Sky Target

n/a

Model 2
Saturn
Windows PC

Sky Target

System(s): Sega Model 2A CRX, Sega Saturn, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Sega PC

Developer:

Sega AM1^[1]

Appaloosa Interactive

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (38 tracks)

Peripherals supported:

3D Control Pad, Mission Stick

Genre: Shooting^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-10^[1]	¥?	?
US	1995	$?	?

JP	1997-04-25^[3]	¥5,8005,800	GS-9103
US	1997-08-22^[4]	$39.9939.99^[5]	81051
EU	1997-06-05^[6]		MK81051-50
DE	1997-06-05^[6]		MK81051-50
PT	199x
UK	1997-06-12^[7]	£29.9929.99^[6]	MK81051-50
PL	1997
AU	199x
JP	1997-08-14^[8]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[8]	HCJ-0115
JP (Sega PC Collection)	1999-08-20^[9]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800e^[9]	HCJ-0161
JP (Ultra 2000)	2000		MKW-175
JP (PC Home)	199x	¥1,980 (2,039)1980e

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Sky Target (スカイターゲット) is a Sega Model 2A CRX arcade game developed by Sega AM1, including many of the same developers as Wing War^[10]. Ports of the game were made for the Sega Saturn and in Japan, Windows PCs.

History

Despite its name it is considered part of the After Burner franchise, having the player pilot various jet planes across levels. The original Model 2 cabinet was only released in Japan.

Sky Target is the first in the series to be portrayed in full 3D. It is a much slower game than its predecessors, perhaps more comparable to Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64 or Panzer Dragoon as a result.

Production credits

Main article: Sky Target/Production credits.

Arcade version

Chief Graphic Designer: Atsushi Shimamura
Graphic Designer: Washin Boku, Hideo Takashima, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Nobutaka Tozawa, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Akiko Kobayashi
Chief Programmer: Tatsuya Watanabe
Programmer: Koji Tanuma, Takashi Nanba, Tomoyuki Naitou
Cabinet Designer: Kimio Tsuda, Minoru Matsuba, Kenji Watanabe
Mechanical Engineer: Hideki Inoue, Yasuo Ishikawa, Tomoya Takasugi, Motohiko Higashiguchi, Hidemi Takabayashi
Music & Sound Effects: Kazuhiko Nagai, Nanae Kenda, David Leytze, Masanori Takeuchi
Voice: David Leytze, Lee Jeffryes, Kazunori Oh
Special Thanks: Ichirou Kawaoka
Planner: Takanori Hattori, Masayuki Ao
Directed by: Takanori Hattori
Presented by: Sega

Saturn version

Original Game Design: Takanori Hattori, Masayuki Ao
Saturn Game Design: Shigenori Araki
Programmer: Zoltán Bartos, István Fey, Tamás Kovács, Attila Szalkai, Péter Balogh, Zoltán Varga
Project Manager: József Szentesi
Artist: Szilárd Siroki, Ferenc Nagypál, Balázs Kalázdi, Endre Számel
Managing Director: Péter Huszár
Technical Advisor: Kazuhiro Takase, Hiroaki Sano
Development Advisor: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Ao, and All Sky Target Team Members
Producer: Shigenori Araki, Matt O'Driscoll, Steve Hutchins, David Locke
Senior Producer: Yutaka Sugano
Special thanks to: Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki, Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato, Stephen Friedman, András Császár, Jason Friedman, Ichirou Kawaoka, Tatsuya Watanabe, Atsushi Shimamura, Yoshimi Aikawa, Nanae Kenda, Jun Senoue, Isao Matsumoto, Ryutaro Nonaka, Zoltán Somorjai
Presented by: Sega™

Source:

In-game credits^[11]

Sega of America

Producer: Steve Hutchins
Associate Producer: Michael S. Jablonn
Product Manager: Andrew Stein
Lead Tester: Joseph M. Damon
Assistand Leads: Karen Brown, Mike Dobbins
Testers: Howard Gipson, Abe Navarro, Marcus Montgomery, Mark McCunney, Dennis Lee, Peter Young, Jeff Loney, Ferdinand Viller
Manual: Abbass Hussein
Special Thanks To: Peter Huszar, Stephen Friedman, Shigenori Araki, Jin Shimazaki, Geraldine Dessimoz, Shuji Utsumi, Bernie Stolar, Tony Borba, Mark Subotnick, Marcelyn Ditter, and the Seedy Crew

Source:

US manual^[12]

PC version

Original Game Design: Takanori Hattori, Masayuki Ao
PC Game Design: Shigenori Araki
Development Advisor: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Masayuki Ao
Product Director: Toshinori Asai
Producer: Akira Kozu
Assistant Producer: Kei Suzuki
Programmer: Tamás Kovács, Zoltán Bartos, István Fey, Attila Szalkai, Péter Balogh, Zoltán Varga
Project Manager: József Szentesi
Artist: Szilárd Siroki, Ferenc Nagypál, Balázs Kalázdi, Endre Számel
Managing Director: Péter Huszár

and All of Sky Target Team Members

Special Thanks to: Makoto Oshitani, Jin Shimazaki, Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato, Stephen Friedman, András Császár, Jason Friedman, Ichirou Kawaoka, Tatsuya Watanabe, Atsushi Shimamura, Yoshimi Aikawa, Nanae Kenda, Zoltán Somorjai
presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Sky Target/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US flyer front

US flyer back

JP flyer front

JP flyer back

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

Model 2 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

40

^[13]

	40
Based on 1 review

Sky Target

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

80

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

48

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[17]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

30

^[18]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

61

^[21]

Mega Console (IT)

NTSC-J

72

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

76

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

77

^[24]

