Guardian Heroes

For the Xbox 360 re-release, see Guardian Heroes (Xbox 360).

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Guardian Heroes

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Treasure, Youmex

Supporting companies: Imagica, Kusanagi (background art)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (23 tracks)

Peripherals supported: 6Player, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Fighting RPG/Kakutou RPG (格闘RPG)^[1], Action^[2]

Number of players: 1-6

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-01-26^[2]	¥5,8005,800	GS-9031
US	1996-04-24^[3]^[4]^[5]	$59.0059.00	81035
EU	1996-06-20		MK81035-50
DE	1996-06-20		MK81035-50
UK	1996-06-20^[6]	£44.9944.99^[7]	MK81035-50
PL	1996	219zł219
AU	199x

Guardian Heroes (ガーディアンヒーローズ) is a beat-'em-up game developed by Treasure and published by Sega exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1996.

The game would be see a sequel eight years later with Advance Guardian Heroes which Sega was not involved with.

Gameplay

The game is largely a sidescrolling beat-'em-up with some elements of an RPG. Unlike games such as Golden Axe and Streets of Rage, players are unable to move "in and out" of the screen with the and buttons. Instead, they jump between three fixed planes using and , and as such the control scheme is more similar to fighting games like Street Fighter, wherein is jump and is duck.

Some aspects of the game are more RPG-like. At the end of each stage, the player is given options on the direction the story will take. There is a total of 30 levels^[8] of which players will see fewer than 10 in a given playthrough, and five possible endings. Defeating enemies gives the players experience which can be spent at the end of each stage on the following: strength (damage done to enemies), vitality (player's health), intelligence (spell strength and radius), mentality (magic points and recovery rate), agility (speed) and luck (modifies damage dealt and received).

Versus mode has up to six players (some can be computer-controlled) fighting each other in an arena. Most characters from the story mode can be used in versus mode, although the player must have encountered them in the game (thereby encouraging multiple playthroughs).^[9]

Production credits

Saturn version

企画・総合プロデューサー: 菊地徹彦
総合ディレクター: 右京雅生
脚本・演出: 木村幸一
キャラクターデザイン・原画: はん
構成: うきょ
美術監督・背景指定: かふ壱
作曲・音楽監督: Nazo²鈴木
作曲補助: Non
音響効果: S.Murata
編集: やいまん
雑用: 臥竜
文字デザイン: ふじたひさし, Konig
設定・演技指導: はん
新人教育: Sw20
情報・資料提供: Ahill
器材破壊: "ガチャゴン"ゴオ
精神援助: おぎのん
制作進行: 前川正人
受付嬢: 保坂晴子
Cast: (江崎プロダクション)
- ハーン・サムウェル: 真殿光昭
- ランディ・Ｍ・グリーン: 亀井芳子
- エドワード・Ｍ・コニャック / ニコル・ニール: 大谷育江
- 燻銀次郎: 大川透
- セレナ・コルセア: 沢海陽子
- カノン・Ｇ・グレイ: 大木民夫
- ラインハルト・バルガー: 納谷六朗
- ズルー・パ・イヤー: 横尾博之
- マッチョ・ゴロー / アナウンサー: 秋元羊介
- カティ・サーク: 麻丘夏未
- デッドアイ・ガッシュ: 小野英昭
- 王国兵士 / ゴールデンシルバー: 加瀬康之
- アンデッドヒーロー / ゴーダッツ: 坪井智浩
- 天上人: 高瀬右光
- 大地人 / スマイリー: 中澤やよい
- 王国騎士: 斎藤周

Staff

制作: トレジャー

メインプログラマー: 右京雅生
システムプログラマー: やいまん
雑用プログラマー: 臥竜
バックグランドグラフィック: 木村幸一
キャラクターグラフィック: 菊地徹彦, 金ヶ江恒久, 北川直己, 中澤剛, 田中宜久
サウンドクリエイター: 鈴木勝彦, 半沢紀雄, 村田智

