Enemy Zero

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Enemy Zero
System(s): Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega, Warp (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Saturn
SCSP (1/1/1/1 track)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Saturn
3D Control Pad
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-30001G
Sega Saturn
JP
(Satakore)
¥2,8002,800 T-30004G
Sega Saturn
US
$49.9949.99[2] 81076
Sega Saturn
EU
MK81076-50
Sega Saturn
BR
191326
Windows PC
JP
¥9,800 (10,290)9,800 (10,290) HCJ-0141
Windows PC
US
85070
Windows PC
EU
Windows PC
UK
(Xplosiv)
EI-1307

Enemy Zero (エネミー・ゼロ) is an adventure game for the Sega Saturn and PC. It is one of the few Saturn games to ship with four discs.

History

Development

Enemy Zero was originally planned to be a PlayStation-exclusive game, however designer and founder of Warp, Kenji Eno took a strong dislike to Sony's manufacturing process, failing to prioritise copies of his previous game, D. Though Acclaim, D had amassed roughly 100,000 pre-orders, however Sony only produced 28,000 copies of the game in time for release.

This friction led to one of the most interesting headlines of 1996, in which during a backroom conference at the 1996 PlayStation Expo promoting a game with strong public backing from Sony, a PlayStation logo at the end of an Enemy Zero morphed into a Sega Saturn one[5], with Eno proceeding to jump on a stuffed MuuMuu from the Sony-published PlayStation Jumping Flash!.

Following this incident, all Warp-published games became Sega exclusives, starting with this game and continuing with both the Saturn and Dreamcast versions of Real Sound: Kaze no Regret and finally D-2 (the studio being closed shortly afterwards).

Production credits

  • Directed And Story By: Kenji Eno
  • Director Of C.G.I.: Shosaburou Tateishi
  • C.G.I. Animators: Fumito Ueda, Hirohiko Sugamura, Hideki Sudo
  • C.G.I. Designers: Tomohiro Miyazaki, Hiromi Hayashi, Takahiro Matsuhira
  • Programmed By: Hideki Miura, Naoya Sato
  • Video Compression By: Eitaro Suzuki, Takashi Otsuki
  • Creature Designer: Yasushi Nirasawa
  • Music By: Michael Nyman
  • Dialogue Writer: Yuji Sakamoto
  • Supervisor Sound Editor: Tak Ogawa
  • Sound Editors: Takeshi Nakamura, Kenji Atsumi
  • Sound Engineer: Masayoshi Okawa
  • Voice Actors: Yui Komazuka (As Laura), Naoko Kouda (As Kimberly), Akio Otsuka (As David), Yoshitada Otsuka (As George), Genda Tetsusho (As Ronny), Satomi Hatakeyama (As Narration)
Sound Staff
  • Sound Producers: Kenji Eno, Katsutoshi Eguchi
  • Sound Co-Producer: Masayoshi Okawa
  • Sound Director: Takao Kondo
  • Recording Engineers: Michael J. Dutton, Austin Ince
  • Assistant Recording Engineers: Ricky Graham, Yasushi Shiota
  • Songs Are Performed By: Michael Nyman, Michael Nyman Orchestra
  • Musicians Are: Ann Morfee, David Roach, Andy Findon, John Harle, Steve Sidwell, David Lee, Nigel Barr, Lynda Houghton, Paul Sherman, Chris Lawrence, Louise Hopkins, Tony Hinnigan, Nick Cooper, Frank Schaeffer, Justin Pearson, Catherine Musker, Nick Barr, Philip D'Arcy, Bruce White, Jackie Woods, Andrew Parker, William Hawkes, Jackie Shave, Hilary Sturt, Alison Kelly, Michael De Saulies, Marshall Marcus, Raiph De Souza, Ian Humphries, Clare Thompson, Jeremy Williams, Phillppa Ibbotson, Katherine Shave, Anna Hemery, Harriet Davies, Richard Milone, Nicholas Ward, Martin Elliott
  • Vocalist: Sarah Leonard
  • Additional Piano For Game Software By: Kenji Eno
  • Copyist: Richard Sidwell
  • Translator To Mr.Nyman: Yoshimi Oho
  • Recording Studio At: Abby Road Studio, Air Studio, Cts Studio
  • M.A. Studio At: Tamco Studio, Take One Studio
  • Sound Mastering Studio At: Hitokuchizaka Studio, Harion Studio
  • Sound Mastering Engineer: Tatsumi Takagishi, Yoshihiko Ando
  • Voice Recording Studio At: Mit Studio
  • Voice Recording Engineer: Takashi Tachibana
  • His Assistants: Hideki Yamazaki, Wakako Nogawa
  • Re-Mix Movie Editing Studio At: Studio Brain
  • Editor: Keisuke Nakayama
  • Editing Technician: Yuki Shimada
  • Technical Support Staffs@Sega: Kazuhiro Takase, Ken-Ei Unoki, Hiroaki Sano, Kenji Kawai