Neo (PL)

50

^[25]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

0

^[26]

Player One (FR)

50

^[27]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[28]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[29]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

55

^[30]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

58

^[31]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

80

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

73

^[33]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

47

^[34]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[35]

Strana Igr (RU)

70

^[36]

Super Power (FI)

61

^[37]

Ultra Game Players (US)

63

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

62

^[39]

	61
Based on 25 reviews

Sky Target

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

PC version

PC, JP
Cover

PC, JP (Ultra 2000)
Cover

PC, JP (PC Home)
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Sky Target/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PC

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 138
↑ File:SkyTarget Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ Press release: 1997-06-19: SEGA TAKES IN-HOME ARCADE GAMING TO NEXT LEVEL
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-11), page 49
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=10&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-04 04:29)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=9&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-04 04:39)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 164
↑ File:SkyTarget Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:Skytarget sat us manual.pdf, page 26
↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-10), page 75
↑ GamesMaster, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 122
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 98
↑ GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 8: August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 20
↑ GamePro, "November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 155
↑ MAN!AC, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 72
↑ Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Mega Fun, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-04), page 68
↑ Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Next Generation, "October 1997" (US; 1997-09-23), page 177
↑ Player One, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 151
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90
↑ Saturn Power, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-06-25), page 76
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 32
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-07-16), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 105
↑ Super Power, "7 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 46
↑ Ultra Game Players, "September 1997" (US; 1997-08-19), page 85
↑ Video Games, "6/97" (DE; 1997-05-28), page 98

Sky Target

Books: Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: Sky Target (1997)

Games in the After Burner Series
	After Burner (1987) \| After Burner II (home computers) (1987) \| G-LOC: Air Battle (home computers) (1990) \| Strike Fighter (1991) \| Sky Target (1995) \| Sega Strike Fighter (2000) \| After Burner Climax (2006)
	After Burner (1987) \| G-LOC: Air Battle (1991)
	After Burner (1988)
	After Burner II (1990) \| G-LOC: Air Battle (1993)
	G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
	After Burner III (1992)
	After Burner Complete (1995)
	Sega Ages After Burner II (1996) \| Sky Target (1997)
	Sky Target (1997)
	After Burner II (200x) \| After Burner II DX (2007)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 10: After Burner II (2004)
	After Burner: Black Falcon (2007)
	After Burner Climax (2010)
	3D After Burner II (2013)
	After Burner Climax (2013)
After Burner related media
	Sega Game Music Vol. 3 After Burner (1987) \| After Burner (1990) \| Strike Fighter (1991) \| Yu Suzuki Produce After Burner II (1997) \| Yu Suzuki Produce G-LOC/R360/Virtua Racing (1998) \| After Burner Climax Sound Track (2006) \| After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (2007) \| After Burner II (2018) \| G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (2020)
	After Burner (1987) \| After Burner / Super Hang-On (1987)

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p138-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 138

[:File:SkyTarget_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:SkyTarget Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200330225358.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsegasaturn.2Fsoftware.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-4] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[Press_release:_1997-06-19:_SEGA_TAKES_IN-HOME_ARCADE_GAMING_TO_NEXT_LEVEL-5] Press release: 1997-06-19: SEGA TAKES IN-HOME ARCADE GAMING TO NEXT LEVEL

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970715062600.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com.2FSATURNL.HTML-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)

[:File:CVG_UK_187.pdf_p49-7] Computer & Video Games, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-11), page 49

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170304042939.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fsearch.2Fresult.php.3Fpage.3D10.26pf.3D11-8] 8.0 ^8.1 http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=10&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-04 04:29)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170304043935.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fsearch.2Fresult.php.3Fpage.3D9.26pf.3D11-9] 9.0 ^9.1 http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=9&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-04 04:39)

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p164-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 164

[:File:SkyTarget_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-11] File:SkyTarget Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Skytarget_sat_us_manual.pdf_p26-12] File:Skytarget sat us manual.pdf, page 26

[:File:CVG_UK_169.pdf_p75-13] Computer & Video Games, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-10), page 75

[14] GamesMaster, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_066.pdf_p122-15] Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 122

[:File:EGM_US_098.pdf_p52-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 52

[17] Famitsu, "1997-05-02" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-07.pdf_p98-18] Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 98

[:File:GameFan_US_0508.pdf_p20-19] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 8: August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_110.pdf_p155-20] GamePro, "November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 155

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-07.pdf_p72-21] MAN!AC, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 72

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_38.pdf_p72-22] Mega Console, "Giugno 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 72

[23] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-07.pdf_p68-24] Mega Fun, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-04), page 68

[:File:Neo_1_PL.pdf_p36-25] Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:NextGeneration_US_34.pdf_p177-26] Next Generation, "October 1997" (US; 1997-09-23), page 177

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_076.pdf_p92-27] Player One, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-08_19970425.pdf_p151-28] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 151

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-12_19970627.pdf_p90-29] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 12" (JP; 1997-06-xx), page 90

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_03.pdf_p76-30] Saturn Power, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-06-25), page 76

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_44.pdf_p32-31] Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 32

[32] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_UK_22.pdf_p74-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-07-16), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19970502_1997-14.pdf_p137-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-14 (1997-05-02)" (JP; 1997-04-18), page 137

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[36] Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1997-07.pdf_p46-37] Super Power, "7 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_101.pdf_p85-38] Ultra Game Players, "September 1997" (US; 1997-08-19), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-06.pdf_p98-39] Video Games, "6/97" (DE; 1997-05-28), page 98

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Sky Target

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Production credits

Arcade version

Saturn version

PC version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Photo gallery

Physical scans

Model 2 version

Saturn version

PC version

Technical information

External links

References