キャラクター原動画協力 (美術工房・草薙): 美術工房・草薙

原画: 西島克彦, 高橋照夫, 森下昇吾, 田中誠樹, 松本卓也
動画: 森下昇吾, 田中誠樹, 高橋照夫, スタジオたくらんけ
原画作画協力: もりやまゆうじ
デモシーン原動画: 西島克彦

ゲーム背景 (美術工房・草薙): 美術工房・草薙

美術: 小倉一男
作画: 木原祐爾, 小倉一男, 中座洋次

オープニングアニメーション

絵コンテ / 演出: 吉岡仙朋 (マーカス)
作画監督: つつがむ氏敏郎
美術監督: 武藤正敏
撮影監督: 藤田正明
原画: 奥田淳, 春日井浩之, 吉岡仙朋, つつがむ氏敏郎
動画チェック: 秋吉育子
動画: 京江動画
色指定: 吉岡美由紀
仕上げ: 京江動画
仕上げ検査: 吉岡智美, 菰田智子, 丹羽由香里
背景 (STUDIO JACK): 吉岡典弘, 高須賀真二, 子名木麻起子, 猪飼真由美
背景協力: Art Max
特殊効果: 干場豊 (マリックス)
撮影 (虫プロダクション): 藤田正明, 諫川弘, 鈴木秀男, 山口利明, 西出透, 出田牧子
編集: 尾形治敏, 伊藤勇喜子
現像: Imagica
制作協力: 童夢
制作: マーカス

音楽

演奏 (Nazo² Unit): Nazo²鈴木, 入江純, 松武秀樹
演奏協力: 土岐英史, 上村 CAN, 渡辺直樹
録音スタジオ: ユーメックス

制作協力

美術工房・草薙: 中座洋次
マーカス: 高江勇次
江崎プロダクション: 小野光枝
ユーメックス: 藤田純二

セガスタッフ

エグゼクティブプロデューサー: 石井洋児
プロデューサー: 麻生宏
ディレクター: 長谷川勝弘
コーディネーター: 土屋淳一, 白幡都弘

スペシャルサンクス

(フリーライター): 佐々木かふ一
(セガスタッフ): 竹崎忠, 南雲靖士, 花谷和宏, 下里陽一, 中川博, 三井弘幸, 山口敏樹, 中村千恵子, 清水順一, 石坂郁夫, 丸山利明, 熊谷秀大, 中川輝彦, 矢島利明, 原田正道, 安保秀樹
監督: 前川正人
制作: (株)トレジャー, (株)セガ・エンタープライゼス

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Producer: Greg Becksted
Product Manager: Doria Sanchez
Lead Testers: Chris Lucich, Renato Alferez
Assistant Leads: Abe Navarro, Kenny Robinson, Jeff Junio, Joseph Damon
Game Testers: Ron Allen, Anthony Lynch, Chad Lowe, Steve Bourdet, Ward Farris, Donovan Soto, Mark Lerma, Lance Nelson, Annette Dancel, Rebecca Colbourn, Justin Acevedo, Jeff Loney, John Jansen, Jeremy Weat, Rolef Conlan, David Rudd, Jeff Hedges, Richard Krinock, Zenon Thornton, Eddie Ramirez, Marcus Montgomery, Tricia Gray
Special Thanks: Tim Dunley, Seth Gerson, Eric Smith, Clint Dyer, Terry Tang, Susannah Nukes, Frontline Marketing, Laura Schaldach
Manual: No.6 at The Village

Source:

US manual^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Guardian Heroes/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP print advert

PDF

JP flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-02: "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" (1996-01-26)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

93

^[12]

Consoles News (FR)

PAL

90

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

93

^[15]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

86

^[16]

Edge (UK)

80

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[19]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

70

^[20]

Gambler (PL)

80

^[21]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

96

^[22]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[23]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[24]

GMR (US)

100

^[25]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[26]

Intelligent Gamer's Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[27]

Joypad (FR)

88

^[28]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

61

^[29]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

64

^[30]

Maximum (UK)

