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{{sub-stub}}'''''Dragon Force''''' (ドラゴンフォース) is a tactical RPG developed by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Saturn]]. Western localizations were made by [[Working Designs]], and unlike most Working Designs releases, this one was also released in Europe (by Sega). It was followed by ''[[Dragon Force II: Kami Sarishi Daichi ni]]''.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''Dragon Force''''' (ドラゴンフォース) is a tactical RPG developed by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It was originally developed by [[J-Force]], a company founded by former [[Wolf Team]] developers, but finished at Sega after J-Force went bankrupt.
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Western localizations were made by [[Working Designs]], and unlike most Working Designs releases, this one was also released in Europe (by Sega). It was followed by ''[[Dragon Force II: Kami Sarishi Daichi ni]]''.
  
 
==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==

Revision as of 13:12, 26 May 2014

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Dragon Force
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega, Working Designs (US)
Developer:
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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Dragon Force (ドラゴンフォース) is a tactical RPG developed by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was originally developed by J-Force, a company founded by former Wolf Team developers, but finished at Sega after J-Force went bankrupt.

Western localizations were made by Working Designs, and unlike most Working Designs releases, this one was also released in Europe (by Sega). It was followed by Dragon Force II: Kami Sarishi Daichi ni.

Production Credits

USA Team

Director: Victor Ireland
Translation: Akiko Peterson, Victor Ireland, Dean Williams, Laurie Tom, Tim Trzepacz
Programming: Tim Trzepacz
Additional Music: Bill King
Recording Engineer: Bill Staeck
Voice Talent:
Astea: Katie Staeck
Nolun: Dean Williams
Teiris: Rhonda Gibson
Rudget: Jon Thompson
Katt: Kathy Emma
Narrator: John Truitt
Manual Design: Don Shirley, Victor Ireland, Cindy Ireland
Product Testing: Bonnie Shirley, Eric 'Pottle' Brewer
Sales: Kelly Knight

Japan Team:

Director: Tomoyuki Ito
Planning: Hiroshi Ohba, Takashi Hasimoto, Kei Nakajima, Naoya Souma
Design Chief: Masahiro Sanpei
Graphic Design: Kazuyuki Shibata, Yoshihito Takahashi, Toshihiro Ito, Yasufumi Soejima, Yukinobu Asai, Kazuhiro Miyawaki, Masako Okuda, Shinnosuke Hino
Visual Design: Tooru Shimizu
Programming Chief: Yoshiaki Endo
Programming: Takayuki Iida, Tsutomo Matsuo, Shigeharu Yoshikawa, Fuyuhiko Fujimoto, Michiharu Nakamura, Masahiko Kikuchi, Naoki Watabe
Programming Assistants: Hiroshi Momota, Hiromasa Kaneko, Kazuyuki Mukaida, Kenichi Yamaguchi
Sound Director: Hirofumi Murasaki
Music: Tatsuyuki Maeda
Sound Effects: Seiroh Okamoto, Mariko Nanba
Scenario: Makoto Goya
Technical Directors: Kouichi Nagata, Shuichi Katagi
Art Direction: Koh Tanaka
Producers: Hiroshi Asou, Tatsuo Yamada, Makoto Oshitani, Youji Ishii

USA Special Thanks: Cindy & Brodrico, S. Schmitt, Jin Shimazaki, Shunobu Shindo, Mike's Music & Sound, Mountain Dew
Japan Special Thanks: Tomohiro Yamamoto, Jun Sasaki, Mami Sasaki, Takaho Sano

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 №69, p118/119
60 №190, p64
80 №45, p90
80 №55, p72
92 №68, p96/97
87 №22, p70/71
85 №94
Sega Saturn
83
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
80
[1]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC
90
[2]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-U
94
[3]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
94
[4]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[5]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
84
[6]
Edge (UK) NTSC-U
80
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
90
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
75
[9]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-U
90
[10]
GameFan (US) NTSC
89
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
86
[13]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
68
[14]
Hyper (AU) PAL
80
[15]
Intelligent Gamer (US)
100
[16]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
80
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
92
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-U
81
[19]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
81
[20]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
92
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[23]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
90
[24]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
82
[25]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
90
[26]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-U
90
[27]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
90
[28]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
86
[29]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
85
[30]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
83
[32]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
86
[33]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[34]
Super Power (FI) NTSC
79
[35]
Ultra Game Players (US)
85
[36]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
85
[37]
Sega Saturn
84
Based on
37 reviews

Dragon Force

Saturn, US
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Cover
Dragonforce sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
Saturn, JP
DragonForce Saturn JP Box Back.jpgDragonForce Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
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Cover
  1. Ação Games, "Março 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 8
  2. Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 126
  3. Consoles +, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 130
  4. Consoles +, "Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 118
  5. Computer & Video Games, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-13), page 64
  6. Digitiser (UK) (1997-09-17)
  7. Edge, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-05-02), page 88
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  9. Famitsu, "1996-04-05" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 1
  10. Fun Generation, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 77
  11. GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 6: June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 18
  12. GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 98
  13. Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
  14. Gry Komputerowe, "11/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  15. Hyper, "October 1997" (AU; 1997-xx-xx), page 70
  16. Intelligent Gamer, "January 1997" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 46
  17. Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
  18. Joypad, "Octobre 1997" (FR; 1997-xx-xx), page 96
  19. MAN!AC, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-12), page 40
  20. MAN!AC, "08/97" (DE; 1997-07-09), page 84
  21. Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1997" (FR; 1997-1x-xx), page 58
  22. Mega Fun, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-05), page 80
  23. Next Generation, "April 1997" (US; 1997-03-11), page 126
  24. neXt Level, "Oktober 1997" (DE; 1997-09-19), page 76
  25. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 12" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 70
  26. Saturn Power, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-06-25), page 74
  27. Sega Magazin, "Mai 1997" (DE; 1997-04-09), page 76
  28. Sega Magazin, "August 1997" (DE; 1997-07-09), page 76
  29. Sega Power, "March 1997" (UK; 1997-02-12), page 53
  30. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "10/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 52
  31. Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1997" (UK; 1997-07-16), page 70
  32. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 231
  33. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
  34. Strana Igr, "Aprel 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 76
  35. Super Power, "3 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 48
  36. Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 71
  37. Video Games, "2/97" (DE; 1997-01-22), page 93