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Blue Stinger

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Activision, Sega (JP)

Developer: Climax Graphics

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Adventure

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Deutsch

Français

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1999-03-25	¥5,8005,800	HDR-0003
US	1999-09-09^[3]	$49.9949.99^[5]	T-13001N
EU	1999-10-14^[1]^[2]		T-13001D-58
AU	1999	$99.9599.95^[6]
BR	xxxx		197116

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Blue Stinger (ブルースティンガー) is a Sega Dreamcast game developed by Climax Graphics. It was a launch title for the system in North America and Europe.

Production credits

Creature Design: Robert Short
Camerawork Supervisor: Pete Von Sholly
Original Story: Masaki Segawa, Shinya Nishigaki
Music Composer: Toshihiko Sahashi
Chief CG Designer: Atsushi Yamamoto
Map Model CG Designer: Eiji Ohkoshi, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Akira Kurochi
Character Model CG Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Tadashi Hashimoto
3D Animation Designer: Masayuki Hasegawa, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tadashi Hashimoto, Satoru Washizu (System Sacom), Hiroaki Inaba (System Sacom)
Texture Designers: Masami Hashizume, Yuki Takazawa, Ryuzo Kishi, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Eiji Ohkoshi
Effect Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu, Masami Hashizume
2D Animation Designer: Yuki Takazawa, Masami Hashizume
CG Item Model Designer: Akira Kurochi
Window Designer: Tatsuru Shimizu
Art Director: Ryosuke Murakami
Art Designer: Kazuaki Hashino
Game Map Design: Katsuya Ishii, Ayumu Kojima
Sound Designer: Yukinori Kikuchi (Electro Zoo)
Assistant Sound Designer: Yuji Ogawa
Usa Coordinator: Saki Hijiri
Mr.Robert'S Management: Barbara Slifka
Usa Line Producer: Kayoko Dietsche
Casting Director: Lani Minella Of, Pro-Motion Productions
Script Translation: Kayoko Dietsche
Dialogue Polish: John Stanhope, Jason Bretz
Usa Sound Engineer: Chuck Everts
Voice actors
- Eliot G Ballade: Ryan Drummond
- Dogs Bower: Deem Bristow
- Janine King: Lani Minella
- Sub Characters: Jon St. John, Machiko Toyoshima
Motion Capture Actor: Masashi Ogawa
Assistance of Toshihiko Sahashi: Toshikazu Kato, Tomonori Horii, Tomio Fukada
Conductor: Kouji Haishima
Composer'S Management: Kozo Araki (Face)
Orchestra Truck Director: Daisuke Honji
Recording Engineer: Takashi Sasaki
Musician Coordinator: Emari Mamiya
Assistant Engineer: Satoshi Mase, Maki Onodera, Ayako Kato
Mastering Engineer: Katsuaki Uno
nePhY: Saliy&Haluka
nePhY'S Management: Yasuhiro Koshi (B.F.P.)
nePhY SONG<STING ME>Composer: Rui Nagai
nePhY's Costume Design&Styling: Junko Narumi, Yae Takano
nePhY's Hair&Makeup: Satoyo Isobe (Prism ･ Prism), Miyako Shiratori (Prism ･ Prism)
Game Monitor: Shunpei Nitta, Terufumi Ochi
Segamuse Staff: Toshiro Kezuka, Makoto Ando, Takeshi Ajitsu, Kaoru Shiga, Syuichi Motoda, Shinjiro Hosoda, Shinkichi Kobayashi, Nozomu Yokouchi, Tukasa Itaya, Masanori Kadooka, Masato Kohno, Toru Yasuda, Hiroyuki Toyama, Yusuke Watanabe, Shunichirou Kawasaki, Eiki Okano, Shinya Sase, Koji Uemura, Masashi Komatsu, Atsushiuebuchi, Tomoaki Ishidao, Ryuichikoga, Manabu Hasegawa, Hidenobu Okano, Shinya Osaki, Hideo Akiyama, Kyouko Inamoto, Ritsukokomaki, Akira Nomoto, Katsushi Yasuda, Naoyuki Sato, Naoya Inada, Kenishi Furuto, Tomoyuki Masuo, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Makoto Unten, Masakazu Kiya, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Akihide Ichimura, Hiroki Kato, Satoshi Imai, Haruo Imatu, Shuichi Endo, Tomoakishimamoto, Keiichi Satoh, Koji Utida, Minoru Sakuragi, Tuichi Takeuchi, Teruyuki Aawaji, Takaharu Ishii, Masato Akagi, Kensukeueda, Mihoko Nakajima, Tetsuhiro Kawamoto, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Junichitatsuta, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Shinsuke Akimoto, Tetsuya Hirano, Yoshinori Emachi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Toshihiko Ariyoshi, Sachiko Hiragi, Saburo Ando, Yoshihito Endo, Hideakisasaki, Akihisa Iwata, Minako Futamata, Shingo Ueno, Masahiko Yagai, Takashi Kabasawa, Fumimasa Nawa, Yoko Murakami, Masahiro Katsumi, Mitsuru Sato, Minako Akiba, Chieko Ito, Shintaro Kojima, Junichi Simizu, Hirakiohmura, Takaaki Motoyama, Kazuo Nishimura, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Seiichimitsui, Koichi Kuriyama, Katsumitanaka, Takashi Akai, Tetsuyaonishi, Yasuko Suzuki, Masaru Igarashi, Chie Yashiki, Tsuruo Maruyama, Shoji Sakata, Tatsurofukuda, Fujiko Sato, Daisukeyokota, Mieko Murakami, Hitoshiyachita, Suzumi Matsumoto, Misae Tomioka, Kumiko Nishio, Ayako Watanabe, Yukari Inagawa, Hirohisa Yamanishi, Jun Kawakita, Kyoko Ikari, Yumi Tsunoda, Akira Kato, Yumi Fujihira, Koji Nozaki, Emi Osaki, Aki Horiuchi
Special Thanks: (Colombia Creative) Naoshi Koyama, Jun Masuda, (System Sacom) Akio Tatematsu, (Sega Enterprises) Sadahiko Hirose, Shuji Utsumi, Youji Ishii, Masanao Maeda, Naoki Aoki, Yoshiki Ohoka, Jin Shimazaki, Hirokazu Kojima, Shinichi Kawabata, Yuichiro Yokoyama, (GE), Daisaku Ikejiri, Yoshiki Komabayashi
Marketing: (Sega Enterprises), Hideki Okamura, Kunihisa Ueno, Seijiro Sannabe
Promotion: (Sega Enterprises), Masatoshi Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Hanaya, Toshihide Onishi, Yasushi Nagumo
System Support: (Sega Enterprises), Shuichi Katagi, Kazuhiro Takase, Akihiro Etori, & SEGA TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM
Manual Designer: (Sega Enterprises), Kaoru Ichigozaki, Takashi Nishimura, Eiichi Ogawa
Main programmer: Kazuaki Yokozawa
Battle Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
Window Programmer: Ichiro Ide
Event Programmer: Yoshinori Tagawa, Kazuaki Yokozawa
3D Map Tool Progammer: Yoshinori Tagawa
Sound Programmer: Ichiro Ide
VM&Movie Programmer: Hideo Yamaguchi
Production manager: Nobuyuki Simoda
Game Data Control: Eiji Ohkoshi, Hideo Yamaguchi
Game Scenario&Dialog: Sinya Nishigaki
Character Design: Masaki Segawa
Director: Ayumu Kojima
Assistant Director: Eiji Ohkoshi
Producer: Shinya Nishigaki
Co-Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Tomoaki Ogawa
Executive Producer: (Sega Enterprises), Shoichiro Irimajiri