100

^[31]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

87

^[32]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[33]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

93

^[34]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[7]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

65

^[35]

Player One (FR)

85

^[36]

Power Up! (UK)

82

^[37]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[38]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

90

^[39]

Secret Service (PL)

90

^[40]

Sega News (CZ)

93

^[41]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[42]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

94

^[43]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

95

^[44]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[45]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[46]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

80

^[47]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

NTSC-J

30

^[48]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

62

^[49]

	82
Based on 39 reviews

Guardian Heroes

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

556,836,000

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81035-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

556,861,872

1995-12-21

CD-ROM (JP)

GS-9031 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

556,833,648

CD-ROM (US)

81035 V1.002

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn
Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

Guardian Heroes

Books: Guardian Heroes Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1996) | Guardian Heroes Perfect Guide (1996)
Music: Guardian Heroes (1996)

[:File:GuardianHeroes_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:GuardianHeroes Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200304081325.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsegasaturn.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-04 08:13)

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[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p48-6] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p90-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-05), page 90

[:File:CVG_UK_175.pdf_p92-8] Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 92

[:File:CVG_UK_175.pdf_p93-9] Computer & Video Games, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-09), page 93

[:File:Guardianheroes_sat_us_manual.pdf_p22-10] File:Guardianheroes sat us manual.pdf, page 22

[11] GamesMaster, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-14), page 67

[:File:576KB_HU_1996-0708.pdf_p24-12] 576 KByte, "Július-Augusztus 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:ConsolesNews_FR_02.pdf_p83-13] Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 83

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_054.pdf_p140-14] Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 140

[:File:CVG_UK_172.pdf_p22-15] Computer & Video Games, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-09), page 22

[digitiser1996-06-14-16] Digitiser (UK) (1996-06-14)

[:File:Edge_UK_031.pdf_p72-17] Edge, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-08), page 72

[:File:EGM_US_083.pdf_p26-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 26

[19] Famitsu, "1996-02-02" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 31

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-05.pdf_p50-20] Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 50

[:File:Gambler_PL_35.pdf_p42-21] Gambler, "10/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:GameFan_US_0404.pdf_p14-22] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 4: April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0907.pdf_p54-23] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996" (US; 1996-06-11), page 54

[:File:GamePro_US_094.pdf_p72-24] GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:GMR_US_05.pdf_p92-25] GMR, "June 2003" (US; 2003-05-01), page 92

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_02.pdf_p78-26] Intelligent Gamer, "July 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:IGFusion_US_0209.pdf_p64-27] Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: April 1996" (US; 1996-02-27), page 64

[:File:Joypad_FR_053.pdf_p72-28] Joypad, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-03.pdf_p43-29] MAN!AC, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 43

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-07.pdf_p64-30] MAN!AC, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 64

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_07.pdf_p125-31] Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 125

[:File:MegaForce_FR_50.pdf_p82-32] Mega Force, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 82

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-08.pdf_p70-33] Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 70

[:File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p68-34] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 68

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-07.pdf_p64-35] neXt Level, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 64

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_064.pdf_p110-36] Player One, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 110

[37] Power Up!, "Saturday, June 29, 1996" (UK; 1996-06-29), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-06_19960315.pdf_p120-38] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 6" (JP; 1996-03-01), page 120

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_02.pdf_p42-39] Saturn+, "Easter/April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-07), page 42

[:File:SecretService_39_PL.pdf_p67-40] Secret Service, "Październik 1996" (PL; 1996-10-01), page 67

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p12-41] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 12

[:File:SegaPower_UK_78.pdf_p50-42] Sega Power, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-03-14), page 50

[:File:SegaPro_UK_61.pdf_p18-43] Sega Pro, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 18

[:File:SSM_UK_08.pdf_p64-44] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-22), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p189-45] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 189

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-46] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p30-47] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 30

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_17.pdf_p78-48] Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 78

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-07.pdf_p93-49] Video Games, "7/96" (DE; 1996-06-26), page 93

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Guardian Heroes

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References