Black/Matrix

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Black/Matrix
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: NEC Interchannel
Developer: Flight-Plan‏‎
Supporting companies: Aoni Production (voice acting), Onkio Haus (audio recording), Pole To Win (testing)
Sound driver: SCSP (1 Track)
Genre: Simulation RPG, Simulation
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1998-08-27 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e T-20113G JP (Reprint) 1998-11-06 ¥6,8006,800 T-20115G JP (Reprint) 1999-09-02 ¥6,8006,800 T-20118G

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Black/Matrix (ブラックマトリクス) is a Sega Saturn tactical role-playing game developed by Flight-Plan and published by NEC Interchannel. Released exclusively in Japan in August 1998, it later saw two re-releases: the first the following November, and the second in September 1999.

In August 1999, the game received an enhanced port to the Sega Dreamcast, titled Black/Matrix Advanced.

Production credits

• Executive Producer: Kimihisa Usui
• Producer: Toshio Tabeta, Masami Watanabe
• Director: Hirokazu Kawase
• Scenario/Story/World Design: Neko Production, Gou Bitou, Takashi Nangou
• Character Design: Kyouko Tsuchiya
• Music Design: The Hustlers Concept, Katsunari Kitajima, Hiroshi Taniguchi, Atsushi Tojima, Makoto Katsuma
• Program: Shintarou Takagi, Kazunori Kimura, Kiyohiko Wakayama, Shinichi Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nishiura
• Graphic design: Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Murai, Takatoshi Asai, Shinya Ishihara, Makoto Ohta, Ryuuma Shii, Reina Sugita, Takashi Suzuki
• Voice Cast Management: Aoni Production, Hiroshi Uwabo
• Voice cast: Noriko Hidaka, Mika Kanai, Yuko Miyamura, Junko Shimakata, Wakana Yamazaki, Kentarou Itou, Hideyuki Hori, Kaneto Shiozawa, Hiro Yuki, Takeshi Aono, Ai Orikasa, Kikuko Inoue, Yuuko Nagashima, Keiichi Nanba, Yousui Ikemizu, Masashi Ehara, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yuko Mita, Yumi Nakatani, Osamu Saka, Kinryuu Arimoto, Masaharu Satou, Sakiho Tsunoda, Kazuya Nakai
• Record: Onkio Haus, Tomoki Ohta, Yoshiko Takahashi
• Debug: Pole To Win, Takeshi Ozawa, Toshinori Tanaka, Toshihisa Miwa, Takeshi Sasayama, Akinori Sano, Wand
• Public relations: Ritsuko Honmyou, Yuko Yamazaki
• Special Thanks: Shuuji Arimoto, Satoshi Katou, Sayoko Katou, Koutarou Nakashima, Keiji Hitosugi, Keitarou Yoshida, Hiroya Torii, Takeshi Saitou, Hideki Sekiguchi, Kenji Nakao
• Development: Flight-Plan
• Produce: 1998 NEC Interchannel

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Black/Matrix/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-11: "1998-11 (1998-04-10,17)" (1998-03-27)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-18: "1998-18 (1998-06-12)" (1998-05-29)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-21: "1998-21 (1998-07-10,17)" (1998-06-26)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 80 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 83 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 88

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Black/Matrix

Saturn, JP
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Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (T-20115G)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, JP (T-20118G)
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Black/Matrix/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	619,154,592	1998-06-29	CD-ROM (JP)	T-20113G V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	619,253,376	1998-10-06	CD-ROM (JP)	T-20115G, T-20118G V1.001 (Rerelease 1, Rerelease 2)

Track list

1. Data track

2. Data track

3. CD Warning message (0:20)

► Running time: 0:20