Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
System(s): Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega Acclaim Entertainment (US) Sega (Europe)
Developer: Appaloosa Interactive
Distributor: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Europe)
Licensor: Sega (US)
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Action Adventure, Action
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español
Release Date RRP Code JP 2001-01-25 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e HDR-0103 US 2000-08-15 $49.9949.99 51033 EU 2000-06-16 MK-51033-50 DE 2000-06-16 DM 9999 MK-51033-50 ES 2000-06-14 MK-51033-50 FR 2000-06-16 MK-51033-50 UK 2000-06-16 £39.9939.99 MK-51033-50 AU 2000-06-30 $89.9589.95 FECC00DCS US 2002-03-04 $49.9949.99 SLUS-20394 EU (NL/DE/IT/FR) 2002-03-04 SCES-50499 DE 2002-03-04 €119.00119.00 SCES-50499 ES 2002-03-04 SCES-50499 FR 2002-03-04 SCES-50499 UK 2002-03-04 SCES-50499 FI 2002 SCES-50499 IT 2002 SCES-50499 AU 2002 SCES-50499
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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (エコー ザ ドルフィン ディフェンダー オブ ザ フューチャー) is an entry in the Ecco the Dolphin series of games, developed by Appaloosa Interactive and published by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000.

Gameplay

The game was designed to be a faithful reproduction of the Ecco formula established in the 16-bit era consoles although using full 3-dimensional graphics. The game is split into four 'worlds' which are Isle of Tranquility, Man’s Nightmare, Dolphin's Nightmare and Domain of the Enemy. Each of these worlds has multiple smaller levels containing unique maps, puzzles and enemies which have to be completed to advance the story and move to the next timeline. There are two hidden levels that recapture the 2 dimension gameplay style of the previous game and one bonus soccer style game.

Levels

	Aquamarine Bay
	Perils of the Coral Reef
	Trial Without Error
	Four Ways to Terminus
	Passage from Genesis
	Pathways to Nowhere
	Up and Down
	Roaring Forces
	Atlantis Lost
	Shrine of Controversy
	Master of Forgotten Skills
	Process That Never Ends
	Blades in Motion
	Perpetual Motion
	Obscure Ways to Terminus
	Sleeping Forces of Doom
	Anguish
	Entrapment
	Caverns of Hope
	Lair of Evil
	Powers of Levitation
	Hanging Waters
	Fire and Ice (Boss Sub Level)
	Abyss of Inferno (Boss Sub Level)
	Mutaclone (Boss Sub Level)
	Chance of Reckoning
	Hatchery
	Seeds of Poison
	Transfiguration
	Heart of Foe
	Bonus Level

History

The game was intended to re-invent the series which was left on the Sega Mega Drive, having few ties to the original games as a result. It is also the only Ecco game to be presented in 3D, although a sequel, Ecco the Dolphin 2: Sentinels of the Universe was once planned.

After the Dreamcast's demise, the game was brought the game to the PlayStation 2 in 2002. The differences between the two versions are minimal.

Production credits

Main article: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future/Production credits.

Dreamcast version

• Designed And Developed by: Appaloosa Interactive, Created With Game World Builder™, © 2000 Appaloosa Interactive
• Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
• Co-Producer: Csaba Soltész
• Production Directors: József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsán
• Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Maurice Molyneaux, Keith Higashihara, Kadocsa Tassonyi, József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész
• Original Story By: David Brin
• Music Composed by: Tim Follin
• Game World Builder™ by: Tamás Kovács, Imre Kullai, István Fey, Zoltán Jánosy

Cinematics Music

• Composed by: Attila 'Ata' Héger
• Sound Effects: László 'Duerer' Molnár, Zsolt Galántai, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
• Programmers: Péter Balogh, Zoltán 'Mozo' Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, László Fehér, Attila Márton, Zsolt Prievara, Szabolcs Mártha, Csaba 'Xamba' Vigh, Zoltán Varga, László Dombi, Balázs Makó, Ignác 'Nacy' Fetser, Tamás Jutasi 'Jts', László Magyar, Tibor Székely, Gergely Szilvássy, Gábor Tyukász, Attila Szalkai, György Borszéki
• Level Designers And Graphic Artists: Balázs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt 8 Kemenczés!, Péter Üveges, Támas Kováts, Zsolt 'Udi' Udvarhelyi, Szilárd 'Syl' Siroki, Ákos Röth, Attila Ferró, Zoltán 'Zola' Hollósi, Éva 'Déver' Kovács, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Markó, Gábor Szász, Endre Számel, Gábor Dosa, András Tarsoly, Nándor Orbán, Bostan 'Bizarde' Florin, Zoltán Felföldi, Péter 'Kp' Kovács, Mihály 'Musaic' Sáránszki, Zoltán Attila Molnár, Patrice Creusot, Laszló Drabant, Zsolt Balogh, Mária Tolnai, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypál, Tamás Papp
• Game Testers: Sándor Mezei, Zoltán Somorjai, László Teszár, Csaba Knáver, Péter Ligeti
• Special thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, David Nulty, Péter Huszár, Róbert Bujtár, Brandon Justice, Csaba Szórádi, Rukes' Drew Ressler, And last, but not least To all of our families for their love and support. Thank you.
• Please Visit us at: WWW.ECCOTHEDOLPHIN.COM

