Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Eidos Interactive

Developer: Quantic Dream

Distributor: Proein (ES), Halifax (IT)

Original system(s): Windows PC

Peripherals supported: Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Adventure

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2000-06-21^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	T-36807N
DE	2000-06-23	DM 109109^[8]	T-36805D-18
ES	2000-06-27^[9]		T-36805D-60
FR	2000-06-16^[7]		T-36805D-09
UK	2000-06-23^[3]^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]^[6]	T-36805D-05
ES/IT	2000-06-23		T-36805D-60
AU	2000-06-30^[10]

Non-Sega versions
Windows PC

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul, known in Europe as The Nomad Soul, is a Sega Dreamcast adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. A port of the developer's titular 1999 Windows PC game The Nomad Soul, it was first released in the United Kingdom in May 2000, and is most notable for being the first game directed by David Cage, and for its contributions by musicians David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	The Nomad Soul	The Nomad Soul
English (US)	Omikron: The Nomad Soul	Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Production credits

Development Team: Quantic Dream
Written &d Directed by: David Cage
Project Manager: Olivier Demangel
Internal Producer: Anne Devouassoux
Design & Graphics: Loic Normand
Lead Graphists: Stepbane Elbaz, Philippe Aballea
Graphists: Olivier Demangel, Edouard Pham, Xavier Malard, Eric Seigaud, Pierre Roux, Nathalie Chody, Tsoa Rakotoarisoa, Kamel Gali, Franck Aubessard, Amar Hamidi, Corentin Jaffre, Yann Legal
Programming: Olivier Nallet, Fabien Fessard
Programmers: Frederic Hanoulle, Antoine Yiau, Francois Kermorvant, Stephane Fournier, Julien Varnier, Christophe Vivet, Jean-Charles Meyrignac
Animations: Tony Lejuez
Animators: Christophe Leulier, Xavier Malard, Yan Le Gall
IAM Scripting: Sophie Buhl
Scripters: Nathalie Chody, Audrey Leprince
Cameras: Daniel Cinglant, David Cage
Dialogue: Christophe Leulier, Tsoa Rakotoarisoa, Marie Catherine Herveau, Anne Devouassoux, Regis Carlier
Sound Effects, Ambient & Additional Tracks: Xavier Despas
Original English Voices: David Bowie, David Gasman, Paul Bondey, Karen Strassman, Christian Erickson, Barbara Weber, Gay Marshall, Edward Marcus, Allan Wenger, Joe Rezwin, Patrick Floersheim
Iman 1631: Iman
The Dreamers: David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Gail Ann Dorsey
Sound Engineer: Jean-Jacques Toroella
Motion Capture Acting: Marc Chung, Minh Minh Ngo, Pascal Gentil, Emmanuelle Pariant, Tony Dehas
Body Motion Capture: Acti System
Quantic Dream would like to thank: John for his faith. Bruno for believing when there really was no reason to. Iman, David and Reeves for their enthusiasm, their talent and their intelligence. Charles for accepting the challenge. Philip for his support and enthusiasm. Eides and Eidos, France. Tony and Ed for the quality of the casting and devoting so much time to us. All the people that sent us encouraging e-mails and supported us from the start. Our wrives and girlfriends for being patient and understanding. All the staff at Quantic Dream for the sleepless nights and the long weekends.
Original Songs and Soundtracks: David Bowie & Reeves Gabrels
Facial Lipsynching and Dialogue Motion Capture: Tribu
Mr. Bowie's Motion Capture credited & performed by: Edouard Locke

