Devilish: The Next Possession

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Bad Omen/Devilish: The Next Possession
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: HOT-B (Japan), Sage's Creation (US)
Developer: Aisystem Tokyo
Sound driver: Terpsichorean (Hitoshi Sakimoto)
Genre: Action, Table
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1992-04-24 ¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e T-28043 US 1992-04 $45.0045.00 T-47066 KR 199x GM4046JT

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Devilish: The Next Possession, known as Bad Omen (バッドオーメン) in Japan, is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive game by Aisystem Tokyo and HOT-B as a sequel to Genki's 1991 Game Gear game Devilish. When released overseas, the name was changed to highlight its relation to the previous game.

The game appears to not have been made with Genki's involvement; this is unconfirmed (HOT-B was responsible for distributing Devilish in Europe and possibly contracted out to Genki on a number of occasions). It may have meant to be a port, never mind that the overseas release simply reuses the original's title screen.

The game's soundtrack was composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto. The series saw another entry released on the Nintendo DS.

Gameplay

Gameplay is identical to the previous game, with and cycling between paddle formations (however the formation where the bottom paddle splits into two is no longer available).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Devilish: The Next Possession	Devilish: The Next Possession
Japanese	バッドオーメン	Bad Omen

Production credits

• Produce: Toyoden
• Program: Puru Puru, Naō & Satōshi, Kurage, Mutsushige Tsuji
• BG Graphic: Suzuki
• SP Graphic: "Lisa" Polaire
• Sound: YmoH.S
• Special Thanks: Ohyama Gen, Daikoku Hisaya, A·Tomonaga, Elephant, Kemono Itas., Suzuki, Mr. G, Y.H, Oomori, Conishi, Pearl

Magazine articles

Main article: Devilish: The Next Possession/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-03: "March 1992" (1992-02-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 58 Consoles + (FR) 75 Computer & Video Games (UK) 87 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 76 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 50 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 73 Joystick (FR) NTSC-J 60 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U 38 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 56 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 48 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J 79 Play Time (DE) 41 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 73 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 78 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 75 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U 85 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 56 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U 70 Video Games (DE) 38

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Devilish: The Next Possession

Mega Drive, JP
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Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 d3f300ac MD5 6fa7cd092a175c9040b318d289ffff93 SHA-1 bc6f346a162cf91a788a88e44daa246d3d31ee8b	512kB	1992-01	Cartridge (US)
✔	CRC32 975693ce MD5 81b14012e083985135ca8f1420074d0e SHA-1 5378af243fb6f592f1e1cd17e3722e2c5e807e72	512kB	1992-01	Cartridge (JP/KR)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1992-01-16					Page