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Battle Garegga (バトルガレッガ) is a shoot-'em-up game released in arcades in 1996. It was later released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1998. Published by Electronic Arts, it is its last game published for the Saturn, and by extension, its last game for a Sega system.
A major influence for this game was Taito's Gun Frontier. The pseudo sequels Armed Police Batrider and Battle Bakkraid stayed arcade exclusive.
Gameplay
At first the game appears like a standard world war shooting game, with power ups, bombs and Gradius-esque options.
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Battle Garegga does away with many conventions of the genre. Enemy bullets are mostly brown and gray, making them hard to see. Screen filling bombs, usually an emergency weapon that should not be used as it lowers score, are encouraged to use as they can trigger specific events. e.g. bombing the castle in stage 2 releases a swarm of invincible birds. Attacking these nets extra score.
The game also has a strict "rank" system, with the game getting continuously harder, to the point of practically impossible to beat. The only reliable way to get the difficulty level back down is do die (whether on purpose or not).
A secret code gives access to extra ships from Raizing's Mahou Daisakusen, a game never ported to the Sega Saturn. These have the highest score potential in the game, and are counted as regular ships in the game's ranking table.
Depending on the button used to select a ship, slightly powered up versions (e.g. fast movement) can be selected.
Non of the above mentioned design decisions are documented in the gameplay or manual. So external sources have to be consulted to get a better understanding of the game's inner working. But Battle Garegga Handbook which is digitalized fanzine and developper's commentaly is included in this CD as an Easter egg.
Production credits
Original Staff:
- Director: K.Nakashima
- Program:
- 68000 Side: S.Yagawa, Y.Watanabe
- Z80 Side: Y.Ochiai
- Graphic: S.Yamakawa, M.Tatsuda
- Sound Effect: Santaruru
- Test Player: Mr.Daigoro, Marika.F
- Special Thanks: Mr.Kawase, Mr.Hibi, Healthy, K.Yokoo, S.Onishi, Hideki, K.Shibayama, Chikage, Miki, Hiromi, Chisato
Source: In-game credits[4]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Battle Garegga/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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  Cover
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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Hash |
Size |
Build Date |
Source |
Comments |
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| ✔
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643,634,208
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1998-02-03
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CD-ROM (JP)
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T-10627G V1.000
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Track list
| 3. Rebellion (0:19)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 4. 4:71am (0:47)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 5. Fly to the Leaden Sky (1:29)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 6. Underwater Rampart (2:12)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 7. Tunnel Vision (2:39)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 8. Degeneracy (2:08)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 9. Subversive Awareness (3:45)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 10. Megalomaniac (3:12)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 11. Marginal Consciousness (2:21)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 12. Stab and stomp! (3:41)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 13. Thrust and Thrash! (3:06)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 14. Erupter (2:32)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 15. Fatality (0:07)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 16. Bluescape (0:47)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 17. Blood Brothers in the Dawn (0:45)
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| Composed by: Manabu Namiki
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| 19. Rebellion (0:19)
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| Arranged by: Hayato Matsuo
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| 20. 4:71am (1:02)
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| Arranged by: Manabu Namiki
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| 21. Fly to the Leaden Sky (1:34)
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| Arranged by: Manabu Namiki
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| 22. Underwater Rampart (2:06)
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| Arranged by: Ayako Saso
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| 23. Tunnel Vision (2:47)
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| Arranged by: Hitoshi Sakimoto
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| 24. Degeneracy (2:26)
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| Arranged by: Takayuki Aihara
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| 25. Subversive Awareness (3:21)
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| Arranged by: Shinji Hosoe
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| 26. Megalomaniac (3:15)
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| Arranged by: Kenichi Koyano
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| 27. Marginal Consciousness (2:11)
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| Arranged by: Kenichi Koyano
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| 28. Stab and stomp! (2:51)
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| Arranged by: Takayuki Aihara
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| 29. Thrust and Thrash! (3:01)
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| Arranged by: Ayako Saso
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| 30. Erupter (2:31)
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| Arranged by: Shinji Hosoe
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| 31. Fatality (0:06)
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| Arranged by: Manabu Namiki
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| 32. Bluescape (0:51)
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| Arranged by: Hitoshi Sakimoto
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| 33. Blood Brothers in the Dawn (0:44)
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| Arranged by: Hayato Matsuo
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► Running time: 59:07
This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.
Saturn (JP) Extra files
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Type
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Size
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description
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| \OMAKE
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Folder
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3,193,567
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Rising webpage extra version. Detailed description of Battle Garegga included.
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| BT_ABS.TXT
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TXT (Abstract)
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22
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About this game.
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| BT_BIB.TXT
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TXT (Bibliographiced)
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48
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About original game
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| BT_CPY.TXT
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TXT (Copyright)
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72
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Copyright
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References
- ↑ File:BattleGaregga Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software_l.html#tab04 (Wayback Machine: 2019-12-07 02:59)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-44 (1997-12-19)" (JP; 1997-12-05), page 5
- ↑ File:BattleGaregga_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ Famitsu, "1998-03-06" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 1
- ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ MAN!AC, "05/98" (DE; 1998-04-08), page 54
- ↑ Mega Console, "Aprile 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 60
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 4" (JP; 1998-02-13), page 146
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 8" (JP; 1998-04-10), page 116
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-06 extra (1998-03-06ex)" (JP; 1998-02-20), page 186
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
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