Virtual Hydlide

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NTSC-U
NTSC-J
PAL

Virtual Hydlide

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), Atlus Software (US)

Developer: T&E Soft

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Sega-Ozisoft (AU)

Licensor: Sega (US)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (27 tracks)

Genre: Action RPG^[1], RPG^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-04-28^[2]	¥5,8005,800	GS-9012
US	1995-09-14^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	T-14401H
EU	1995		MK81380-50
DE	199x	DM 110110^[8]	MK81380-50
PT	199x
UK	1995-09-15^[5]^[6]	£39.9939.99^[7]	MK81380-50
PL	1996	199zł199
AU	199x		FVIR09SSC

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Virtual Hydlide (ヴァーチャルハイドライド) is a 3D remake of the 1984 action RPG Hydlide released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1995. It was the second Hydlide game for a Sega platform, following Super Hydlide on the Mega Drive.

Story

In the kingdom of Fairyland, three magic jewels were enshrined in the palace to maintain peace in the kingdom. One day, an evil man broke into the palace and stole one of the three magic jewels. Without the third jewel, the two remaining jewels lost their magic sparkle. The magic spell that sealed the power of Varalys, the most vicious demon in the kingdom, was broken. During the turmoil which followed, the last two jewels were stolen. Varalys cast a special magic on Princess Ann, turning her into three fairies, and hid her somewhere in the kingdom. He then let loose a horde of monsters across the land and became the ruler of the kingdom.

The young knight Jim stood up and took action to restore peace in the kingdom. He bravely made his way into the wilderness in full armor to fight the monsters...

Gameplay

The game is played from a third-person perspective using polygonal environments with digitized sprites for the player and enemy characters. The game's worlds are somewhat randomly generated, with twenty different level layouts for each of the seven dungeons and the overworld, leading to 25.6 billion possible combinations, all but guaranteeing that each playthrough of Virtual Hydlide is different.

Production credits

Game Design: Tokihiro Naito
Directions Managements
Maincode Programming: Kentaro Nishiwaki
Code Managements
Special Visual Effects: Toyokazu Hattori
Equipments Modeling
Photography
Monsters Modeling: Yoshinori Kiritani
3D Rendering
Special Sound Effects: Yumi Kinoshita
Music compose
Map Editor Programming: Shinsuke Miyamoto
Subcode Programming
Stage Create Supervise: Katsuhisa Ota
Video Stream Supervise: Michihiko Matsui
Stage Layouts: Kazuhiko Ogawa
Assistant Ground Layouts: Hisashi Shimada
Visual Data Managements: Ken Mizuno
Texture and Object Create
Assistant Visual Data Editing: Norie Suzuki
Object Editor Programming: Katsuya Mizuta
Tools Assistant Programming
Subcode Programming: Hideaki Kazaoka
The Supplier for Photo: PPS
A Game by: Tokihiro Naito
Produced by: T&E Soft
Presented by: Sega

(C)Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1995

Source:

In-game credits^[9]

History

Critical reception

This game has been criticised by the gaming press for having poor AI and a bad rendering pipeline, occasionally causing the game to dip to as low as 5FPS.

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtual Hydlide/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Player (DE)

30

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

74

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC

79

^[11]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

49

^[12]

Electronic Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[14]

Gambler (PL)

67

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[4]

Gamers (DE)

53

^[17]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC

59

^[18]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[19]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

80

^[20]

HiTech (ES)

NTSC-J

50

^[21]

Joypad (FR)

84

^[22]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

37

^[23]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

38

^[24]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[25]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

67

^[26]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

70

^[27]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

71

^[7]

Next Generation (US)

25

^[29]

Player One (FR)

85

^[30]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[31]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

51

^[32]

Secret Service (PL)

70

^[33]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

66

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

49

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

64

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[37]

Todo Sega (ES)

83

^[38]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

45

^[39]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

21

^[40]

	62
Based on 34 reviews

Virtual Hydlide

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Virtual Hydlide/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn
Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

↑ File:VirtualHydlide Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/c_DHy5ipnQA/m/8-uYpQB7YwoJ
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 130
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1995-09-18), page 96
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/jeaGoAYETIo/m/Oz54xDeTE1EJ
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-29), page 91
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 CD Player, "1/96" (DE; 1996-xx-xx), page 21
↑ File:Virtual Hydlide Saturn credits.pdf
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 146
↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 22
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-22)
↑ Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
↑ Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
↑ Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 45
↑ GamesMaster, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 61
↑ Game Informer, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ HiTech, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 84
↑ MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 47
↑ MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 120
↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 84
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1
↑ Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 113
↑ Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 50
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 62
↑ Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 64
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 64
↑ Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 57
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-01), page 78
↑ Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 92

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[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p130-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 130

[5] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1995-09-18), page 96

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega37UK.pdf_p91-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-29), page 91

[:File:CDPlayer_DE_1996-01.pdf_p21-8] 8.0 ^8.1 CD Player, "1/96" (DE; 1996-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:Virtual_Hydlide_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Virtual Hydlide Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_045.pdf_p146-10] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 146

[:File:CVG_UK_164.pdf_p22-11] Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 22

[digitiser1995-09-22-12] Digitiser (UK) (1995-09-22)

[13] Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[14] Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1

[15] Gambler, "11/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0810.pdf_p44-16] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p45-17] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 45

[18] GamesMaster, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 61

[:File:GameInformer_US_030.pdf_p45-19] Game Informer, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 45

[20] Gry Komputerowe, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Hitech_ES_04.pdf_p72-21] HiTech, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:Joypad_FR_046.pdf_p84-22] Joypad, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-07.pdf_p47-23] MAN!AC, "07/95" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 47

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-11.pdf_p63-24] MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63

[:File:MegaForce_FR_43.pdf_p120-25] Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-11.pdf_p84-26] Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 84

[:File:Migr_3_RU.pdf_p54-27] Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:MeanMachinesSega33UK.pdf_p1-28] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-27), page 1

[:File:NextGeneration_US_10.pdf_p113-29] Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 113

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_057.pdf_p108-30] Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-07_19950715.pdf_p50-31] Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 50

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p62-32] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 62

[:File:SecretService_PL_37.pdf_p64-33] Secret Service, "Lipiec/Sierpień 1996" (PL; 1996-08-01), page 64

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_22.pdf_p64-34] Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 64

[:File:SegaPower_UK_72.pdf_p57-35] Sega Power, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-21), page 57

[:File:SegaPro_UK_51.pdf_p64-36] Sega Pro, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-05), page 64

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:TodoSega_ES_31.pdf_p42-38] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_08.pdf_p78-39] Ultimate Future Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-01), page 78

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-09.pdf_p92-40] Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 92

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Virtual Hydlide

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

History

Critical reception

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References