Body Count

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Body Count
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Peripherals supported: Menacer, Sega Mouse
Genre: Shooting

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Español
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU     		1533
    Sega Mega Drive
    PT     		MDJ1533
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK     		1533
    Sega Mega Drive
    SE
    (Rental)
    Sega Mega Drive
    AU
    Sega Mega Drive
    BR     		044800

    Body Count is a light-gun game released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Europe and Brazil (though plans were made to bring the game to North America). It is designed primarily for the Sega Menacer or Sega Mouse.

    It is the only known Mega Drive game to have compatibility issues with the Japanese and European versions of the Sega Mouse.

    Story

    A hostile race of aliens have invaded the planet Earth. A lone soldier takes up arms to fight against the invaders and drive them away.

    Gameplay

    The game is an arcade-style rail shooter where players shoot from a first-person perspective. Similar to T2: The Arcade Game, players are equipped with continuously firing machine guns rather than pistols as in most light gun games.

    The game supports play using a control pad, Sega Menacer, or Sega Mouse. Using a control pad, the D-Pad moves the targeting crosshair and A fires. Players can use grenades, which are also aimed at the location of the crosshair, with B. Using a Menacer, the trigger fires and the top button throws grenades. The machine gun has limited ammunition, which goes down slowly as the gun is fired. When it runs out of ammo, it continues to fire but more slowly. Additional ammo and grenades fall down the screen occasionally and can be collected by shooting them. Grenades are also limited in supply, and there are multiple types of grenades with different effects. Collecting another grenade item adds another "stack" of grenades with its own counter, with previous stacks of grenades kept in reserve.

    Each stage presents wave of enemies, and after a sufficient number of enemies have been eliminated, the players proceed to the next area. At the end of the stage, the players must destroy a boss to move on to the next stage. Bosses have a numeric health meter. They are large and have multiple vulnerable parts, with different parts being targetable at different phases.

    Players have five hearts to represent their health. Hearts shrink three times before they are lost as the player takes damage from enemies. If the player runs out of hearts, the player is defeated and can only continue playing at the cost of a credit.

    The game supports two-player simultaneous play, with both players using control pads or with one player using the Menacer and the other player using a control pad. Players share credits. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard).

    Items

    Items are collected by shooting them.

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    Restores a health heart.
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    Restores 3 health hearts.
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    Awards an extra credit.
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    Temporarily makes the player invulnerable.
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    Gives the player another 3 units of machine gun ammunition.
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    Gives the player another 6 units of machine gun ammunition.
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    Increases the damage of the machine gun.
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    Supplies the player with a stack of 12 red grenades, which explode fireballs in eight directions from the targeting crosshair.
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    Supplies the player with a stack of 10 blue grenades, which fire large energy waves laterally from the targeting crosshair.
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    Supplies the player with a stack of 10 black grenades, which do large damage in a small area.
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    Supplies the player with a stack of 12 purple grenades, which spray a volley of plasma balls in an area.
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    Destroys all enemies on the screen.

    Stages

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    • Body Count, Stage 1-4.png

    		Stage 1

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    • Body Count, Stage 2-4.png

    		Stage 2

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    		Stage 3

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    		Stage 4

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    		Stage 5

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Body Count/Magazine articles.

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    {{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
    40
    		[3]
    Consoles + (FR)
    84
    		[4]
    Hyper (AU)
    83
    		[5]
    Joypad (FR) PAL
    78
    		[6]
    Mega (UK) PAL
    76
    		[7]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    62
    		[8]
    Player One (FR)
    85
    		[9]
    Power Up! (UK)
    74
    		[10]
    Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
    72
    		[1]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    63
    		[11]
    Sega Force (SE)
    70
    		[12]
    Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
    75
    		[13]
    Supersonic (FR)
    85
    		[14]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    82
    		[15]
    Tricks Gold (RU)
    65
    		[16]
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 73
    Based on
    15 reviews

    Body Count

    Mega Drive, EU
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    Cover
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    Cart
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    Manual
    Mega Drive, FR (Blister pack)
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    Cover
    Mega Drive, PT

    Mega Drive, BR
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    Cover
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    Cart

    Technical information

    Main article: Body Count/Technical information.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 88
    2. ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-07-18), page 8
    3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 34
    4. ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 138
    5. ↑ Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 59
    6. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 122
    7. ↑ Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 42
    8. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 68
    9. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90
    10. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 16, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-16), page 1
    11. ↑ Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 67
    12. ↑ Sega Force, "4/94" (SE; 1994-06-01), page 10
    13. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "July 22nd 1994" (UK; 1994-07-09), page 10
    14. ↑ Supersonic, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 27
    15. ↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
    16. ↑ Tricks Gold, "Sega dlya strategov" (RU; 2003-01-09), page 28


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