Sega® of Europe Credits

• Director of Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino
• Producer: David Nulty
• Assistant Producer: Akiko Koutstaal
• Test Manager: Jason Cumberbatch
• Senior Lead Tester: Darren Lloyd
• Lead Tester: Peter O'Brien
• Packaging And Design: Ross McLeish
• Design Coordinator: Sarah Ward
• Localization Coordinator: Roberto Párraga-Sánchez
• Translators: Angelika Michitsch, Miriam Greenblum, Antonia Garcia, Roberto Párraga-Sánchez, Dave Thompson, Marie Pierre Dubreil
• Sega Ecco Team: Ben Wallace, Brian Taylor, Daniel Davies, Joao Carvalho, Sarah Harris
• Testers: Nick Bennett, Richard Jones, Thanya Mansfield, Steve Curd, Natalie Carter, Tobi Marnewick, Ed Wilson, Mel Miller, Sean Leach, Michael Lawsiriphat
• Special Thanks To...: Jean-Francois Cecillon, Kazutoshi Miyake, Serge Plagnol, Tamer Tahsin, Naoya Tsurumi, Hitoshi Okuno, Giles Thomas, Jim Pride, Richard Jacques, Mathew Quaeke, Begoña Sanz, Cédric Marechal, Aude Donna, Tina Sakowsky, Esther Barral, Helen Ttofa

Sega® of Japan

• Localization Producer: Junichiro Takahashi
• Translator: Robert Timbello
• Packaging Design: Kaoru Ichigozaki, Osamu Nakazato, Yamaguchi Toshiki, Monika Hudgins
• Public relations: Kazuhiro Hanaya, Hiromichi Hisada
• Special Thanks To...: Naoki Aoki, Seijiro Sannabe, Fumiyasu Aikawa
• Presented by: Capcom

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In-game credits (JP)

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• Designed and Developed by: Appaloosa Interactive
• Created with Game World Builder™ , © 2000 Appaloosa Interactive
• Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
• Original Story by: David Brin
• Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Keith Higashihara, Maurice Molyneaux, Csaba Soltesz, Jozsef Szentesi, Kadocsa Tassonyi
• Production Directors: Jozsef Szentesi, Csaba Soltesz, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsan
• Music composed by: Tim Follin
• Game World Builder™ by: Istvan Fey, Tamas Kovacs, Imre Kullai
• Musical & Sound Effects: Attila 'Ata' Heger, Zsolt Galantai, Laszlo 'Durer' Molnar, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
• Programmers: Peter Balogh, Zoltan Molnar, Mihaly Brudnyak, Laszlo Feher, Attila Marton, Zsolt Prievara, Szabolcs Martha, Csaba Vigh, Zoltan Varga, Laszlo Dombi, Balazs Mako, Ignac Fetser, Tamas Jutasi, Laszlo Magyar, Tibor Szekely, Gergely Szilvassy, Gabor Tyukasz, Attila Szalkai, Gyorgy Borszeki
• Level Designers & Graphic Artists: Balazs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt Kemenczes, Peter Uveges, Tamas Kovats, Zsolt Udvarhelyi, Szilard Siroki, Akos Roth, Attila Ferro, Zoltan Hollosy, Peter Kovacs, Mihaly Saranszki, Zoltan Molnar, Patrice Creusot, Laszlo Drabant, Eva Kovacs, Zoltan Nagy, Gabor Marko, Gabor Szasz, Endre Szamel, Gabor Dosa, Andras Tarsoly, Nandor Orban, Zsolt Balogh, Zoltan Felfoldi, Maria Tolnat, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypal, Tamas Papp
• Game Testers: Sandor Mezei, Zoltan Somorjat, Laszlo Teszar