Made At Warp,Tokyo,Japan
Presented By Warp

Sega of America, Inc.
Source:
US manual
Enemyzero sat us manual.pdf
[6]

Track list

Disc 1

1. [data track]  
2. CD Warning Message (00:08) 
Running time: 0:08

Disc 2

1. [data track]  
2. CD Warning Message (00:08) 
Running time: 0:08

Disc 3

1. [data track]  
2. CD Warning Message (00:08) 
Running time: 0:08

Disc 4

1. [data track]  
2. CD Warning Message (00:08) 
Running time: 0:08

Magazine articles

Main article: Enemy Zero/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-08: "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" (1996-04-26)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-09: "1996-09 (1996-06-14)" (1996-05-24)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-12: "1996-12 (1996-07-26)" (1996-07-12)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-16: "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (1996-09-13)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-18: "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (1996-10-11)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-20: "1996-20 (1996-11-22)" (1996-11-08)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-02: "1997-02 (1997-01-31)" (1997-01-17)
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Saturn print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #101: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №71, p102/103
60 №52, p90
78 №418, p33
74 №63, p68/69
88
37 №1998-01, p109[8]
90
90 №53, p58-61[9]
74 №8, p78/79
88 №26, p60/61[1]
97 №1996-22, p272[10]
83 №, p10[11]
Sega Saturn
79
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) PAL
92
[12]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
89
[13]
Digitiser (UK)
79
[14]
Edge (UK)
60
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
76
[16]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[17]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
50
[18]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
50
[19]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
85
[20]
L'essential des Achats pour Consoles (FR)
87
[21]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
37
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
74
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
[9]
Neo (PL)
60
[23]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[24]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
84
[25]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
84
[26]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
74
[27]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
80
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[1]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
97
[29]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
83
[11]
Strana Igr (RU)
70
[30]
Super Power (FI)
81
[31]
Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U
77
[32]
Sega Saturn
76
Based on
25 reviews

Enemy Zero

Saturn, US
EnemyZero Saturn US Box Back.jpgEnemyZero Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Enemyzero sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
EnemyZero Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
Saturn, JP
EnemyZero Saturn JP Box Back.jpgEnemyZero Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
EnemyZero Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
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Disc 1
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Disc 2
EnemyZero Saturn JP Disc4.jpg
Disc 3
Enemy Zero Sega Saturn Japan Manual.pdf
Manual
EnemyZero Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc 0
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
EnemyZero Saturn JP Box Back Satakore.jpgEnemyZero Saturn JP Box Front Satakore.jpg
Cover
EnemyZero Saturn JP Spinecard Satakore.jpg
Spinecard
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Disc 1
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Disc 2
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Disc 3
EnemyZero Saturn JP Disc Satakore.jpg
Disc 0
Saturn, BR
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Cover
EnemyZeroSaturnBrManual.pdf
Manual

PC version

PC, US
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Cover
PC, JP
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Cover
PC, EU

PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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Cover
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Disc 1

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File:SSM UK 26.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SSM UK 26.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Press release: 1997-06-23: Luscious Jackson Lead Singer Speaks Up In New Sega Video Game
  3. File:CVG UK 203.pdf, page 38
  4. Press release: 1997-12-01: Sega's New Pistol Packin' Heroine Kicks Butt She Can't Even See in "Enemy Zero"
  5. File:CVG UK 175.pdf, page 9
  6. File:Enemyzero sat us manual.pdf, page 19
  7. Ultra Game Players, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 67
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1998-01.pdf, page 89 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1998-01.pdf_p89" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega53UK.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega53UK.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  10. File:SSM_JP_19961227_1996-22.pdf, page 274
  11. 11.0 11.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content
  12. Consoles +, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 124
  13. Consoles +, "Décembre 1997" (FR; 1997-1x-xx), page 98
  14. Digitiser (UK) (1997-12-19)
  15. Edge, "December 1997" (UK; 1997-11-03), page 92
  16. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 108
  17. Famitsu, "1996-12-20" (JP; 1996-12-06), page 1
  18. Fun Generation, "12/97" (DE; 1997-11-12), page 108
  19. GamePro, "March 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 103
  20. Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  21. L'essential des Achats pour Consoles, "Vol. 1" (FR; 1998-11-25), page 32
  22. Mega Fun, "12/97" (DE; 1997-11-05), page 112
  23. Neo, "Marzec 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 38
  24. Next Generation, "March 1998" (US; 1998-02-17), page 114
  25. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 26" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 198
  26. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 66
  27. Saturn Power, "Christmas 1997" (UK; 1997-11-10), page 78
  28. Sega Magazin, "Januar 1998" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 28
  29. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 274
  30. Strana Igr, "Fevral 1998" (RU; 1998-xx-xx), page 142
  31. Super Power, "2 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 60
  32. Ultra Game Players, "February 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 65