Centurion: Defender of Rome

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Centurion: Defender of Rome

Developer: Bits of Magic, Electronic Arts

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1991-07^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	702501
EU	1991-06^[3]		E120SMXI
UK	1991-06^[3]	£39.9939.99^[4]^[3]	E120SMXI
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
Amiga FM Towns IBM PC PC-9801 UX PC-9801 VX

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Centurion: Defender of Rome is a strategy game developed by Bits of Magic for DOS, and later ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Amiga by Electronic Arts.

Production credits

Game Design: Kellyn Beck, Evan & Nicky Robinson
Sega Conversion: Bits of Magic
Programming: Evan Robinson
Technical Assistance: Dominique Philippine, Ed Luebke
Graphics: Scott Walin, Jim Sachs, Dennis Clevenger, Michael Kosaka
Music: Jon Newton, Michael Bard
Producer: Chris Wilson
Associate Producer: Roland Kippenhan
Assistant Producer: James Bailey
Testing: Mike Meischeid, Gerald McLane
Technical Director: Jesse Taylor
Product Management: Rob Sears, David Bamberger
Package Design: Lance Anderson
Package Illustration: Robert Hunt
Quality Assurance: Orlando Guzman, Manny Granillo
Documentation: R. J. Berg
Documentation Layout: Jennie Maruyama
Special Thanks to: Lee Taran

Source:

US Manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Centurion: Defender of Rome/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #1: "Juillet/Août 1991" (1991-06-18)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[5]

ACE (UK)

81

^[6]

ACE (UK)

PAL

75

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

88

^[8]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

76

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[10]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)

50

^[12]

Games-X (UK)

90

^[13]

Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[14]

Joystick (FR)

90

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

63

^[16]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

70

^[17]

MegaTech (UK)

52

^[18]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

72

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

52

^[20]

Player One (FR)

85

^[21]

Power Play (DE)

57

^[22]

Raze (UK)

PAL

87

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

58

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

70

^[26]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

65

^[27]

Video Games (DE)

59

^[28]

	66
Based on 24 reviews

Centurion: Defender of Rome

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	21283b14
MD5	5a8ef8e6f3dbd98e88daf8f63a935928
SHA-1	8cc2a28309b2dc61da68c77d8a6545af05660e8b

768kB

1991-06

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 38
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 16
↑ ACE, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-08), page 61
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 45
↑ ACE, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-08), page 60
↑ ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 110
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-04), page 64
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 48
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 300
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 73
↑ Games-X, "25th-31st July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 23
↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 27
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 169
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 85
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 33
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 126
↑ Raze, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 38
↑ Sega Power, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-04), page 26
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10
↑ Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 86

NEC Retro has more information related to Centurion: Defender of Rome

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p38-1] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_30.pdf_p38-2] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:SegaPower_UK_19.pdf_p16-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 16

[:File:ACE_UK_48.pdf_p61-4] ACE, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-08), page 61

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 45

[:File:ACE_UK_48.pdf_p60-6] ACE, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-08), page 60

[:File:ACE_UK_51.pdf_p110-7] ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 110

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_001.pdf_p64-8] Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-04), page 64

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p128-9] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 48

[11] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 300

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:GamesX_UK_14.pdf_p23-13] Games-X, "25th-31st July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 23

[:File:.D0.98.D0.B3.D1.80.D1.8B_Sega_.D0.9B.D1.83.D1.87.D1.88.D0.B8.D0.B5_.D0.B8.D0.B7_.D0.BB.D1.83.D1.87.D1.88.D0.B8.D1.85_.D0.92.D1.8B.D0.BF.D1.83.D1.81.D0.BA_1.pdf_p27-14] Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 27

[:File:Joystick_FR_019.pdf_p169-15] Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 169

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-16] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:MegaForce_FR_02.pdf_p85-17] Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 85

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p76-18] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76

[:File:Micromania2_ES_041.pdf_p33-19] Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 33

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p137-20] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_012.pdf_p36-21] Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-08.pdf_p126-22] Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 126

[:File:Raze_UK_10.pdf_p38-23] Raze, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 38

[:File:SegaPower_UK_21.pdf_p26-24] Sega Power, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-04), page 26

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-25] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[27] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-03.pdf_p86-28] Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 86

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Centurion: Defender of Rome

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References