SEGA OF AMERICA CREDITS

• Product Development:
  • Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
  • Localization Producer: Jason Kuo
  • Lead Tester: Gabrielle Brown
  • Assistant Leads: Jason Mercer, Tom Fong
  • Testers: Jeff Sideno, Quinn Aguirre, Todd Slepian, Devin Tomcik, Steve Peck, Alan Hsu, Wayne Pan, Wiliam Kus, Chris Meyer, Christina Mendez, Derek Wong, Brian Ivanhoe
• Marketing:
  • Product Manager: Rob Alvarez
  • Product Marketing Specialist: Dennis Lee
  • Marketing Director: John Golden
  • Public Relations: Heather Hawkins, Gwen Marker
  • Creative Services: Bob Schonfisch, Angela Santos
• Special Thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, David Nulty, Peter Huszar, Robert Bujtar, Brandon Justice, 'Rukes' Drew Ressler
• And last, but not least, to all of our families for their love and support. Thank you.

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US manual

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• Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
• Co-producer: Csaba Soltész
• Production Directors: József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsán
• Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Maurice Molyneaux, Keith Higashihara, Kadocsa Tassonyi, József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész
• Original Story by: David Brin
• Music Composed by: Tim Follin
• Game World BuilderTM by: Tamás Kovács, Imre Kullai, István Fey, Zoltán Jánosy
• Cinematic Music Composed by: Attila 'Ata' Héger
• Sound Effects: László 'Duerer' Molnár, Zsolt Galántai, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
• Programmers: Péter Balogh, Zoltán 'Mozo' Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, László Fehér, Attila Márton, Zsolt Prievara, Szabolcs Mártha, Csaba 'Xamba' Vígh, Zoltán Varga, László Dombi, Balázs Makó, Ignác 'Nacy' Fetser, Tamás Jutasi 'JTS', László Magyar, Tibor Székely, Gergely Szilvássy, Gábor Tyukász, Attila Szalkai, György Borszéki
• Level Designers and Graphic Artists: Balázs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt 8 Kemenczés!, Péter Üveges, Tamás Kováts, Zsolt 'Udi' Udvarhelyi, Szilárd 'Syl' Siroki, Ákos Roth, Attila Ferró, Zoltán 'Zola' Hollósy, Éva 'Déver' Kovács, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Markó, Gábor Szász, Endre Számel, Gábor Dosa, András Tarsoly, Nándor Orbán, Bostan 'Bizarde' Florin, Zoltán Felföldi, Péter 'KP' Kovács, Mihály 'Musaic' Sáránszki, Zoltán Attila Molnár, Patrice Creusot, László Drabant, Zsolt Balogh, Mária Tolnai, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypál, Tamás Papp
• Game Testers .: Sándor Mezei, Zoltán Somorjai, László Teszár, Csaba Knáver, Péter Ligeti
• Special Thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, David Nulty, Péter Huszár, Róbert Bujtár, Brandon Justice, Csaba Szórádi, 'Rukes' Drew Ressler , and last, but not least, to all of our families for their love and support, Thank You.

Source:

www.eccothedolphin.com (archived)

PlayStation 2 credits

Produced by SEGA EUROPE

• Director of Product Development: Kats Sato
• Producer: Pete O'Brien
• Senior Producer: Matt O'Driscoll
• Producers Manager: Aude Donnan
• Lead Tester: Matthew Brooks
• MARKETING SUPPORT:
  • Marketing Manager: Jim Pride
  • Product Manager: Mark Fisher
  • Interactive Design Manager: Bennie Booysen
  • Online Marketing Executive: Rosie Newey
• MANUAL AND PACKAGING:
  • Designer: Tom Bingle
  • Localisation Co-ordinator: Emma Ledda
  • Special Thanks: Mark Horneff, Tom Szirtes, Nicola Steele
• Designed and Developed by Appaloosa Interactive
• Created with Game World Builder™ © 2001 Appaloosa Interactive
• Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
• Co-producer: Csaba Soltész
• Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Maurice Molyneaux, Keith Higashihara, Kadocsa Tassonyi, József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész
• Production Directors: József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsán
• Original Story by: David Brin
• Music composed by: Tim Follin
• Game World Builder™ by: Tamás Kovács, Imre Kullai, István Fey, Zoltán Jánosy
• Cinematics Music Composed by: Attila 'Ata' Héger
• Sound Effects: László 'Duerer' Molnár, Zsolt Galántai, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
• Programmers: Péter Balogh, Zoltán 'MoZo' Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, László Fehér, Attila Márton, Zsolt Prievara, Szaboics Mártha, Csaba 'Xamba' Vigh, Zoltán Varga, László Dombi, Balázs Makó, Ignác Fetser, Tamás Jutasi, László Magyar, Tibor Székely, Gergely Szilvássy, Gábor Tyukász, Attila Szalkai, György Borszéki, Balázs 'Reptile' Vasvári, Géza Sági, Attila Kristóf
• Level Designers and Graphic Artists: Balázs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt '8' Kemenczés!, Péter Üveges, Tamás Kováts, Zsolt 'Udi' Udvarhelyi, Szilárd 'SyL' Siroki, Ákos Röth, Attila Ferró, Zoltán 'Zola' Hollósy, Éva 'Diver' Kovács, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Markó, Gábor Szasz, Endre Számel, Gábor Dósa, András Tarsoly, Nándor Orbán, Bostan 'Bizarde' Florin, Zoltán Felföldi, Péter 'KP' Kovács, Mihály 'Musaic' Sáránszki, Zoltán Attila Molnár, Patrice Creusot, László Drabant, Zsolt Balogh, Mária Tolnai, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypál, Tamás Papp, Zsolt 'TREX' Seres. Csaba 'MAX' Zsilvölgyi
• Game Testers: Sándor Mezei, Zoltán Somorjai, László Teszar, Csaba Knáver, Péter Ligeti
• To all of our families for their love and support. Thank you.
• And last, but not least Special Thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, Kats Sato, David Nulty, Peter Huszar. Robert Bujtar, Brandon Justice, Csaba Szoradi, 'Rukes' Drew Ressler