Eidos Interactive

Senior Producer: Herve Albertazzi
Producer (US): Tom Marx
Senior Designer: Philip Campbell
Additional Support & Ideas: Paul Glancey
QA Managers: UK - Jean-Yves Duret, US - Brian King
QA Project Coordinator: Marlon Grant
QA Team UK: Jonathan Arday, Jon Reddington, Tyrone O'Neil, John Ree, James Hutchinson
QA Team US: Lead Tester - Ralph Ortiz, Asst. Lead - Daniel Franklin, Colby McCracken
Additional Testing: Clayton Palma, Chris Lovenguth, Pierre Roux, Corey Fong, Carissa Shubb, Rob Swain, Tamara Williamson, Mark Smith
Localization: Flavia Timiani, Holly Andrews
Development Manager Europe: David Rose
Development Manager US: Nicholas Earl
Product Manager UK: Michael Newey
Product Manager US: Jennifer Fitzsimmons
Product Manager France: Olivier Salomon
Product Manager Germany: Marcus Berhens
PR UK: Jonathan Rosenblatt, Steve Slarvis
PR US: Greg Rizzer
PR France: Priscille Demoly
PR Germany: Sascha Green-Kaiser
Special Thanks: Charles Cornwall, Ian Livingstone, Mike McGorvey, John Kovonagh, Rob Dyer, William Zysblat, Robert Goodale, Janey de Nordwall, Nick Davies, Debbie Lash, Eva Whitlow, Rose Montgomery, Lee Briggs, Paul Sheppard, Rebbeca Shearin, Dove Cox, JoKathryn Reavis, Amanda & Sam, Mike Cawahara, Eric Adams, Frank Hom, Mike Schmitt, Matt Miller, T-Mann
Manual: Hanshaw Ink & Image

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Omikron: The Nomad Soul/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)^[11]
GamePro (US) #140: "May 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #8: "No. 8" (2000-04-20)
also published in:

Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #11: "No. 11" (2000-07-13)^[13]

Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #3: "Mars/Avril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #99: "Avril 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #17: "Junio 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

95

^[14]

Bonus (YU)

PAL/NTSC

60

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

89

^[16]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

70

^[6]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

80

^[18]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

84

^[5]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

96

^[19]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

88

^[20]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

84

^[21]

GamePlay RPG (FR)

PAL

92

^[22]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

74

^[23]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

82

^[24]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

60

^[25]

Neo Plus (PL)

80

^[26]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[27]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

50

^[28]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[2]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

55

^[8]

Strana Igr (RU)

85

^[29]

	74
Based on 20 reviews

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, UK
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, FR
Cover
File:NomadSoul-DC-FR-Manual.pdf Disc

Dreamcast, DE
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, ES/IT
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Omikron: The Nomad Soul/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast

References

↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 23:45)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 104
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2882 (Wayback Machine: 2003-11-30 15:44)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/NaVoDKw_hVQ/m/p0XBYmeZpE0J
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 66
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 16
↑ http://www.micromania.fr/cgi-micromania/tri3.pl?criteria=DREAMCAS;status=1 (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 04:04)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Sega Magazin, "Juli 2000" (DE; 2000-06-05), page 22
↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14781&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 04:36)
↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 28
↑ GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 14
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 11" (UK; 2000-07-13), page 17
↑ 576 Konzol, "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 40
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 112
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-13), page 72
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 70
↑ Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 55
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 154
↑ Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 72
↑ GamePlay RPG, "xxxx 2000" (FR; 2000-03-31), page 86
↑ GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 102
↑ MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 58
↑ Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 68
↑ Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 115
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-06), page 76
↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1999 1/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 58

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[:File:EGM_US_130.pdf_p28-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 28

[:File:GamePro_US_140.pdf_p14-12] GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 14

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_11.pdf_p17-13] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 11" (UK; 2000-07-13), page 17

[14] 576 Konzol, "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Bonus_11_SCG.pdf_p40-15] Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 40

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_099.pdf_p112-16] Consoles +, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 112

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_08.pdf_p72-17] Dreamcast Monthly, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-13), page 72

[:File:DLMO_FR_04.pdf_p70-18] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:Dreamzone_11_2000_Scan.pdf_p55-19] Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 55

[20] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 154

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_53.pdf_p72-21] Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 72

[:File:GameplayRPG_FR_01.pdf_p86-22] GamePlay RPG, "xxxx 2000" (FR; 2000-03-31), page 86

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_097.pdf_p102-23] GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 102

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-07.pdf_p58-24] MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 58

[:File:MegaFun_DE_2000-07.pdf_p68-25] Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 68

[26] Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:NextGeneration_US_70.pdf_p115-27] Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 115

[:File:ODM_UK_07.pdf_p76-28] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-06), page 76

[:File:Strana_igr_RU_56.pdf_p58-29] Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1999 1/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 58

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References