Source: In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Blue Stinger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

BR print advert

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)

Print advert in DC-UK (UK) #2: "October 1999" (1999-09-29)

Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #2: "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (1999-12-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) #1: "Oktober 1999" (1999-10-14)
also published in:

MAN!AC (DE) #1999-11: "11/99" (1999-10-06)^[7]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Arcade (UK)	60	^[8]
Arcade (UK)	40	^[9]
Consoles + (FR)	92	№88, p82-85 №93, p86/87
DC-UK (UK)	30	^[10]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK)	80	^[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP)	77	^[12]
Dreamcast Magazine (readers) (JP)	83	^[13]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)	65	^[14]
Edge (UK)	50	^[15]
Famitsu (JP)	70	№537, p31
GamesMaster (UK)	71	№82, p84/85
MAN!AC (DE)	72	^[16]
neXt Level (DE)	80
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)	70	№0, p82-85
Player One (FR)	69	^[17]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)	90	^[4]

	69
Based on 16 reviews

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, FR

Dreamcast, DE
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, BR
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay Contrato De Licenca

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_03.pdf_p7-1] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 7

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_02.pdf_p58-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 58

[Press_release:_1999-09-02:_Sega_Dreamcast_Launch_Titles_and_Peripherals-3] Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals

[:File:ROD_ES_01.pdf_p37-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 37

[:File:ODCM_US_02.pdf_p110-5] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 110

[:File:Hyper_AU_071.pdf_p32-6] Hyper, "September 1999" (AU; 1999-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1999-11.pdf_p37-7] MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 37

[:File:Arcade_UK_08.pdf_p116-8] Arcade, "July 1999" (UK; 1999-06-03), page 116

[:File:Arcade_UK_12.pdf_p82-9] Arcade, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-20), page 82

[:File:DCUK_02.pdf_p28_.2828-30.29-10] DC-UK, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-29), page 28-30 (28)

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_02.pdf_p57_.2856-59.29-11] Dreamcast Monthly, "October 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 56-59 (57)

[:File:DCM_JP_19990402_1999-11ex.pdf_p21-12] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-11 extra (1999-04-02ex)" (JP; 1999-03-19), page 21

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-13] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p70_.2872.29-14] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 72 (70)

[:File:Edge_UK_071.pdf_p72_.2872.2F73.29-15] Edge, "May 1999" (UK; 1999-04-21), page 72/73 (72)

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1999-11.pdf_p68_.2884.29-16] MAN!AC, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-06), page 84 (68)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_101.pdf_p122-17] Player One, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 122

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