles News (FR)

PAL

88

^[6]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[8]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC

100

^[9]

Game Power (IT)

81

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[11]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

91

^[12]

Level (TR)

75

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

85

^[14]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

95

^[15]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

92

^[16]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

85

^[17]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

85

^[18]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[19]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[20]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[21]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

94

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

91

^[23]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[24]

Super Juegos (ES)

89

^[25]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

89

^[26]

	84
Based on 22 reviews

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT
Cover
Disc

Saturn, GR

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

634,364,976

CD-ROM (EU)

T-5023H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

505,715,280

1997-09-27

CD-ROM (JP)

T-10623G V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

634,367,328

CD-ROM (US)

T-5023H V1.000

References

↑ File:Warcraft2 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Press release: 1997-08-20: Electronic Arts to Ship Warcraft II: The Dark Saga for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 76
↑ File:Warcraft2 sat us manual.pdf, page 24
↑ Consoles News, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-08-28), page 120
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Famitsu, "1997-12-05" (JP; 1997-11-21), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 80
↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 44
↑ GamePro, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1997" (ES; 1997-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Level, "11/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 80
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 54
↑ Mega Fun, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 40
↑ neXt Level, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-22), page 72
↑ Playmag, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 22" (JP; 1997-11-14), page 187
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 2" (JP; 1998-01-16), page 106
↑ Saturn Power, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-07-29), page 76
↑ Sega Magazin, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 68
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 76
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-42 (1997-12-05)" (JP; 1997-11-21), page 186
↑ Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1997" (ES; 1997-0x-xx), page 102
↑ Video Games, "8/97" (DE; 1997-07-30), page 94

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[Press_release:_1997-08-20:_Electronic_Arts_to_Ship_Warcraft_II:_The_Dark_Saga_for_the_PlayStation_and_Sega_Saturn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Press release: 1997-08-20: Electronic Arts to Ship Warcraft II: The Dark Saga for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn

[:File:CVG_UK_190.pdf_p76-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 76

[:File:Warcraft2_sat_us_manual.pdf_p24-5] File:Warcraft2 sat us manual.pdf, page 24

[:File:ConsolesNews_FR_14.pdf_p120-6] Consoles News, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-08-28), page 120

[:File:EGM_US_098.pdf_p50-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 50

[8] Famitsu, "1997-12-05" (JP; 1997-11-21), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-09.pdf_p80-9] Fun Generation, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 80

[:File:GamePower_IT_65.pdf_p44-10] Game Power, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:GamePro_US_108.pdf_p100-11] GamePro, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_071.pdf_p76-12] Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1997" (ES; 1997-xx-xx), page 76

[13] Level, "11/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-09.pdf_p80-14] MAN!AC, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 80

[15] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 54

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-09.pdf_p40-16] Mega Fun, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 40

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1997-09.pdf_p72-17] neXt Level, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-22), page 72

[:File:Playmag_FR_17.pdf_p110-18] Playmag, "Septembre 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 110

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-22_19971128.pdf_p187-19] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 22" (JP; 1997-11-14), page 187

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-02_19980130.pdf_p106-20] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 2" (JP; 1998-01-16), page 106

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_04.pdf_p76-21] Saturn Power, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-07-29), page 76

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_46.pdf_p68-22] Sega Magazin, "September 1997" (DE; 1997-08-13), page 68

[:File:SSM_UK_23.pdf_p76-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19971205_1997-42.pdf_p186-24] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-42 (1997-12-05)" (JP; 1997-11-21), page 186

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_065.pdf_p102-25] Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1997" (ES; 1997-0x-xx), page 102

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-08.pdf_p94-26] Video Games, "8/97" (DE; 1997-07-30), page 94

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Contents

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References