Special thanks to

• All those involved at SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE.
• Senior Producer: Sean Kelly
• Senior Product Manager: Colin Thomas
• PR Manager: Stuart Turner
• Manual and Packaging Design: Antony Grace
• Manual and Packaging Text: Russell Coburn
• Manual Text Approval: Stephen Griffiths, Andrew Kennington
• Print Production: Chris Gorman
• With thanks to: Flora Collingwood, Mark Hardy

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UK manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Dreamcast version

Print advert in GamePro (US) #143: "August 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)
• GamePro (US) #145: "October 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #7: "September/October 2000" (2000-08-01)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #11: "No. 11" (2000-07-13)
also published in:

• Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #13: "No. 13" (2000-09-07)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #224: "July 2000" (2000-06-14)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #101: "Juin 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #20: "Septiembre 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Neo Plus (PL) #31: "Kwiecień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #32: "Maj 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #33: "Czerwiec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #34: "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #35: "Wrzesień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)

PlayStation 2 version

PDF

SCEE press release

CZ print advert

Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2002-04: "04/2002" (2002-03-06)

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Dreamcast version

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Publication Version Score 576 Konzol (HU) 95 Ação Games (BR) 85 Arcade (UK) PAL 25 Consoles + (FR) PAL 95 Computer & Video Games (UK) 75 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL 90 DC-UK (UK) PAL 80 Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 91 Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J 81 Dreamplanet (ES) PAL 82 Dreamzone (FR) PAL 92 Edge (UK) 70 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 82 Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) 91 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 73 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 85 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 82 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 95 GameZine (UK) 90 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 67 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 91 GameWEEK (US) NTSC-U 100 Hyper (AU) PAL 90 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 79 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 86 Neo Plus (PL) 80 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 90 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U 80 PSX Extreme (PL) 73 Power Unlimited (NL) 79 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 88 Strana Igr (RU) 70 Strana Igr (RU) 75

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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

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Publication Version Score 100% Consoles (FR) PAL 88 576 Konzol (HU) 95 Bonus (YU) 89 Consoles + (FR) PAL 89 Digitiser (UK) 60 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 75 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 85 Game Station (UK) 80 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 79 Neo Plus (PL) PAL 80 PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL 80 Playbox (FR) 90 Play (DE) 76 Players (DE) PAL 78 Play (PL) 81 Play (US) 60 PlayZone (DE) PAL 69 PlayStation Games (DE) 80 PSM2 (UK) PAL 52 PSX Extreme (PL) PAL 60 Power Unlimited (NL) 81 Xgen (CZ) 80

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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

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Technical information

Main article: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 35a2964e MD5 b169b43932f64e34925eb825350d7a27 SHA-1 669f32d9f3bc42736f91de84f5dc946aeaeb2cf7	2,318,598,144		DVD-ROM (EU)	SCES-50499 (V1.02)
?	CRC32 31c4ee40 MD5 7a3986d0c0feee7e99992dff346fbd5e SHA-1 38ceb0e7a0af144396023c8f20dc12cbfffbdd11	2,318,499,840		DVD-ROM (US)	SLUS-20394 (V1.01)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2001-11-07	DVD-R				Page

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast
• Official website (archive)
• Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future on PlayStation.com: US