Grind Stormer
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Tengen | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Toaplan, Tengen | |||||||||||||||
Licensor: Toaplan | |||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting[1] | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Grind Stormer, called V-Five or V-V (ヴイ・ファイヴ) in Japan, is a 1992 arcade shoot-'em-up developed by Toaplan. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1994 and released by Tengen exclusively in the US and Japan.
Contents
Gameplay
Though the two games have the same art, weapons, music, and enemy layout, their gameplay is slightly different:
- V-Five: Gradius-style weapon upgrades, with / shooting and choosing a weapon
- Grind Stormer: more conventional weapon upgrades, with / shooting and dropping a bomb
You can select which mode to play in the Options Menu by pressing at the title screen. Also during gameplay, you always have two auxiliary guns at your sides — and move them toward your front/rear. When at the front, the shots combine with yours to form a more powerful shot; when at the rear, you have a spread shot. Regardless of configuration, you can hold / to rapidfire.
Bizarrely, Grind Stormer includes a bespoke feature where by switching the controller mode to "Left Handed", the D-Pad is inverted. The idea is that you flip the controller upside down and play if you're left handed.
Some (many?) American copies of the game are plagued with a manufacturing defect (supposedly poor quality PCBs?) that reduce the cartridge's lifespan.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English (US) | Grind Stormer | Grind Stormer |
Japanese | ヴイ・ファイヴ | V-Five / V-V |
Production credits
- Project Leader: Jun Amanai
- Main Programmer: Jun Amanai
- Programmer: Takayuki Muraoka
- Assistant Programmer: Osamu Yamamoto
- Graphics: Ken-ichi Nemoto
- Audio: Kenji Yokoyama
- Test Players: Ken-ichi Nemoto, John Arvay, Mike Kruse, Rob Boone, Kenji Yokoyama, Jim Hernandez
- Special Thanks: Bill Hindorff, Mitzi McGilvray, Tatsuya Uemura
- Presented by: Tengen
Magazine articles
- Main article: Grind Stormer/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[4]
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Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1MB | 1994-01 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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1MB | 1994-03 | Cartridge (JP) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 139
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 56
- ↑ ', "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (; 1994-0x-xx), page 73
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 93
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 20
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 34
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 56
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 62
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 31
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 67
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 44
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 103
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- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 85
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- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-03-08), page 90
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